how can i fix error code 2147500037

Hello fellow unable to print their homegroup passworders.

My workaround was to use another computer (A) with the password on the screen and type the password in the other computer (B) while I look on the screen of computer A.  It worked great.

To finally print the password, I used Snipping Tool which I believe is a Desktop App.  Using this app, I drew a rectangle around what I wanted to print and voila - it printed.  It is a powerful tool and perfect for situations like this.  It even has buttons built in to email your screen snip, save as an image, etc.

Also, for ultimate security, you could write the password down on a piece of paper using pen, pencil, crayon, sharpie, colored pencil, charcoal, or paint.  Or type it into a text document, a Word file, or using any text editor, or your smart phone, and maybe even write it in a special coded way so only you can understand it.  Then put it in a filing cabinet, or your drawer full of DVD's or PlayStation or Xbox games, since you might actually need it while using one of those.

It probably sounds silly - all this obvious advice.  It just seems this would be a good workaround and the password is only needed once for most people.

Will Homegroup work if I don't print the Homegroup password.

Thanks TD

What if one doesn't want Internet Explorer as their default web browser? I've used Mozilla Firefox for years now and don't want to change back to IE.  HELP!!!!!

What if you have Windows 10 and IT WANTS YOU TO USE EDGE??!?!?!?!

To MSDBigPaPa,

See this comment:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_7-networking/how-can-i-fix-error-code-2147500037/73935e7a-a07a-4f44-af16-e70e6cdc50fb?auth=1

I think this may give you final answer to MS's malaise. IE is insecure from many points of view hence the "Crickets from MS".

I just spoke with an "elevated" tech at Microsoft about this issue. Yes, they finally called back!

It seems that for now all of the workarounds will do the job AND setting IE as default will work.

>>>>>Only for now!!!<<<<<

Eventually the "print your password" button will be removed. It seems this function is a security

issue and the error code shows it. It wants IE to do it which is "not so secure" as many of you 

already know. I did read all (ugh) of the comments in this thread. What it looks like is MS is

migrating the IE dependence out of the Windows operating system. The error we see is the 

current evidence of that (in my observation).

Below is the screenshot of my ended session. I hope it satisfies the curious on this 

thread. That password no longer works.