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Dear All,

In windows 2000/XP based environment , I was facing the following error :- 

Whenever I try to take printing from my network printer (printer attached to other windows based system) , I got the error " Unable to connect the printer , access denied , printer could not be started" .

Now the problem is resolved permanently , with simple steps.

1.) Goto the computer with which you have attached the Printer .
2.) Open its Computer management dialog box by Right click onto MY Computer ICON and choose "Manage" option .
3.) It will open the Computer Management windows .
4.) Goto Local users and computer and Click on USERS .
5.) There will be guest account , which is disabled while you working onto domain/workgroup environment .
6.) Just enable this "Guest " User account , by clicking onto it and goto Properties , then General Tab , Uncheck the "Account is disabled" option and restart , that Computer with which you have attached the printer physically.
7.)Done.

pscheema · Accepted Answer

thx

Now the problem is resolved permanently , with simple steps. 

1.) Goto the computer with which you have attached the Printer . 
2.) Open its Computer management dialog box by Right click onto MY Computer ICON and choose "Manage" option . 
3.) It will open the Computer Management windows . 
4.) Goto Local users and computer and Click on USERS . 
5.) There will be guest account , which is disabled while you working onto domain/workgroup environment . 
6.) Just enable this "Guest " User account , by clicking onto it and goto Properties , then General Tab , Uncheck the "Account is disabled" option and restart , that Computer with which you have attached the printer physically. 
7.)Done.

AMIT · Answer

dear friend I have the same problem, but after enabling the guest account in the system , the problem is still there. I have a XP home m/c to which I have connected HP 1022 printer. I have shared it with all machines in the LAN. Is your problem solved, plz help.......

MJK · Answer

We experienced this same problem.  The fix was to:

1. Un-join the computer from the domain.  Add to "workgroup"
2. Delete the computer account from Active directory
3. Re-join the computer to AD.
4. Reboot.

Printers should now say "Ready".

guest · Answer

right click shared printer on server and look at the shared name under properties then go to the computer you are trying to connect the printer too and click on start > run and type \servername\sharedprintername

this should connect and install the drivers needed for printing.

Juan. · Answer

1. Enable the guest account
2. Add the guest accoun. Go to start, all programs, administrative tools
3. Select "User Rights Assignment"
4. Double click on "Access this computer from the network". Click on "Add User or Group". Type "guest" and then click on "Check Names". Select "guest" and click ok.
5. Double click on "Deny access to this computer from the network", and remove the guest account from it.

That should do it.
Juan

mancy · Answer

Thanks to share I fixed my problem using your steps.

makolet_philippines · Answer

Dear ALL:

This is the complete solution because I have the same problem as this...
This really works...
Why don't  you give a try...

1. Go  to Control Panel
2. Maintenance and Performance
3. Click System Icon
4. Advanced 
5. Performance under Settings
6. Performance Options---->Data Execution Prevention
7. Choose ----> Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only.
8. Click Apply and OK.

Thats it....

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