Hi
Get one of these and make the printer a Network Printer.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833156213
It plugs to the Printer's USB port and then via Network Cable to the Router.
OR this if you want the Printer to the Wireless Router without a cable.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833127074
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).
"wenmom" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>>Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You
>>do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the
>>passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the
>>accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines.
>
> I do not want my (teenage) children to have access to my Vista computer
> beyond access to the printer. Putting passwords and accounts on my
> system for them is not an option.
>
> I had everything networked in the past six months - totally different
> log-ins, always have been password protected, on the XP Desktop
> computer, the XP Laptop computer and the Vista64-bit... and it worked
> fine - the XP Desktop and the XP Laptop could see and print to the
> Vista-64-bit connected printer without problems. They're all on the
> same "workgroup" - I'm wondering if that "workgroup" is what's messing
> things up.
>
> Since Dell instructed me to restore my Vista64bit to it's factory
> state, however, the printing won't work. And now, after messing with
> things so much, my XP Desktop is asking me for passwords to view the
> shared docs folder on the XP Laptop, something it's never done until
> today. I get a log-in window on the XP Desktop to view the Public folder
> on Vista64 as well.
>
> BUT on the Laptop, I can view the Vista64 Public file and the XP
> Desktop Shared Docs files without getting a log-in/password box.
>
> The laptop, however, still cannot connect to the printer on the Vista
> machine (it can't even find it - it doesn't show up as an available
> printer - unless I do the printer location //computername/printername
> thing, but then every time I try to print on the laptop or the desktop,
> it has to be logged on prior to ever trying to print).
>
> I've gone through and made sure the Vista64 bit is all shared, made
> sure the computer is "findable" on the network. And still, nothing.
>
> My wireless router does not have a printer port.
> My printer is not bluetooth enabled (and the XP machines are not
> either) and I don't think I can plug a wi-fi antenna to the back of the
> printer, where the square USB plug goes into it (can I?)
>
> Thanks for your help...
>
>
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> wenmom