Vista - Printer Sharing problem

Hi all, new notebook running Vista, connected to another computer running xp, can see the shared computer, and it's printers, but cannot share the printers. HELP, tried just about everything.

Geeze a bit more info would be helpful.

you can see the Vista on the XP?

Where is the printer attached?

Does Vista see the printer on the network or attached to your Computer?

is the XP PC a desktop?

Is it a wireless netwrok?

Are the printer drivers compatable with Vista?

Hello: Thanks for replying. I am not good at computers, so I didn't know what information to provide. However, we can see the notebook (running vista) from the desktop (running xp), and

The printer is attached on the network. I can see the printer on the network (host) only, and not on my notebook.

Desktop with printers runs XP

We are using a router, no wireless

I think I have a compatible drive.

Sorry, again, I'm not good at this stuff.
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Hi Gypseeblue,
Are you saying you have a vista notebook, a xp desktop computer, a printer all plugged into a router?

Or are you saying you have a vista notebook and a xp desktop plugged into a router and the printer is installed on the xp desktop PC via USBcable/Parallel cable?

Raj

Hi Raj,

I have a notebook running Vista, and my husband has a Desktop running XP. The printer is connected to his desktop via usb and both of our computers are connected to a router.

I went online with Dell Tech support, and that guy tried alot of stuff, but never could resolve the issue.

If I try to add the printer from control panel, I can select add a printer from a network, and it sees the printer and tries to connect, but then I get a message that says " Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be complete. Error 0x0000000d".

If I go to the networks, and click on his (host), I can see the printer and if I try to click on it, it attempts to connect, but then I get a message that says Windows could not connect, there is not enough memory, close programs and try again, but I dont' have anything running.

If I go through my network and try to add a printer, I get a message that says I dont' have permissions, which I dont' understand because I am the only user on the notebook.

This is so frusterating.... Any help is appreciated.

Is your notebook possibly a dell or IBM thinkpad veriety?

laptop is a dell, just got it for christmas.

Hi gypseeblue,
You said "which I dont' understand because I am the only user on the notebook" This maybe true but you got to be a local administrator to install print drivers intead of a standard user.
Here is what I would do on your laptop.
1. Enable the real administator account.
2. Log in with the real admin account
3. try to install the printer. Yo should not get an access is denied then hopefully.
4. Log back into your laptop as yourself and see if your printer is there, if not try again to install it.
Here is how to enable the admin account:
Administrator Account
Raj

It's possible Dell have installed extra security third party programs. Dell often add their own utilities and it's worth going through the Dell extra add-ons to make sure their software aren't adding lock-ups.

Raj:
followed your advice, unfortunately, I am still get the errors in my post to you previously....thank you for helping and if you have any more ideas please please let me know.
Thanks, gypsy