Operation Failed With Error 0x00006 Printer Windows 7

In this article, nosotros provide solutions to common Windows errors (0x0000011b
and
0x00000002) that tin occur when connecting a shared network printer from a remote estimator (print server). Discover the error that appears when connecting a printer in the listing beneath and proceed to the ready.

0x00000002
– Printer Connectivity Mistake

Mistake
0x00000002
tin can occur when trying to connect a shared network printer (from the Print Server or the local TCP/IP port) in both Windows 10 and Windows 7. After you have opened the listing of shared printers on a remote computer (via UNC path
\\computername), and clicked the
Connect
button, an error appears

The error 0x00000002 ways that the commuter of this printer installed on the computer is corrupted. Showtime of all, you should try to remove this driver from the driver store (similar in the case of
error 0x00000057).

Run this control:

printui.exe /s /t2

In the list of installed drivers, find the printer driver you want to reinstall and remove it by clicking
Remove
and select the
Remove driver and driver package
choice.

Restart the spooler (cyberspace stop spooler & net start spooler) and try to connect your printer again.

It is likely that the driver will be installed and the printer will connect successfully.

Otherwise, try the following:

1. Remove this registry key:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Arrangement\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations;
2. If there are any subfolders with the names from i to 499 in
   c:\Windows\System32\spool\prtprocs\x64, delete all of them except winprint.dll;
3. Delete all Print Processors and drivers (except winprint) from the reg key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments;
4. Restart your computer and connect to the shared printer.

Every bit a workaround, if the previous methods haven’t helped, connect your printer via UNC path following the instructions in the article
How to Print on Windows 10 Network Printer from XP.

Fault
0x0000011b: Windows Cannot Connect to the Printer

The mass effect with connecting shared network printers with error
0x0000011b
started after installing Windows security updates from September 15, 2021.

When connecting a
shared printer
from a remote computer an error appears:

        Connect to Printer
        Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation failed with mistake 0x0000011b.

This issue is related to the latest security updates in which Microsoft is trying to shut the Print Nightmare vulnerability. Unfortunately, the updates are not fully tested and cause massive errors 0x0000011b.

To solve the problem, you lot demand to remove the final security update
on the figurer where the printer is shared
(!). Depending on the version and build of Windows on the estimator sharing the printer, y’all need to uninstall one of the following updates:

• KB5005565
  — Windows 10 2004. 20H2 and 21H1
• KB5005566
  – Windows 10 1909
• KB5005568
  – Windows ten 1809 and
  Windows 10 LTSC
• KB5005030
  — Windows Server 2019
• KB5005573
  – Windows Server 2016
• KB5005613,
  KB5005627
  — Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1
• KB5005563
  – Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 (who has an Extended Security Updates subscription for Windows 7 and Serve 2008 R2)

To remove an update, go to
Start
->
Settings
->
Update
&
Security
->
View Update History
->
Uninstall updates. Select the recently installed update based on your version/build of Windows (for example,
Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB5005565)) and click
Uninstall.
Or utilise the
wusa
command (specify the update number for your Windows build):

wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:5005565

Restart your computer and try to connect your network printer manually or
using Grouping Policy. Note that if users cannot connect network printers without local administrator permissions (due to the PrintNightmare vulnerability fix), you can temporarily permit non-admin users to install printers by running the command:

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\PointAndPrint" /5 RestrictDriverInstallationToAdministrators /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Then the user volition be able to connect the shared printer and you must set the value to
RestrictDriverInstallationToAdministrators = 1.

Later uninstalling the update, you need to hide it from the installation. In this instance, it won’t be automatically installed on the next Windows Update browse bike.

You tin hide updates with the official tool
wushowhide.diagcab
or using
the PowerShell PSWindowsUpdate module:

$HideList = "KB5005565", "KB5005566", "KB5005568"
Hide-WindowsUpdate -KBArticleID $HideList -Verbose

If you are unable to uninstall the update, equally a workaround, you tin can connect a network printer through the local port. For instance, the local port name for connecting a printer from a remote calculator might look like this:
\\pcname123\HP1220

Connecting a printer via a local port is described in
the article
about another common error connecting a network printer – 0x0000007e.

Another workaround is to prepare the reg key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Arrangement\CurrentControlSet\Command\Impress\RpcAuthnLevelPrivacyEnabled
to
0.