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Old 04-14-2007   #2 (permalink)
Rick Rogers


 
 

Re: I have problems when printing using a shared printer

Hi,

First two things:

1) Did you share the printer under Vista? Are you able to share files from
it to XP?

2) Did you remap the network printer path in XP? You know, from
\\Win98\printer to \\WinVista\printer?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Conan" <Conan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E338232E-8F65-4F62-82A4-C48D8DD0496F@microsoft.com...
> Hello to everybody. I'm from Spain and I have a problem.
>
> I have bought a PC with Windows Vista because I wanted to replace another
> PC
> with Windows 98. Windows 98'PC have a shared printer and I use this
> printer
> to print from other pc with Windows XP. When I installed Windows Vista'PC
> I
> had a problem with the printer. Now I can print with Windows Vista'Pc
> (printer is directly connected to this PC) but I can't print with Windows
> Xp'PC. Both PC's are in a Network and they are connected to a ADSL router.
> ¿Con you help me? Thank you very much.


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