After installing Vista on my PC I ran into the problem of not being able to connect a network printer. Vista refused to install the right drivers for my HP Laserjet.

A XP Prof PC has a printer attached that all other computers running XP

or linux are able to access. While Vista PCs that attempt to connect to

this printer get the 'access denied' error, even though file sharing

otherwise works.

Here is what others suggested to do (original thread here: http://www.vista64.net/forums/showthread.php?p=105192).

1. Add the printer driver on the Vista PC, using control panel/printers/add printer/local

printer. Vista had the driver for the printer in its table of

selectable printer drivers. I chose LPT1 as the local port even though

the PC in question doesn't even have LPT1 active in the BIOS.

2. After installing the driver, DON'T go back to the 'add

printer wizard' and try to add a network printer again - you'll get the

same 'access denied' error. Instead select (right click) the newly installed printer, choose

properties, ports, add port. Then manually add a new Local Port with:

\\computer_name\shared_printer_name

as the port name. In my case, the port name for the printer on my XP

Home PC is \\superqin\default

3. Make sure you select this newly created port as the active port for the

printer.

4. Print some pages!

Have you tried enabling the Guest account on the print "server"?