Printer Status Access Denied Unable to Connect

‘Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied’
is a common printer error that Windows 10 users mostly face after installing the security update KB5005565 in Windows 10.

This error message occurs while adding a printer because of some issue with the
‘Print Spooler’
service. The
‘Impress Spooler’
service is necessary for carrying out all the printing tasks successfully.

Variations of the ‘Windows Cannot Connect to the Printer’ Consequence

Apart from Windows 10 users, Windows 7 or Windows XP users also face this mistake. This mistake message has several variations with almost all of them rooting to the same problem.

• Operation could not exist completed (error 0x0000007e).
• Printer mistake access denied unable to connect.
• Access is denied 0x0000011b.
• Operation Failed with Error 0x00000002.
• Performance Failed with Fault 0x0000007e.
• Access is denied server 2012 r2.
• No printers were found.

Following are the mistake codes that are displayed separately:

• 0x00000bcb
• 0x00003e3
• 0x11b

If your error message is one of those, so you lot will find the solution to your effect here.

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Reasons for the Occurrence

After researching this error message for several days and troubleshooting it, nosotros have establish the following reasons for its occurrence.

• Print Spooler serviceis not running or is stuck in an error land.
• Pending documentsmight be locked in the press documents queue.
• Permissions
  might non exist granted to the reckoner. Typically, this happens in a network when multiple computers are sharing a single printer. In some cases, the ambassador blocks the printing access.
• A corrupted or improper installation
  of the printer drivers might likewise cause this error message.

Prerequisites

Reinstalling the Printer

The most basic remedy to this error message is reinstalling the printer by checking whether all the wires are plugged correct or not.

If reinstalling the wires of the printer didn’t resolve this fault message, then movement to the next tip.

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Running the Bones Troubleshooter and Resetting the Printer

The next tip is to use the default troubleshooter of Windows to detect the problem. Generally this doesn’t work simply trying information technology won’t cost anything.

1. Then, go to the
   ‘Command Panel’
   and choose the
   ‘View devices and printers’
   option under the
   ‘Hardware and Sound’
   department.

   

   

2. Now, correct-click on your printer nether the
   ‘Printers’
   section and cull the
   ‘Set as default printer’
   and
   ‘Troubleshoot’
   options.

   

3. When y’all select the
   ‘Troubleshoot’
   option, Windows will run a troubleshooter to detect the problem you are facing with this device and try to fix it.

   

4. Once Windows has finished the troubleshooting procedure, then right-click on the printer again and choose the
   ‘Printer preferences’
   pick.

   

5. A new window will open. So, click on the
   ‘Reset’
   push and save 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 can also cause this consequence.

1. So, go to the
   ‘Device Managing director’
   window and detect your printer.
2. Then, right-click on it and cull the
   ‘Uninstall device’
   selection.
3. Now, reconnect the printer again and Windows will automatically install the all-time possible drivers. However, if you are using an older version of Windows, similar Windows-XP/Vista/vii, and then y’all may take to install the drivers manually.
4. Then, become to the official website of your printer’s manufacturer and download and install the drivers.

If reinstalling the printer’s drivers didn’t resolve this error message, then move to the main solution.

How to Gear up the Issue?

Before trying any solution, read the description of the solution because the solutions of this error message vary from use instance to utilize example. And so, it’south improve to read the clarification first because it will salvage you from trying anything stupid and wasting your fourth dimension.

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Editing ‘Providers’ in Windows Registry

verified solution

If none of the methods work, nosotros are going to delete a registry key in the ‘Providers’ section in the Windows registry. We recommend backing up your registry before proceeding every bit you tin always revert the changes dorsum if this doesn’t work.

1. Printing Windows + R, type ‘regedit‘ in the dialogue box, and press Enter.
2. Once in the registry editor, navigate to the following path:

   HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Print\Providers

3. Now,deletethe post-obit key from this registry:

   Client Side Rendering Print Providers

4. The last step is torestart the Print Spoolerservice. Press Windows + R, type “services.msc” in the dialogue box, and printing Enter.
5. Search through the services until you detect the service. Open its properties andStopthe service. After waiting a few seconds,
   Outsetit again.
6. Now try connecting to the printer and see if this solves the problem.

Removing the ‘Deny’ Permission from /spool/drivers

verified solution

Another workaround as reported past
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 result is originating from not having enough permissions available. This was particularly the case after updating Windows to the latest build available.

Hither is a batch file yous can utilise to instantly perform the action instead of manually changing the permissions

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You lot tin larn more virtually how to create Batch files from an
commodity on Windows Primal.

Enabling the Guest Account

verified solution

If you are using a printer in a computer network, the administrator might accept disabled your guest account. Here, enabling the guest account volition resolve this consequence for you.

1. Beginning, right-click on
   ‘This PC’
   (for Windows-10 and Windows-8/viii.1 users) on the computer with which you have (physically) attached the printer. But if y’all are using Windows-7 or Windows-XP, and then the required pick would be
   ‘Computer’
   or
   ‘My Computer.’
2. Then, choose the
   ‘Manage’
   option to open the
   ‘Computer Direction’
   window.

   

3. Subsequently that, go to the
   ‘Local Users and Groups’
   and inside that, go to the
   ‘Users’
   folder.

   

4. Now, y’all will observe a
   ‘Guest’
   account within the
   ‘Users’
   binder and the administrator of your network may have disabled this account, which is why you are facing this event.
5. So, right-click on the
   ‘Guest’
   business relationship and choose the
   ‘Properties’
   option.

   

6. And so, uncheck the box that says
   ‘Business relationship is disabled’
   inside the
   ‘General’
   tab.
7. After that, click on the
   ‘Apply’
   and so the
   ‘OK’
   button.

   

8. At present, restart the system.
   

   

Later restart, check whether this solution has fixed the mistake message.

Creating a New Port While Connecting to the Shared Printer

Suitable for Shared Printers

tested solution

If you have faced the
‘Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied’
error message while attempting to add the network printer, and then try this solution. Even if you have already applied the basic troubleshooting, such every bit checking the security settings of the shared printer, check the sharing settings to make sure that the file and printer sharing is enabled.

Sharing the Printer from the Host Calculator/Laptop

1. Beginning of all, share the printer as usual from the computer on which you have physically attached the printer. So,
   ‘follow Step 1 of Tip # 2’
   to accomplish the
   ‘Devices and Printers’
   window.
2. Now, right-click on your printer under the
   ‘Printers’
   section and choose the
   ‘Printer backdrop’
   choice.

   

3. Then, go to the
   ‘Sharing’
   tab and type an easy-to-remember proper noun of the printer. In our case, we have used
   ‘EpsonR200.
   ’
   

   

Connecting to the Shared Printer from the Other Computer/Laptop

4. Now, on the other computer (from which you want to connect to this printer), we will run the printer wizard as usual. So, become to the
   ‘Control Panel’
   again and cull the
   ‘View devices and printers’
   option nether the
   ‘Hardware and Sound’
   section according to
   ‘Step 1 of Tip # 2.’
5. Now, click on the
   ‘Add a printer’
   pick in the new window.

   

6. And then, windows will run a scan to find the attached printer. So, click on the
   ‘The printer that I desire isn’t listed’
   option.

   

7. A new window will open. So, choose the
   ‘Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings’
   option and click on the
   ‘Next’
   push button.

   

8. Later on that, choose the
   ‘Create a new port’
   choice and go along the
   ‘Type of port:’
   as
   ‘Local
   Port.’
   And then, click on the
   ‘Next’
   button.

   

9. Now, type the port name in this format
   ‘//computername/printername.’
   And so, in our example, the
   ‘computername’
   is
   ‘Talha’
   and
   ‘printername’
   is
   ‘EpsonR200.’

Notation:
If you lot don’t know your calculator name, then right-click on
‘This PC’
(or
‘Computer’) and cull the
‘Properties’
option. And then, choose the
‘Rename this PC (advanced)’
option and click on the
‘Change…’
push to view your
‘Computer name:’

Note:
Make sure that you are using the name of that reckoner, on which you have (physically) fastened the printer

10. And then, click on the
    ‘OK’
    button.

    

11. Next, Windows will ask you lot to select the make and model of the printer, install its drivers, etc. So, continue following the magician and provide the data it requires to connect to the printer successfully.

After post-obit all the steps, this solution will definitely solve the
‘shared printer access denied unable to connect windows 10’
error message for y’all because it worked for others in the by. But if this solution didn’t prove useful, and so effort the next solution.

Disabling the Mitigation for
CVE-2021-1678

verified solution

If you are receiving the
‘Windows cannot connect to the printer Access is denied 0x0000011b’
error message after installing the Windows security update (KB5005565), then this might be an upshot with the
‘Print Spooler’
service. Here, uninstalling the faulty security update will fix this effect. But if you don’t want to uninstall the update, then disable the mitigation for CVE-2021-1678 with the aid of the following guide.

1. Printing the ‘Windows + R‘ keys to open the
   ‘Run’
   dialog box and type
   ‘Regedit’
   in the text box. Then, click the ‘OK’
   button.

   

2. In the next window, click on the ‘Aye’
   button to allow the windows
   ‘Registry Editor’
   to make changes to your device. This volition open up the Registry Editor.

   

3. At present, paste the post-obit address after
   ‘Computer’
   in the address bar of
   ‘Registry Editor’
   and hit the
   ‘Enter’
   key to reach the required folder.

          \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print
        

4. Now, right-click on the infinite within the
   ‘Print’
   folder and choose the
   ‘New’
   <
   ‘DWORD (32-bit) Value’
   options.

   

5. Then, rename the newly created value as
   ‘RpcAuthnLevelPrivacyEnabled.’
6. Right-click on the newly created value and click on the
   ‘Modify…’
   option.

   

7. Then, change the
   ‘Value data:’
   to
   ‘0’
   to disable it and click on the
   ‘OK’
   button.

   

This solution will permit y’all apply the printer over again. However, if this solution didn’t prove useful, then you tin undo the changes and try the adjacent method.

Disabling the ‘Point and Print Restrictions’

tested solution

If the higher up solutions didn’t piece of work for you, so effort disabling the
‘Point and Print Restrictions’
by going to the
‘Edit group policy’
awarding.

1. First, go to the
   ‘Edit group policy’
   awarding.

   

2. Then, go to
   ‘Administrative Templates’
   under
   ‘Computer Configuration’
   and double click on the
   ‘Printers’
   folder to open up information technology.

   

3. Now, double-click on the
   ‘Betoken and Print Restrictions’
   option.

   

4. Then, choose the
   ‘Disabled’
   option and click on the
   ‘Use’
   and
   ‘OK’
   buttons to save the changes.

   

5. Now, restart the organisation.
   

   

After restart, check if this solution has fixed the error message for y’all. If yes, then salubrious. Otherwise, effort the next solution.

Uninstalling the Security Update KB5005565

tested solution

If none of the discussed methods have worked for you, then nosotros recommend uninstalling the security update. Uninstalling the security update will definitely fix this issue considering this issue mostly originates after installing the security update (KB5005565).RpcAuthnLevelPrivacyEnabled

1. Beginning, go to the
   ‘Control Panel.
   ’
   

   

2. So, choose the
   ‘Uninstall a program’
   pick under the
   ‘Programs’
   department.

   

3. Now, click on the
   ‘View installed updates’
   option.

   

4. And then, select the
   ‘Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB5005565)’
   update and click on the
   ‘Uninstall’
   selection.

   

5. Click on the
   ‘Aye’
   push button in the next window to confirm the uninstallation process.