I did a very stupid thing.

I tried to set my printer preferences to private and instead I set it to Administrator only has control over the printer settings.

Then when I tried to PRINT anything out, WIndows 7 said that I did not have authority, to do so, then I went in as administrator and now everytime I want to print something be it on a pdf, open OFFICE or off an html page I get a "Before you can preform a printer related task you must first install a printer. you have no printer installed, would you like to install a printer now?" when I say yes it pops up and dings at me, "Windows can not install printer. ACCESS DENIED." when I say "no" it just sits there.

If I go into certain html sites that print automatically then I can print, if I have to do a file, print then I always ge this message. I have been able to find my printer, but if I look for it in the control panel, no printer is found and Windows says I can not add any printers.

Please help I've been trying to FIGURE out what to do for weeks now. I know enough about computers to go into the system if you just tell me where to go. Thanks a bunch!

I have a Lenovo I bought less then 6 months AGO, its running the Windows 7 it came with. I have a Cannon all in one printer that had been WORKING perfectly until I screwed up. I will answer any questions you may have about anything asap. Thank you once again to everyone for your time in responding! Go to Control Panel and remove the printer...you will recieve a Warning ...ignore it.
Dis-connect the USB printer cable...
Go to Add/Remove programs and un-install the printer software...

Re-boot...insert the CD that came with the printer and run Setup...
It will prompt you when to connect the printer...do so.

When finished print a test page and re-boot.