Scenario 1: you are prompted to enter your account and password to access
Cause analysis:
This is because the guest account is not enabled. Enable it.
Solution:
Start-> Control Panel-> User account and home security-> add or delete an account-> Guest-> Enable.
Case 2: no access permission is prompted
Cause analysis:
The permission for Guest is not enabled. Just allow Guest to access this computer.
Solution:
1. Enter "gpedit. msc" at the beginning to open the local group policy editor;
2. Choose computer configuration> Windows Settings> Security Settings> Local policy> user permission assignment> deny access to the computer from the network and delete the Guest.
The above are two reasons why shared printers in Windows 7 cannot be accessed and the solution is simple. There are two reasons for this situation. You can solve the problem according to different situations.