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Old 02-13-2007   #3 (permalink)
Bryan Foster


 
 

Re: Vista connecting to a PC with XP SP1?

Did that, I turned on file and print sharing. I didnt think I would need to
manually need to create a port, any other ideas?
Thanks

"JP" <jp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Check the firewall in Vista. You have to explicitly allow file and print
> sharing.
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> "Bryan Foster" <bryan@highlifter.com> wrote in message
> news:0E8F0A6A-79E7-4E30-A656-1AFDA214519B@microsoft.com...
>> Not possible? My boss just bought a new PC with vista home basic, they
>> have a PC with XP SP 1 and I cannot get the vista PC to connect to the XP
>> machine's printer. I know vista does not like connecting to printers on
>> my windows 2000 server, any ideas?
>> Thanks
>>

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