Cannot connect to the printer operation could not be completed

I used to have two desktops A & B, they have internet sharing an
printer sharing , they were working fine

Desktop A XP Professional SP2 PC has got two printers (HP an
Samsung) connected directly (USB cable), and Printer sharing is turne
on

I bought another Desktop to replace B, because B is an old PC

From the Desktop B, when attempting to chose the option

Code
-------------------
A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer
-------------------
, to add a shared printer , I can browse and see the printers name (h
and Samsung), however, when I attempt t
connect both of them, I get the following error:

Code
-------------------
cannot connect to the printer operation could not be completed erro
-------------------
Do I need to have admin account with their passwords on both Deskto
to be able to share the printers

zillah
Thu Apr 17 19:15:25 PDT 2008


Both PCs have XP prof SP2, and both of them on the same workgroup nam
(MSHOME

Nanny
Thu Apr 17 23:46:00 PDT 2008

I would access services and make sure the print spooler service was running.
It might require a restart.

Also make sure your account has the correct permissions to add a printer and
that no local policy restrictions are in place for that account.

Cheers

"zillah" wrote:

>
> I used to have two desktops A & B, they have internet sharing and
> printer sharing , they were working fine.
>
> Desktop A XP Professional SP2 PC has got two printers (HP and
> Samsung) connected directly (USB cable), and Printer sharing is turned
> on .
>
> I bought another Desktop to replace B, because B is an old PC.
>
> From the Desktop B, when attempting to chose the option :
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer
> --------------------
> , to add a shared printer , I can browse and see the printers name (hp
> and Samsung), however, when I attempt to
> connect both of them, I get the following error:
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> cannot connect to the printer operation could not be completed error
> --------------------
> Do I need to have admin account with their passwords on both Desktop
> to be able to share the printers ?
>
>
>

zillah
Fri Apr 18 08:43:17 PDT 2008


> I would access services and make sure the print spooler service wa
> running
It is running

> Also make sure your account has the correct permissions to add a printe
>
I logged in as admi