Hello Rick:
Well, I have done all you said and i have noticed than option number three
is not activated but i don't think it's necesarry because i don't want to
share files. I only want to share a printer. ¿Am I wrong?
Than you very much
"Rick Rogers" wrote:
> Hi Conan,
>
> Click start on the Vista machine and type 'network and sharing center' and
> run the entry in the menu, check your settings here. At least the first four
> options need to be enabled.
>
> --
> 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:FC9659A5-A6F4-40ED-912B-34774E82B015@microsoft.com...
> > Hello:
> >
> > Thank you very much for your answers.
> >
> > 1. Yes, my printer is shared under Vista. But I can't see it from XP and I
> > have shared several files in Vista but I don't see them from XP. In
> > addition,
> > when I use command ping from Vista I have response from Xp but If i use
> > ping
> > command in XP I haven't response from Vista.
> >
> > 2. Well, it was not necessary because the name of the machine is the same.
> > But I tried to remap again the printer and XP can't see it so it can't
> > remap
> > it.
> >
> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
> >
> >> 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?
> >>
> >> --
> >> 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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