Vista - network printer problem

I have vista home 32 bit on a laptop and a desktop I have two Kodax printers one on my desktop one on my wifes desktop. I have them both shared however I can not get my laptop to conect to either one I see the printers on the network but every time I tell them to add I get a message telling me I typed the name wrong I didn't type a name I chose a printer from the list. I allso have the same problem trying to connect my desktop to my wifes printer. I have spent hours on the phone with HP and they couldnot resolve the problem. I called microsoft and they would not help because both units are under warinty with Hp. Any help

Hi Tangnuts,

We need more infomation to help you please specifiy wheter you can share files with yours wifes desktop. Are you able to do file shareing is it only the printer. also check on vista in the network and sharing center wheter printer sharing is enabled. if this is disabled enable it. else pls reply with more details.


Hope this helps

Cheers !!

Im sorry it takes so long to get back I don't get on a computer very often. I can share files on all computers its only a printer problem I tried it in safe mode with networking and with the firewall turned off and still wont work. I tried selecting avalable shared printers (they both show up on printers shared) but I get a message I typed the name wrong I tried changing the names of the printers still would'nt work I can see the new names but still get a message I typed the name wrong. I'm at a real loss.

Try using this tutorial.

Hope this helps,

Extensa

Thanks that worked. I'm Surpriced Microsoft doe'nt have it posted on there site.