Solutions for Windows8.1 systems that cannot connect to shared printers

Windows8.1 system cannot connect to shared printer error prompts, what to do? Why is this happening? This has a lot to do with permission settings. WIN8 system Computer shares a printer, and this printer's properties in the "Users and Groups" in the "User and group" when there is a failure to connect to the printer, have set Everyone permissions can be used normally, The following is a small compilation of solutions that Win8.1 systems cannot connect to a shared printer.

Workaround:

1. On the computer where the printer is shared, open Control Panel and click "View devices and printers";

2, in the Open device list, right click on the shared printer, click Printer properties, select this printer;

3, under the "Sharing" tab, fill in the correct "share name";

4, open the "Security" tab, you can see in the "Group or user name," There is no "everyone" of this item, click the "Add" button;

5, in the appearance of the "Select User or group" interface, click "Find Now", in the list to find "Everyone", click "OK";

6, return the interface can see "Everyone" already in the list, click "OK";

7, you can see that "everyone" has been added to the "group or user" list, set permissions for it, we "print" after "Allow" check box tick, only to assign print permissions;

8, return to reconnect can be. This workaround is most likely to occur in a newly installed system because of the problem with permissions settings.

The tutorial content is the Windows8.1 system can not connect to the shared printer solution, of course, there are many reasons for the inability to connect the shared printer, if it is due to permissions issues, you can refer to this tutorial to solve.