What to do if win7 cannot connect to xp printer

#What should I do if win7 cannot connect to the xp printer?

Solution to the problem that Win7 system cannot connect to the shared printer of XP system.

When a Win7 system computer uses a printer attached to an XP system computer, the problem of "unable to connect to the printer" may occur. Because the machine connected to the printer is an XP system, and only the printer driver under XP is installed, the driver can only support shared printing on machines under the XP/200X system, but does not support vista/Win7 systems.

Regarding this problem, the first thing we need to do is: confirm whether the Print Spooler service is turned on.

　1. Click the start menu, enter "services.msc" in the search bar (do not put quotation marks when entering), and start the program in the search results. If the User Account Control window pops up, please click "Continue".

2. Find and double-click the "Print Spooler" service in the list on the right;

3. Click the "General" tab and make sure the "Startup Type" is "Automatic" or "Manual" ". Then click the "Enable" button under "Service Status".

　4. Retry connecting to the printer

*If you are prompted "Print Spooler service cannot be started", your Print Spooler service may be damaged, please try step 2

*If it prompts "Print Spooler has started" but still cannot connect to the printer, it may be that the printer driver is not installed in Win7. Please try step three

Step two: We can try to rebuild by importing a lossless registry Print Spooler Service

1. First download the registry file officially provided by Microsoft. If you are a 32-bit system, please click 32-win7-Spooler.re to download; if you are a 64-bit system, please click 64-win7-Spooler.re Download Baidu Netdisk;

　2. Select Rename and change the file suffix name from .re to .reg;

　3. Double-click to import and restart the computer , reconnect the printer.

Step 3: Install the printer driver suitable for vista/Win 7

1. Click Start Control Panel Printers;

2. Select "Add Printer";

　3. Select "Add local printer" and click Next;

　4. Select "Create a new port". Select the "local port" item and click Next. You will be prompted to enter the port name and enter the share. The absolute path of the printer, the format is: *** (the computer name or IP address of the shared printer) *** (the shared name of the shared printer), such as 192.168.25.71HplaserJ, press OK;

5. Select Check the "manufacturer" and "model" of your network printer and click Next. (If it is not in the list, and the official does not provide the corresponding Vista version driver download, please choose a similar model in the list instead. Under normal circumstances, it is ok, such as HP1010, choose HP1015)

　6. Added successfully , reconnect the printer.

*If the machine connected to the printer is in the domain, or has a password and requires authorized access, perform the following operations before adding the printer (otherwise, an "unknown username and password" prompt may appear) ：

　1. Click Start Run (you can press WIN R shortcut at the same time)

　2. Enter the name or IP address of the computer that shares the printer, such as 192.168.25.71

　3. Fill in the account information in the username and password boxes and choose to save the password

　4.Retry connecting to the printer

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