Vista x64 cannot connect to Windows 2003 x86 printer share

[Guest Jason Chambers]

Hi All,

 

I'm trying to access 64bit printer share that have been installed on a

Windows 2003 x86 server to my Vista Ultimate x64, but I continually

get "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be

completed. (error 0x0000007e)". I have added the x64 drivers by doing

the following:

 

From my Vista x64 machine, surf to the \\server\printers. Right

clicked and went to server properties. On the driver tab, added a new

x64 driver. Pointed to the fresh downloaded driver for HP LaserJet

4250 made May 6th. After doing this, I still get that error message

above when I try to add the printer share to my Vista machine.

 

Any suggestions?

[Guest propman]

Re: Vista x64 cannot connect to Windows 2003 x86 printer share

 

Jason Chambers wrote:

> Hi All,

>

> I'm trying to access 64bit printer share that have been installed on a

> Windows 2003 x86 server to my Vista Ultimate x64, but I continually

> get "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be

> completed. (error 0x0000007e)". I have added the x64 drivers by doing

> the following:

>

> From my Vista x64 machine, surf to the \\server\printers. Right

> clicked and went to server properties. On the driver tab, added a new

> x64 driver. Pointed to the fresh downloaded driver for HP LaserJet

> 4250 made May 6th. After doing this, I still get that error message

> above when I try to add the printer share to my Vista machine.

>

> Any suggestions?

 

Might be an obvious suggestion......

 

Did you run the file first to install it before trying to setup the

print. If you are pointing your setup to the actual file you download

from HP then it's no wonder it's not working as it's an executable file

(.exe) which contains the printer drivers. The drivers themselves have

to be "unpacked" from the exe file and then installed on the server.

[Guest Jason Chambers]

Re: Vista x64 cannot connect to Windows 2003 x86 printer share

 

On May 23, 2:45 pm, propman <prop...@nospam.com> wrote:

> Jason Chambers wrote:

> > Hi All,

>

> > I'm trying to access 64bit printer share that have been installed on a

> > Windows 2003 x86 server to my Vista Ultimate x64, but I continually

> > get "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be

> > completed. (error 0x0000007e)". I have added the x64 drivers by doing

> > the following:

>

> > From my Vista x64 machine, surf to the \\server\printers. Right

> > clicked and went to server properties. On the driver tab, added a new

> > x64 driver. Pointed to the fresh downloaded driver for HP LaserJet

> > 4250 made May 6th. After doing this, I still get that error message

> > above when I try to add the printer share to my Vista machine.

>

> > Any suggestions?

>

> Might be an obvious suggestion......

>

> Did you run the file first to install it before trying to setup the

> print.  If you are pointing your setup to the actual file you download

> from HP then it's no wonder it's not working as it's an executable file

> (.exe) which contains the printer drivers.  The drivers themselves have

> to be "unpacked" from the exe file and then installed on the server.

 

Hi Propman,

 

I have sucessfully extracted and installed the drivers into the

server. The problem is when getting the clients to attach/install to

the printer shares this message comes up.

[Guest propman]

Re: Vista x64 cannot connect to Windows 2003 x86 printer share

 

Jason Chambers wrote:

> On May 23, 2:45 pm, propman <prop...@nospam.com> wrote:

>> Jason Chambers wrote:

>>> Hi All,

> (.exe) which contains the printer drivers. The drivers themselves have

>> to be "unpacked" from the exe file and then installed on the server.

>

> Hi Propman,

>

> I have sucessfully extracted and installed the drivers into the

> server. The problem is when getting the clients to attach/install to

> the printer shares this message comes up.

 

 

Sorry not much use then.....and a little out of my depth to continue

without a lot of Google'ing on my part! :-)

 

Might want to try posting your query to.......

 

microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing

 

.........seems like there some rascals in that newsgroup who really know

their stuff. I'm subscribed to that newsgroup and so will be keeping an

eye out for further developments if you do decide to post there. :-)

[Guest Alan Morris [MSFT]]

Re: Vista x64 cannot connect to Windows 2003 x86 printer share

 

something about the driver is still missing

 

winerror 0x0000007e

126 ERROR_MOD_NOT_FOUND <--> 0xc0000135 STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND

 

 

the driver names must match exactly. For the most part HP has this figured

out.

 

 

You can work around the issue by creating a local printer on the x64

machine. Create a Local Port in the name

\\server\printsharename

 

use the x64 driver you already have

 

 

 

--

Alan Morris

Windows Printing Team

Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:

http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1

 

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

"Jason Chambers" <jchambers@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:8733ea1c-f051-4706-9000-26bb8d6e15bc@34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

On May 23, 2:45 pm, propman <prop...@nospam.com> wrote:

> Jason Chambers wrote:

> > Hi All,

>

> > I'm trying to access 64bit printer share that have been installed on a

> > Windows 2003 x86 server to my Vista Ultimate x64, but I continually

> > get "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be

> > completed. (error 0x0000007e)". I have added the x64 drivers by doing

> > the following:

>

> > From my Vista x64 machine, surf to the \\server\printers. Right

> > clicked and went to server properties. On the driver tab, added a new

> > x64 driver. Pointed to the fresh downloaded driver for HP LaserJet

> > 4250 made May 6th. After doing this, I still get that error message

> > above when I try to add the printer share to my Vista machine.

>

> > Any suggestions?

>

> Might be an obvious suggestion......

>

> Did you run the file first to install it before trying to setup the

> print. If you are pointing your setup to the actual file you download

> from HP then it's no wonder it's not working as it's an executable file

> (.exe) which contains the printer drivers. The drivers themselves have

> to be "unpacked" from the exe file and then installed on the server.

 

Hi Propman,

 

I have sucessfully extracted and installed the drivers into the

server. The problem is when getting the clients to attach/install to

the printer shares this message comes up.