"You do not have access to this printer. Only the security tab will be displayed"

“You do not have permission to view or edit the current permission settings for printername on servername, but you can take ownership or change auditing settings”

“Printer properties cannot be displayed. The print spooler is not running” 

Symptoms: when you try to print or open the Properties of a networking printer, you may receive these messages:

"You do not have access to this printer. Only the security tab will be displayed"

“You do not have permission to view or edit the current permission settings for printername on servername, but you can take ownership or change auditing settings”

“Printer properties cannot be displayed. The print spooler is not running”

Causes: 1. You just changed a domain computer’s name.

2. You are using XP Home connect to a networking printer in a domain.

3. You just changed the password.

4. You just installed software like pcAnywhere.

You receive these messages because all above make the computer lose the cached credentials or no cached credentials is created.

Resolutions: 1. Make sure you have synchronize your current password with the domain or remote computer.

2. Re-create cached credentials by using net use command line.

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