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Jeff - 14 Oct 2006 22:10 GMT

I've searched but have not found a solution.

I have Vista x86 installed on a desktop with a printer (Samsung ML-1210)
attached and working.

I am trying to configure my wife's laptop running XP Home, but when I try
adding the printer from the Vista machine XP doesn't recognize ANY printer on
Vista.

Any ideas?

Jeff

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Dave Nuttall - 14 Oct 2006 22:18 GMT

> I have Vista x86 installed on a desktop with a printer (Samsung ML-1210)
> attached and working.
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> Any ideas?

Do you have printer sharing turned on in Vista (Control Panel / Network and
Sharing Center)?

Are you using OneCare (Settings / Firewall / Advanced / Sharing)?

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Jeff - 14 Oct 2006 22:49 GMT

Hi Dave,

Yes to printer Sharring and no to OneCare (as far as I know)

J

> > I have Vista x86 installed on a desktop with a printer (Samsung ML-1210)
> > attached and working.
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> Are you using OneCare (Settings / Firewall / Advanced / Sharing)?

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Dave Nuttall - 14 Oct 2006 23:04 GMT

> Yes to printer Sharring and no to OneCare (as far as I know)

Maybe something to do with the Windows Firewall then (mine's turned off
because of OneCare, so I'm not sure if it would get in the way)?

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Jeff - 15 Oct 2006 00:45 GMT

Just checked the firewall settings in Vista and they exclude file/print
sharring.

Odd, eh?!

Jeff

> > Yes to printer Sharring and no to OneCare (as far as I know)
> >
> Maybe something to do with the Windows Firewall then (mine's turned off
> because of OneCare, so I'm not sure if it would get in the way)?

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PaulB - 22 Oct 2006 03:40 GMT

Hi Jeff,
You say you have print sharing turned on in the Network and Sharing Center.
Have you also shared the printers in the individual printer properties on
VISTA?
That is all I had to do and the printers automatically apeared on my XP
computer.

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Paul

> Just checked the firewall settings in Vista and they exclude file/print
> sharring.
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> > Maybe something to do with the Windows Firewall then (mine's turned off
> > because of OneCare, so I'm not sure if it would get in the way)?

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Jeff - 22 Oct 2006 19:05 GMT

WOW - finally got it.

Here is what I had to do:

1. Ensured sharing of print was active (had done previously)

2. Gave my Vista account a password (Is there a way to share printers
without creating a Vista account with username/passwords?)

3. Use print manager to view printer info and used "deploy with group
policy" to view address of printer - \\Vista\Samsung

4. Went into XP and added printer manually - could not browse and see it
(not sure if NIS had something to do with it or not).

5. When printer was added it asked for username/password and then installed.

Yikes - lots of work

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Jeff - 22 Oct 2006 19:17 GMT

Spoke too soon. Connectivity lost after XP restart. Yuck!

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