After XP upgrade, get Could Not Connect to the Printer. Access Den

[Guest]

After upgrading my primary home network desktop from Windows2000 to Windows
XP SP2, my other wireless PC can no longer access printer.

I have a Lexmark 3100 USB hard wired to my main computer (Windows XP SP2)
which is also hard wired to my Linksys Wireless WCG200 router. My remote PC
(Windows 2000) is wireless connected to the Linksys router. I had no problem
sharing my Lexmark printer UNTIL I upgraded my main computer to XP. Now, I
get "Could not connect to the printer. Access is Denied." errors on the
remote PC.
I have the same workgroup name on both computers. I have enabled file and
printer sharing on the XP machine. Still cannot connect and print from my
remote PC.
Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

You probably corrupted the printer drivers during the upgrade, ALWAYS
disconnect peripherals PRIOR to upgrading.

Uninstall and reinstall...

http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_One.htm

Then follow: http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Five.htm

 

[Earl F. Parrish]

After upgrading my primary home network desktop from Windows2000 to
Windows
XP SP2, my other wireless PC can no longer access printer.

I have a Lexmark 3100 USB hard wired to my main computer (Windows XP SP2)
which is also hard wired to my Linksys Wireless WCG200 router. My remote
PC
(Windows 2000) is wireless connected to the Linksys router. I had no
problem
sharing my Lexmark printer UNTIL I upgraded my main computer to XP. Now, I
get "Could not connect to the printer. Access is Denied." errors on the
remote PC.
I have the same workgroup name on both computers. I have enabled file and
printer sharing on the XP machine. Still cannot connect and print from my
remote PC.
Any suggestions? Thanks.

The automatic logon Guest account has been disabled in SP2. You now have to
sign on with the Guest account to share printers and files. Open a command
prompt window on the machine with the printer and type Net User Guest
password" and wait for the acknowledgement. Replace "password" with the
password of your choice. If you forget the password, run the command again.


Earl F. Parrish

 

[Gigit]

Hi Earl,
can you be more precise?
I am facing a strange problem with LPT1 and SP2. Read post dated 10/27/2006
named LPT1 AND XP PRO.
Making story short, I can print on a laser printer installed on LPT1 with
its driver (Epson EPL) but, if you install another driver on the same port
(LaserJet III) you cannot print anything. I have been using this trick for
years before today. May be that modern printers does not recognize spools
made with LJIII drivers, but one of my customers says that once all was
runnig fine, till I reinstalled Windows and upgraded to SP2.

 

[Earl F. Parrish]

Hi Earl,
can you be more precise?
I am facing a strange problem with LPT1 and SP2. Read post dated
10/27/2006 named LPT1 AND XP PRO.
Making story short, I can print on a laser printer installed on LPT1 with
its driver (Epson EPL) but, if you install another driver on the same port
(LaserJet III) you cannot print anything. I have been using this trick
for years before today. May be that modern printers does not recognize
spools made with LJIII drivers, but one of my customers says that once all
was runnig fine, till I reinstalled Windows and upgraded to SP2.

If you have a workgroup with printer and file sharing enabled, other users
utilize the resources of the other PCs by signing on as a Guest. Until
Windows XP SP2, anyone in the world could connect to your PC using the Guest
account which did not require a password. The Guest account had limited
permissions but it was seen as a security risk to have anonymous access to a
computer. With the advent of SP2, you could no longer sign on to a Windows
XP computer by typing "Guest" at the Logon screen. The Guest account only
works remotely using a password from another PC in the workgroup. You have
to assign a password to Guest from the command prompt since the Guest
account does not show up under Users in Control Panel. Until you sign on
with the Guest account and password, all the resources on the target
computer are unavailable. You need to sign on to see files, add network
printers or use them. When you sign on, you can check "Remember Me" so you
do not have to sign on each time you use resources on that PC. You have to
have Administrator permissions to assign the Guest password.

Search for "Guest" in Help and Support for more information.

 

[Earl F. Parrish]

Ok, Earl, very clear. I didn't know it. I see that every PC connected,
enters with its originary account and computer name and is declared as
Guest. If I connect to the network as Administrator of PC2 I see in Opened
Sessions that it is always a Guest. Is the way to make some PC connect to
this as Administrator or other Group?

You would have to enable Remote Desktop on the target computer and sign on
with one of the user names on that computer in the Administrator group.

 

[gigi]

Yes. Thanks.