How to connect to XP Remote Printer from Vista

[Makarand]

I am trying to remotely access an HP All-in-One printer connected to a
Windows XP Pro notebook from a desktop computer running Windows Vista
Home Premium. Seems simple enough -- Add Printer, Network printer etc.
but the Vista computer just does not see the printer although it is
shared and I have followed basic instructions to enable security
policies etc. on the XP machine. I have seen similar topics posted on
this group and elsewhere but haven't found a workable solution yet.
Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

File and Printer Sharing in Windows Vista
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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I am trying to remotely access an HP All-in-One printer connected to a
Windows XP Pro notebook from a desktop computer running Windows Vista
Home Premium. Seems simple enough -- Add Printer, Network printer etc.
but the Vista computer just does not see the printer although it is
shared and I have followed basic instructions to enable security
policies etc. on the XP machine. I have seen similar topics posted on
this group and elsewhere but haven't found a workable solution yet.
Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Makarand]

File and Printer Sharing in Windows Vistahttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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I am trying to remotely access an HP All-in-One printer connected to a
Windows XP Pro notebook from a desktop computer running Windows Vista
Home Premium. Seems simple enough -- Add Printer, Network printer etc.
but the Vista computer just does not see the printer although it is
shared and I have followed basic instructions to enable security
policies etc. on the XP machine. I have seen similar topics posted on
this group and elsewhere but haven't found a workable solution yet.
Any help will be appreciated.

I had followed the instructions in the link step-by-step before the
post. Even though both the computers are under workgroup "WORKGROUP",
I cannot see the XP notebook from the VISTA desktop and vice versa.
Could that be the root of my problem? How do I fix this?

 

[Alan Morris [MSFT]]

how do the machines obtain their IP or network addresses?

in a command window run
ipconfig /all


make sure they have the same subnet address.


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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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