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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June 29, 2009

Daniel

Windows 2008

Printer, Windows 2008

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

George says:

2011-01-14 at 14:00

Thanks for this :)
jacques says:

2012-07-26 at 11:44

thanks, this works, run as admin
Abs says:

2015-07-23 at 19:35

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 says:

2016-02-26 at 19:37

Worked for me too, thanks!
Becosses says:

2017-02-10 at 15:42

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 says:

2017-05-29 at 09:29

Thanks
great
Sam says:

2018-01-10 at 06:32

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

2022-01-31 at 22:08

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.