Cannot Connect to Printer Access Is Denied
‘Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied’
is a mutual printer error that Windows ten users more often than not face after installing the security update KB5005565 in Windows x.
This error message occurs while adding a printer because of some issue with the
‘Impress Spooler’
service. The
‘Print Spooler’
service is necessary for carrying out all the press tasks successfully.
Contents
- Variations of the ‘Windows Cannot Connect to the Printer’ Issue
- Reasons for the Occurrence
- Prerequisites
-
How to Fix the Event?
- Editing ‘Providers’ in Windows Registry
- Removing the ‘Deny’ Permission from /spool/drivers
- Enabling the Guest Account
- Creating a New Port While Connecting to the Shared Printer
- Disabling the Mitigation for CVE-2021-1678
- Disabling the ‘Point and Impress Restrictions’
- Uninstalling the Security Update KB5005565
Variations of the ‘Windows Cannot Connect to the Printer’ Issue
Apart from Windows 10 users, Windows 7 or Windows XP users besides confront this error. This error message has several variations with almost all of them rooting to the same problem.
- Functioning could not be completed (error 0x0000007e).
- Printer error admission denied unable to connect.
- Access is denied 0x0000011b.
- Functioning Failed with Error 0x00000002.
- Functioning Failed with Mistake 0x0000007e.
- Access is denied server 2012 r2.
- No printers were plant.
Following are the error codes that are displayed separately:
- 0x00000bcb
- 0x00003e3
- 0x11b
If your error message is 1 of those, then y’all will find the solution to your issue here.
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Reasons for the Occurrence
Afterward researching this error bulletin for several days and troubleshooting it, we take found the post-obit reasons for its occurrence.
- Print Spooler serviceis not running or is stuck in an error land.
- Awaiting documentsmight be locked in the printing documents queue.
-
Permissions
might not exist granted to the computer. Typically, this happens in a network when multiple computers are sharing a single printer. In some cases, the ambassador blocks the press access. -
A corrupted or improper installation
of the printer drivers might likewise cause this error message.
Prerequisites
Reinstalling the Printer
The nearly basic remedy to this fault message is reinstalling the printer by checking whether all the wires are plugged right or non.
If reinstalling the wires of the printer didn’t resolve this error message, then motion to the next tip.
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Running the Basic Troubleshooter and Resetting the Printer
The next tip is to use the default troubleshooter of Windows to discover the problem. Mostly this doesn’t work but trying it won’t toll anything.
- So, go to the
‘Control Panel’
and choose the
‘View devices and printers’
option nether the
‘Hardware and Sound’
section. - At present, correct-click on your printer under the
‘Printers’
section and choose the
‘Set as default printer’
and
‘Troubleshoot’
options. - When yous select the
‘Troubleshoot’
option, Windows will run a troubleshooter to observe the problem y’all are facing with this device and try to ready information technology. - Once Windows has finished the troubleshooting procedure, then right-click on the printer again and cull the
‘Printer preferences’
pick. - A new window volition open. So, click on the
‘Reset’
button and salve the changes by clicking on the
‘OK’
button.
Checking the Drivers of the Printer
The side by side tip is to reinstall the printer drivers because sometimes faulty or corrupted drivers’ updates tin can also cause this issue.
- So, go to the
‘Device Manager’
window and notice your printer. - Then, right-click on information technology and choose the
‘Uninstall device’
option. - At present, reconnect the printer once again and Windows will automatically install the best possible drivers. Nonetheless, if you are using an older version of Windows, like Windows-XP/Vista/7, then you lot may accept to install the drivers manually.
- So, go to the official website of your printer’southward manufacturer and download and install the drivers.
If reinstalling the printer’s drivers didn’t resolve this fault bulletin, then motility to the master solution.
How to Fix the Issue?
Earlier trying any solution, read the description of the solution considering the solutions of this mistake message vary from use case to use case. And then, it’s better to read the description offset because it will relieve you from trying anything stupid and wasting your fourth dimension.
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Editing ‘Providers’ in Windows Registry
If none of the methods piece of work, we are going to delete a registry key in the ‘Providers’ section in the Windows registry. We recommend backing up your registry earlier proceeding as yous tin can e’er revert the changes dorsum if this doesn’t work.
- Printing Windows + R, type ‘regedit‘ in the dialogue box, and printing Enter.
- Once in the registry editor, navigate to the following path:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Print\Providers
- Now,deletethe post-obit primal from this registry:
Client Side Rendering Print Providers
- The last step is torestart the Impress Spoolerservice. Press Windows + R, type “services.msc” in the dialogue box, and press Enter.
- Search through the services until you notice the service. Open up its backdrop andFinishthe service. After waiting a few seconds,
Startinformation technology again. - Now effort connecting to the printer and see if this solves the problem.
Removing the ‘Deny’ Permission from /spool/drivers
Some other workaround as reported by
numerous Redditors
was to remove the ‘Deny’ permission from the following file path:
C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers
This seems to do a quick fix if the issue is originating from not having enough permissions available. This was particularly the case later on updating Windows to the latest build available.
Here is a batch file you tin apply to instantly perform the action instead of manually changing the permissions
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@echo off net stop spooler takeown /F C:\Windows\System32\Spool\Printers /R icacls C:\Windows\System32\Spool\Printers /T /Grant Everyone:F del /Q C:\Windows\System32\Spool\Printers\*.* cyberspace starting time spooler
Y’all can acquire more than about how to create Batch files from an
article on Windows Key.
Enabling the Invitee Account
If you are using a printer in a computer network, the administrator might have disabled your invitee account. Here, enabling the invitee business relationship will resolve this issue for you.
- First, right-click on
‘This PC’
(for Windows-10 and Windows-8/8.1 users) on the figurer with which you have (physically) fastened the printer. But if yous are using Windows-seven or Windows-XP, then the required pick would be
‘Estimator’
or
‘My Computer.’ - So, choose the
‘Manage’
option to open the
‘Computer Management’
window. - After that, become to the
‘Local Users and Groups’
and inside that, go to the
‘Users’
binder. - Now, you will find a
‘Guest’
account inside the
‘Users’
binder and the administrator of your network may take disabled this account, which is why you are facing this effect. - So, right-click on the
‘Guest’
business relationship and cull the
‘Properties’
option. - So, uncheck the box that says
‘Account is disabled’
inside the
‘General’
tab. - After that, click on the
‘Apply’
and then the
‘OK’
button. - At present, restart the system.
After restart, check whether this solution has stock-still the error message.
Suitable for Shared Printers
tested solution
If yous have faced the
‘Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied’
error message while attempting to add together the network printer, then effort this solution. Even if you have already applied the basic troubleshooting, such as checking the security settings of the shared printer, check the sharing settings to brand sure that the file and printer sharing is enabled.
Sharing the Printer from the Host Computer/Laptop
- First of all, share the printer as usual from the figurer on which you accept physically attached the printer. So,
‘follow Step ane of Tip # 2’
to accomplish the
‘Devices and Printers’
window. - Now, right-click on your printer under the
‘Printers’
section and cull the
‘Printer properties’
option. - And so, get to the
‘Sharing’
tab and blazon an like shooting fish in a barrel-to-remember name of the printer. In our instance, we accept used
‘EpsonR200.
’
Connecting to the Shared Printer from the Other Computer/Laptop
- Now, on the other computer (from which yous desire to connect to this printer), nosotros volition run the printer wizard as usual. So, go to the
‘Command Panel’
again and choose the
‘View devices and printers’
option nether the
‘Hardware and Sound’
section co-ordinate to
‘Step 1 of Tip # 2.’ - At present, click on the
‘Add a printer’
option in the new window. - Then, windows will run a browse to discover the fastened printer. And so, click on the
‘The printer that I want isn’t listed’
option. - A new window will open. So, choose the
‘Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings’
option and click on the
‘Next’
button. - After that, choose the
‘Create a new port’
pick and proceed the
‘Type of port:’
equally
‘Local
Port.’
Then, click on the
‘Next’
button. - Now, blazon the port name in this format
‘//computername/printername.’
Then, in our case, the
‘computername’
is
‘Talha’
and
‘printername’
is
‘EpsonR200.’
Note:
If y’all don’t know your computer name, then right-click on
‘This PC’
(or
‘Calculator’) and choose the
‘Properties’
selection. And then, cull the
‘Rename this PC (advanced)’
choice and click on the
‘Alter…’
button to view your
‘Computer name:’
Annotation:
Make sure that you lot are using the name of that computer, on which you take (physically) attached the printer
- Then, click on the
‘OK’
push. - Next, Windows will inquire you to select the make and model of the printer, install its drivers, etc. So, keep following the magician and provide the information it requires to connect to the printer successfully.
After following all the steps, this solution will definitely solve the
‘shared printer access denied unable to connect windows 10’
error message for you because it worked for others in the past. Simply if this solution didn’t bear witness useful, then try the next solution.
Disabling the Mitigation for
CVE-2021-1678
If yous are receiving the
‘Windows cannot connect to the printer Admission is denied 0x0000011b’
error message subsequently installing the Windows security update (KB5005565), and then this might exist an issue with the
‘Print Spooler’
service. Here, uninstalling the faulty security update will fix this issue. But if you don’t desire to uninstall the update, then disable the mitigation for CVE-2021-1678 with the assistance of the following guide.
- Press the ‘Windows + R‘ keys to open the
‘Run’
dialog box and type
‘Regedit’
in the text box. Then, click the ‘OK’
push. - In the adjacent window, click on the ‘Aye’
button to let the windows
‘Registry Editor’
to brand changes to your device. This volition open up the Registry Editor. - At present, paste the following accost afterwards
‘Computer’
in the accost bar of
‘Registry Editor’
and hit the
‘Enter’
key to reach the required folder.
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Organisation\CurrentControlSet\Control\Impress
- Now, right-click on the space inside the
‘Impress’
folder and choose the
‘New’
<
‘DWORD (32-bit) Value’
options. - So, rename the newly created value equally
‘RpcAuthnLevelPrivacyEnabled.’ - Right-click on the newly created value and click on the
‘Modify…’
selection. - Then, change the
‘Value data:’
to
‘0’
to disable it and click on the
‘OK’
button.
This solution will permit you use the printer again. However, if this solution didn’t prove useful, and then you can undo the changes and try the side by side method.
Disabling the ‘Point and Impress Restrictions’
tested solution
If the above solutions didn’t work for you, then attempt disabling the
‘Bespeak and Print Restrictions’
past going to the
‘Edit group policy’
application.
- First, go to the
‘Edit group policy’
application. - And so, go to
‘Administrative Templates’
under
‘Reckoner Configuration’
and double click on the
‘Printers’
folder to open up information technology. - Now, double-click on the
‘Point and Print Restrictions’
option. - Then, choose the
‘Disabled’
option and click on the
‘Apply’
and
‘OK’
buttons to save the changes. - Now, restart the system.
Subsequently restart, cheque if this solution has fixed the error bulletin for you. If yes, then healthy. Otherwise, attempt the next solution.
Uninstalling the Security Update KB5005565
tested solution
If none of the discussed methods have worked for yous, then we recommend uninstalling the security update. Uninstalling the security update will definitely fix this issue because this issue mostly originates after installing the security update (KB5005565).RpcAuthnLevelPrivacyEnabled
- First, go to the
‘Control Panel.
’
- And then, choose the
‘Uninstall a program’
pick under the
‘Programs’
section. - At present, click on the
‘View installed updates’
option. - And so, select the
‘Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB5005565)’
update and click on the
‘Uninstall’
option. - Click on the
‘Yes’
button in the next window to ostend the uninstallation procedure.