New wireless Vista can't access networked printer thru XP PC

[Guest]

Have a new laptop with Vista, trying to set up use of home networked printer
which is attached to a PC running XP. The shared printer appears on the
laptop and the laptop shows up on PC as part of network.
When marking "Printer Sharing" in Network and Sharing in Vista, "(passwork
required)" appears next to "On". I don't think I have a password but, even
so, Vista never prompts me to enter a password and when I click on the shared
printer the error message is, "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access
is denied." I can't figure out what to do.
Thanks -
J's Mom

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

Have you created the same username on both computers? This search result may help too.

Vista Print IssuesVista: printer causes explorer to crash ... I have connected to the printer the following way from a Vista Ultimate > machine: > > Add printer . ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistaprint.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Have a new laptop with Vista, trying to set up use of home networked printer
which is attached to a PC running XP. The shared printer appears on the
laptop and the laptop shows up on PC as part of network.
When marking "Printer Sharing" in Network and Sharing in Vista, "(passwork
required)" appears next to "On". I don't think I have a password but, even
so, Vista never prompts me to enter a password and when I click on the shared
printer the error message is, "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access
is denied." I can't figure out what to do.
Thanks -
J's Mom

 

[Michael Stroh [MSFT]]

Hi J's Mom,
A diagnostic question: Are you able to share files with the computer running
Windows XP?
Thanks,
Michael Stroh [MSFT]
Microsoft Corp.