Vista: The specified print monitor is unknown

The specified print monitor is unknown

Symptoms

When trying to install a shared network printer in Windows Vista, you get an error which states:

Windows cannot connect to the printer.
The specified print monitor is unknown.

The Cause

This is a bug in Vista. If you disable the UAC, Vista is seemingly unable to add a network printer.

The Fix

To fix this, you’ll need to install a “Performance and Reliability Update”, KB938979. Bizarrely, this update is listed as Optional by Windows Update, and so you may not have installed it. I shall refrain from commenting further on the lunacy of this ;)

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  1. Satria Wibawa said,

    13 November, 2007 at 7:37 am

    [...] nanya sama om google menurut Mind Circus ternyata ini salah satu bugs dari vista (katanya siy begono … ) dan disuruh update and [...]

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