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Error message when a user tries to connect to a shared printer in Windows Server 2008

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SYMPTOMS

When a user tries to connect to a shared printer in Windows Server 2008, the user receives an error message. The two scenarios in which a user experiences this problem are as follows:

When the user tries to connect to a shared printer that is hosted on a Linux-based computer, the user receives the following error message:
Printer Driver setup error. Access is denied.

Note The masquerading printer connection feature in Windows Server 2008 enables shared printer connections from Windows-based computers to printers that are hosted on Linux-based computers.
When the user uses HTTP to try to connect to a printer that is connected to a Windows-based computer, the user receives the following error message:
Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied.

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This issue occurs if the user does not have administrative user rights or elevated user rights. A security change in Windows Server 2008 does not let non-administrative users create local printer connections. In the scenarios that are described in the "Symptoms" section, the printers are represented in Windows as local printers and as network printers.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, create the printer connection by using elevated user rights or as an administrative user.

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REFERENCES

For more information about Windows Server 2008, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/default.mspx

(http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/default.mspx)

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