Access denied when adding TCP/IP printer port in Windows 2008

You get the following error when adding a printer using a TCP/IP port:

add_printer_access_denied

The problem is that you need to “elevate to administrator privileges” (run as administrator) to add a TCP/IP port. I have’nt found any way to do that when adding a printer. The solutions is to logon as administrator in the console and then add the print and TCP/IP port.

Update:
To add a printer as administrator do the following.
1. Open printers in control panel.
2. Right click in the white area. Choose “Run as administrator”/”Add printer…”.

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Posted

2009-06-29

Windows 2008

Daniel

Tags:

Printer, Windows 2008

Comments

8 responses to “Access denied when adding TCP/IP printer port in Windows 2008”

George

2011-01-14

Thanks for this :)
jacques

2012-07-26

thanks, this works, run as admin
Abs

2015-07-23

I can’t get this. Right clicking blank space doesn’t do anything and I can’t right click Devices and Printers with any result. Can you explain properly?
Owen MacPherson

2016-02-26

Worked for me too, thanks!
Becosses

2017-02-10

There is the right way to get it 100% success!

http://www.geeksontech.com/an-error-occurred-during-port-configuration-access-is-denied/
Rustam Sariyev

2017-05-29

Thanks
great
Sam

2018-01-10

For Server 2016:
Open Server Manger, Click Tools (Top right), Click Print Management and edit it in there.
ben

2022-01-31

Sam’s solution worked for me. When using server manager it doesn’t give the error. There is no way that I can find to run control panel or devices and printers with admin creds. Normally on windows 10 there is a button that says “change settings” or maybe it’s “change properties”, and then you can do anything you need to do.