Threads Replies Last Post 23 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23   vista printer set up for peer to peer networks I was not sure where else to post this message. I've been searching the internet for a solution, seriously, for about the last two weeks straight. I just hope this will help others out. Disclaimer: This is written for admins that kind of know what they are doing. Here is what we have: A peer to peer network. Windows 2000 Server with print drivers/shares on it. Mixed desktops, runnin... 1 12/3/2008 4:48:01 AM Using Print Management with a 2003 R2 server on Hyper-V I have a Windows Server 2008 64 bit server running Hyper-V with a virtualised Windows Server 2003 R2 32-bit instance. We used to run this server on dedicated hardware. What I am trying to do is manage printers on the 2003 R2 server using the Print Management console in Windows Vista. I never had any trouble managing the physical server using Print Management but when I try to manage prin... 2 12/2/2008 2:47:46 AM Can't manage or view printers on a Hyper-V virtualised server instance I have a server running Windows Server 2008/64 bit. I have used Hyper-V to create a Windows Server 2003 R2 virtual server which I want to install and use printers on. I have found that from a Vista client, I can connect to the virtualised server and can run Print Management on it, but the printers cannot be viewed from my Vista client over the network, nor can the Vista client's print ... 4 12/2/2008 2:47:01 AM Connect to XP Printer from Vista without loggging on to XP machine A frustrating problem. I have a new Vista laptop and am trying to printer to a printer connected to a an XP pro laptop. Both machines are on the same workgroup. I can connect to the XP laptop which requests a log in name and password and can then print. What I would like to do is set the printer as default on the vista machine and then print without first having to log on to the XP machine ev... 4 11/30/2008 8:18:29 PM Sleep function removed USB printer from Printers folder I have a usb Lexmark x4270 all-in-one on a Windows Vista Ultimate system. After putting the computer into sleep mode and later starting it back up, the printer no longer appears in the Printers folder, or in the Print window in most applications (in fact, none of them appear, not even OneNote). However, I just printed from a pdf document within Internet Explorer, and I was able to acce... 1 11/29/2008 7:47:01 PM Dell AIO 948 I have a Dell AIO 948 printer. This printer will not print photos from either Windows Photo Gallery or Paint Shop Pro. I have used the uninstall on the Dell Forums, reinstalled the drivers & the firmware. After installing the drivers and the system asks if I want to print a test page etc. I do. The printer will then print out a test page & photo. However when I try the programs listed abo... 3 11/29/2008 2:51:29 PM Printing to a lpt port Hi, I am using vista home basic, and I am using a dos program which only uses lpt ports for printing. I have a hp deskjet 3820 printer which has both a parallel and usb port but my computer only has usb ports. I have shared the printer and used the net use command to map the lpt1 port to the shared printer name and it says that the command completed successfully. However, if I type dir>lpt... 2 11/28/2008 3:04:04 AM Connecting a Vista machine to a printer shared on an XP machine. I am experiencing the same conditions as many others. I'd like to work through it with someone if there is anyone who can help. I have a new laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium. I have a desktop with Windows XP SR2 with an HP5510 printer connected to it. All my other XP computers can connect to it and install the printer. The Vista machine can see the printer, but will receive... 13 11/27/2008 1:12:08 PM Photo Gallery and HP 940C printing problem Good morning, I cannot seem to print anything from Photo Gallery on my HP 940C. It appears that the job is sent to the printer and it "fires" up but just throws out a blank piece of paper. I have a Samsung mono laser also attached and I can print to that OK. All other application, WORD, Excel, Notepad Ifran View etc will print to the HP 940 OK but not Photo Gallery. I have been in touch with HP... 1 11/27/2008 10:43:47 AM Printer on Vista can't be shared with XP I just replaced the system that was hosting my Canon printer. I was able to share the printer but when I try to install the printer on my other Xp system it tells me that the driver is not compatible and asks for the location of the .inf file. I loaded the disk and told it where to get it and it keeps failing. I've tried to add the xp driver to the vista system and it fails. The prin... 4 11/26/2008 10:02:29 PM After working for months, printing re-starting and repeating Hello. My print configuration on my LAN has been working fine for months. Here is the configuration: Wireless Network, Linksys router. Vista Computer (lets call it computer A) XP Computer (lets call it computer B) Another XP Computer (lets call it computer C) Linksys Wireless Print Server HP LaserJet 1012 printer As stated above, everything had been working fine. For no rea... 3 11/26/2008 12:45:29 PM Scanner install problems Brother MFC-210C I tried to install two different printer/scanners - an HP F4140, and a Brother MFC-210C, and have had the same issue with both of them. In both cases, I downloaded the latest drivers from the HP and Brother websites, followed the instructions for installation, and on both of them the printer would work properly, but I would get an error message saying that the driver couldn't communicate with the... 2 11/26/2008 5:55:25 AM Printing problems Hi I have two problems: 1) I cannot print from Office apps unless I disable User Account Control. MS are looking in to this but does anybody out there have any ideas? 2) If I try to print more than one copy of a document I get the square of the number of copies which I selected. For example if I ask for 2 I get 4, 3 I get 9 etc. I asked Lexmark about these two issues and they say they ar... 3 11/26/2008 5:49:57 AM Vist Print Preference diolog box *I had asked this the Vista Home Premium section above, but this seems like a better place. * * I recently boaught a new computer with Vista home premium. First time with Vista. When I attached my Epson CX4800 printer, it retreived it's own Vista drivers. When I print and the print preference opens, it is in French. All else on the computer seems to be in English. How do I change the preferenc... 2 11/26/2008 5:43:17 AM Very slow modem - Please Help Dear All, I have a "Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem" connected to Com3 since com1 & com2 are said to be in use. Don't know what device(s) is using these com ports. I have Vista Enterprise SP1 with all the updates installed. My Fax transmission is pothetically slow. For instance a 2-page transmission to a local number in London takes about 10 minutes to go. I will be most greateful ... 1 11/26/2008 1:44:00 AM print emboidery file list I am new to vista and am trying to print my embroidery design list. can any one help? ... 4 11/25/2008 9:23:23 PM Printing problem This has probably been covered before but here goes. I cannot print from my Vista laptop (wireless connection to network, Vista desktop connected to router via ethernet, printer connected to desktop). Network is good, everything sees everything, no problems. I have been dealing with this for months. Finally, I found a thread where it said to Add a Printer using local network instead ... 1 11/25/2008 4:12:06 PM Help - Photosmart HP 5180 won't install Somehow I removed my printer from my compter (not sure what I did). Anyway, I've tried to reinstall, with no luck. The disk I have doesn't work with Vista, so I have gone to the HP website to download info. It downloads, but it stops when it tries to install. It says "fatal error". Any suggestions?... 3 11/25/2008 12:56:05 AM Printing pictures frim Photo Gallery I can't print my pictures from Windows Photo Gallery though the wizard shows all available software printers except my default HP color LaserJet 2600n. This is not true for Windows XP, however.... 1 11/23/2008 11:32:00 AM HP Laserjet 1020 printer problem in Vista Hello Everyone, I have Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit) installed in my Dell Laptop. The OS is upto date with all updates. I have HP laserjet 1020 plus printer but I lost the installation CD. So I downloaded the driver from HP website for Vista 32-bit. Now I install the driver and then plug in the printer. The installation says "Successful". Now I have the printer added in the prin... 3 11/22/2008 7:57:01 PM Can't print wirelessly Hi there I have a HP C5280 printer connected to a X86 Vista Home Premium operating system. I also have 2 laptop computers connected via a wireless router, one running Windows XP and the other running Windows Vista Home Premium x64 bit operating system. I have no problems in networking the XP laptop and printing, however the laptop running the x64 bit Vista will not respond and take... 1 11/22/2008 2:01:39 AM Cannot set default printer in Vista Hi, I am in the middle of a support case with Microsoft, unfortunately this one is slow to response, I was unable to uninstall a couple of programs saying I did not have permission and so on , when I contact Microsoft he told me to type in regedit and delete Microsoft, something weird happened and I still cannot uninstall and all my programs got messed up, but I cannot even use my printer, when I... 3 11/18/2008 3:18:38 PM how to avoid country code while faxing? Hi, I have Vista, and as you all know - it does not have fax. I use Act! and FaxAdmin. That is the only way I can send faxes. But! When I try to do that it dials: country code (81)+ area code+ fax#. But it doesn't work, since I am in the same country (Japan). I went though lots of troubles with FaxAdmin support - they blame it all on Windows. They said I need to check rules in Phone and Dial Opti... 6 11/15/2008 11:11:00 PM Spool print job with main printer off? OK with my desk machine (XP) running the laptop (Vista Ult SP1) prints to the desk spool, which awaits me turning on the HP LaserJet 4, and thereby prints. Or if both the desk computer and printer are on already, the print job proceeds normally. What I want to happen is to be able to print on the HP HDX 9000 Laptop, have that print job spool in the laptop memory awaiting the turn on of the othe... 1 11/15/2008 8:01:07 PM HP Printer PSC 1500 series *Can somebody tell me why my printer does not print like it did when I had and HP. My HP died and now I have a Dell with Vista. I'm tired of trying to get it to work. I can't even check the printer levels. I keep putting in new cartridges but my colors are all messed up if it prints at all. Please help. Nez.marty@gmail.com* -- Delbert Martens... 6 11/15/2008 7:05:39 PM 23 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23