Vista Tutorial - share printer help needed

07-01-2009

Thanks for your immediate responses. It'll be a couple of weeks before I can
get back on the Network due to a trip. Thanks again, Dick
"Malke" <malke@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Ok$mfVa%23JHA.3768@xxxxxx

Quote:

> dick wrote:
>

Quote:

>> Not too sensitive at 69 years <G>. But did follow your instructions as I
>> understood true names and found xp with Administrator, All Users, Default
>> User and Owner while Vista had Public and Vista choices.. So I decided
>> to
>> do <It is common for users to rename the generic user account they
>> started out
>> with (i.e., rename Computer Administrator to Dick) instead of creating a
>> new user account as they should.> I guess I thought this was an option
>> not
>> realizing you told me renaming an account didn't work in some previous
>> email.
>>
>> Anyway, being retired with only time and pride available, the $100+ to
>> come out seems expensive.
>>
>> I guess my last querry:
>> Any feelings on letting it be done remotely (considerably cheaper
>> supposedly)??

>
> Sorry, I don't do remote work for people I help in newsgroups.
>
> Look, this is very simple:
>
> 1. Any user accounts that you *renamed* (from Computer Administrator to
> Dick
> for example), NAME THEM BACK TO THE ORIGINAL. Do this from Control
> Panel>User Accounts on both comptuers.
>
> 2. Now look at the *true* user account names:
>
> XP: C:\Documents and Settings - WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU SEE (exclude All Users
> and Default User).
>
> Vista: C:\Users - WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU SEE (exclude Public and Default User
> if visible).
>
> 3. Go to each computer and from Control Panel>User Accounts create new
> users
> with the names to match on each machine where you need them. Assign a
> simple password to each user account*. It can be "1234" or "Dick" or
> "password". But just do it. When you are finished, both machines should
> have identical user accounts/passwords. You can use different passwords
> but
> since security doesn't matter in your case you don't have to. Make this
> *simple*.
>
> *Leave Guest disabled on both computers.
>
> Example of both computers when you have finished (obviously use the user
> account names you really have):
>
> XP box: Computer Administrator - password 1234
> Owner - password 1234
> Vista Owner - password 1234
>
> Vista box: Computer Administrator - password 1234
> Owner - password 1234
> Vista Owner - password 1234
>
> 4. Now go to the XP box. If it is XP Pro or XP Media Center, go to Control
> Panel>Folder Options>View tab and *uncheck* the option to use Simple File
> Sharing.
>
> 4a. You need to set your firewalls ON BOTH COMPUTERS to allow file/printer
> sharing. If Norton is the firewall, set this in Norton. If Windows
> Firewall
> is the firewall, put a checkmark in File and Printer Sharing in the
> Windows
> Firewall Exceptions tab.
>
> 4b. On the Vista box in the Network and Sharing Center:
>
> Network Discovery: ON
> File Sharing: ON
> Public Folder Sharing: ON
> Printer Sharing: ON
> Password Protected Sharing: ON
> Media Sharing: Off
>
> 5. On the XP box, go to Control Panel>Printers and see your printer
> listed.
> Right-click on it and Share the printer.
>
> 6. On the Vista box, you need to have Vista drivers for that printer. If
> there are no Vista drivers on the CD that you got with the printer
> (because
> it's older) or you have lost the disc, go to the printer mftr.'s website
> and download Vista drivers - ON THE VISTA BOX - for that specific model
> printer.
>
> Now install the Vista drivers on the Vista computer and during the
> installation process the shared printer on the XP box should be found.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>

07-01-2009	#11 (permalink)
dick Guest n/a posts	Re: share printer help needed Thanks for your immediate responses. It'll be a couple of weeks before I can get back on the Network due to a trip. Thanks again, Dick "Malke" <malke@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Ok$mfVa%23JHA.3768@xxxxxx Quote: > dick wrote: > Quote: >> Not too sensitive at 69 years <G>. But did follow your instructions as I >> understood true names and found xp with Administrator, All Users, Default >> User and Owner while Vista had Public and Vista choices.. So I decided >> to >> do <It is common for users to rename the generic user account they >> started out >> with (i.e., rename Computer Administrator to Dick) instead of creating a >> new user account as they should.> I guess I thought this was an option >> not >> realizing you told me renaming an account didn't work in some previous >> email. >> >> Anyway, being retired with only time and pride available, the $100+ to >> come out seems expensive. >> >> I guess my last querry: >> Any feelings on letting it be done remotely (considerably cheaper >> supposedly)?? > > Sorry, I don't do remote work for people I help in newsgroups. > > Look, this is very simple: > > 1. Any user accounts that you renamed (from Computer Administrator to > Dick > for example), NAME THEM BACK TO THE ORIGINAL. Do this from Control > Panel>User Accounts on both comptuers. > > 2. Now look at the true user account names: > > XP: C:\Documents and Settings - WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU SEE (exclude All Users > and Default User). > > Vista: C:\Users - WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU SEE (exclude Public and Default User > if visible). > > 3. Go to each computer and from Control Panel>User Accounts create new > users > with the names to match on each machine where you need them. Assign a > simple password to each user account. It can be "1234" or "Dick" or > "password". But just do it. When you are finished, both machines should > have identical user accounts/passwords. You can use different passwords > but > since security doesn't matter in your case you don't have to. Make this > simple. > > Leave Guest disabled on both computers. > > Example of both computers when you have finished (obviously use the user > account names you really have): > > XP box: Computer Administrator - password 1234 > Owner - password 1234 > Vista Owner - password 1234 > > Vista box: Computer Administrator - password 1234 > Owner - password 1234 > Vista Owner - password 1234 > > 4. Now go to the XP box. If it is XP Pro or XP Media Center, go to Control > Panel>Folder Options>View tab and uncheck the option to use Simple File > Sharing. > > 4a. You need to set your firewalls ON BOTH COMPUTERS to allow file/printer > sharing. If Norton is the firewall, set this in Norton. If Windows > Firewall > is the firewall, put a checkmark in File and Printer Sharing in the > Windows > Firewall Exceptions tab. > > 4b. On the Vista box in the Network and Sharing Center: > > Network Discovery: ON > File Sharing: ON > Public Folder Sharing: ON > Printer Sharing: ON > Password Protected Sharing: ON > Media Sharing: Off > > 5. On the XP box, go to Control Panel>Printers and see your printer > listed. > Right-click on it and Share the printer. > > 6. On the Vista box, you need to have Vista drivers for that printer. If > there are no Vista drivers on the CD that you got with the printer > (because > it's older) or you have lost the disc, go to the printer mftr.'s website > and download Vista drivers - ON THE VISTA BOX - for that specific model > printer. > > Now install the Vista drivers on the Vista computer and during the > installation process the shared printer on the XP box should be found. > > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ >
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