What do you do if an (HP) print driver will not install the print driver for
Vista on a XP Home version? This is the conundrum I have been in. I was
able to install the driver on my Vista laptop but not the driver needed to
share the printer on my XP Home desktop.
"Mick Murphy" wrote:
Quote:
> You have to have the Printer's Driver installed in the laptop as well as the
> Desktop.
>
> And, in the Vista Laptop>Start>Network>Network and Sharing>Add Network
> Device>Browse to the ultimate's printer>Follow instructions to add it
>
> Have a read of the info below as well on how to Network.
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx
>
> Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.
>
> Permissions/Share info is there as well.
>
> If using Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro I.S., make sure file and printer
> sharing is enabled in THEIR firewall (or LAN allowed, depending on how their
> Exceptions are worded in their Firewall)
>
> 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 (passwords can be different) 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, or a Vista computer.
>
> -
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
>
> "VistaKing" wrote:
> Quote:
> >
> > ::I'm having a problem printing from my vista laptop. The printer is
> > connected to my desktop which is a Vista Ultimate SP1 32bit and the
> > Laptop is Vista Home Premium . I keep getting this error message when
> > I'm trying to connect to the printer. I could ping both computers fine
> > without a problem I get all of the packets nothing fails. ::
> >
> >
> > ::[Window Title]::
> > ::Connect to Printer::
> > ::[Main Instruction]::
> > ::Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be
> > completed (error 0x0000000d).::
> > ::[OK]::
> >
> >
> > --
> > VistaKing
> >