If you have printer hooked to XP, and you want Vista to access it and use it,
you need to have that printer's Vista compatible Driver software installed on
Vista.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx
Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.
How to give Permissions are there, too.
If you are running Norton, Trend Micro, McAfee, etc’s Firewall, check its
settings to make sure it allows file and printer sharing..
1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.
In Vista Network and Sharing:
Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)
Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)
File Sharing: ON
Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)
Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, you will be
asked for a username and password when you try to access a Vista computer
from an XP computer.
Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer sharing Wizard.
"Robert J. Lafayette" wrote:
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> Baffling problem:
>
> Two machines: Vista Home premium, XP Home.
>
> Both computers show up on Verizon's Webtel 327w network address.
>
> On XP machine the local (connected to XP machine) USB printer works only
> from XP machine and can not print from Vista machine even after using
> network setup wizard both ways-- from Vista to XP, and XP to Vista.
>
> Can ping from XP to Vista, but not from Vista to XP, even with firewall on
> XP turned off.
>
> On XP can see shared folders.
>
> Start> Network -- Shows two computers: Bob Slimline and STEPH.
>
> On Vista again, nothing can be accessed from XP Machine. Though the XP
> machine is seen it can not be accessed by double clicking on it. Says
> computer name may be spelled incorrectly though it is not, or says there may
> be a network problem which there seems to be.
>
> All appropriate authorizations seems to be made correctly on both machines.
>
> On Vista machine: its USB printer works from both Vista machine AND XP
> Machine.
>
> Could drivers be the cause?, though I am manually installing same printer
> driver on Vista machine that is being used on the XP Machine during the add
> a printer process, though the driver I add is different than the driver that
> MS supplies internally for the printer if I connect the printer directly to
> my Vista machine. (this because the manufacturer supplied driver causes
> problems., so I use an older driver).
>
> Printing did work however a few days ago, admittedly I recently added a new
> wireless adapter to the XP machine as its internal adapter kept losing the
> signal. This should have no effect.
>
> Am unsure what else has changed.
>
> Spent too many hours doing and redoing, so I must ask: please advise in
> detail.
>
> Robert
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