Sharing printers in Windows Vista

Sharing printers in Windows Vista:
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Hello,
I have followed the instruction to set my HP Photosmart C7250 for sharing but when I get to the dropdown to select turn on printer sharing I get the error message:
Printer settings could not be saved. Operation could not be completed (error 0x0000007a).
What does this mean and what should I do to fix it?
thanks,
Ritch

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