Thursday, October 22, 2015

Steps To Fix Error 0x00000709 [When your printer is against to be your default one]



  • Click the Start button located at the bottom left and type regedit, this will list the result in the search pane, right click regedit and select “Run As Administrator”.



  • Expand the tree and scroll down to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
– Select Software
– Select Microsoft
– Select Windows NT
– Select CurrentVersion
– Select Windows

 
Note that each folder is a subset of another folder, the main folder and the path of the destination folder is:


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Windows 






  • Select device key from the right pane, right click on it and select Modify now change the value, to the name of your printer. Example: HP Laserjet P1006,winspool,Ne03:
 
 
  •  If you are prompted with the “cannot edit device” dialog, just click OK.
  •  Right click on the Window folder from the left panel and choose Permissions, and put check in the Full Control Box.