Error Message: You Do Not Have Sufficient Access to Your Machine to Connect to the Selected Printer (279753)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
This article was previously published under Q279753 SYMPTOMS When you use the Add Printer Wizard to install a network
printer, you may receive the following error message: You
do not have sufficient access to your machine to connect to the selected
printer. CAUSEThis issue may occur if the account you used to log on to
the network is not a member of the local Administrators or Power Users
group.RESOLUTIONTo resolve this issue, use either of the following methods. Method 1- Add your domain user account to the local Administrators
group:
- Click Start, right-click My
Computer, and then click Manage.
- Expand Local Users and Groups, and
then click Groups.
- In the right pane of the Computer
Management dialog box, double-click Administrators,
and then click Add.
- In the Look in box, click your domain,
click your account name, click Add, and then click
OK two times.
- Install the network printer.
Method 2 Install the printer on a Windows 2000 print server, and then
share it with users across the network. This method uses the point-and-print
functionality in Windows 2000. When a user connects to a printer on a print
server, the connecting client looks for the appropriate driver on the print
server, and then automatically downloads it. If you use this method, make sure
that you install printer drivers for all the supported operating systems in
your corporate network. Note that adding printers to the print server may
require that you log on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators,
Print Operators or the Server Operators group.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/1/2003 |
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Keywords: | kb3rdparty kbnetwork kbprb kberrmsg KB279753 |
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