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.