Yes all the PC's are in the same workgroup. And yes, I have file sharing set
up on both the XP and the Vista PC. However, I cannot see the shared folders
between the 2 PC's for some strange reason.
Regards,
"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> Are all the PCs still in the same workgroup? Can they still share files
> from one to the other?
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> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
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> "Andy P" <AndyP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FA234D7F-7219-43D0-A463-3C01053859BD@microsoft.com...
> >I have a Home Workgroup consisting of a Dell Vista Home Premium PC and a
> >Sony
> > Vaio XP Pro PC which has 2 shared printers attached to it.
> >
> > I have mapped my Dell Vista Home Premium PC to my XP Pro shared HP
> > Laserjet
> > 1300 & HP PSC 2400 by using the UNC and not the Printer Wizard (It didn't
> > work at all). At that point the XP machine sharing the printers shows up
> > in
> > the Network folder. I then installed the appropriate printer drivers on
> > my
> > Vista PC. At that point, I was able to print test pages to both printers.
> > However, when I rebooted the Vista PC, I am now unable to print any more.
> > I
> > either get an "RPC server unavailable" error or the document just sits in
> > the
> > print queue till I cancel the print job and then it is gone. The printers
> > still show up in the Printer folders, but I can't print to them any more.
> > Also, the XP Pro PC no longer shows up in the Network folder. I have
> > followed all the procedures on Vista's website pertaining to Sharing Files
> > &
> > Printers between XP & Vista machines to no avail.
> >
> > Can someone help me out.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
>