Printer sharing between 2 computers using XP Home

[Angela]

This is driving me nuts... any suggestions would be appreciated.

I have a PC and a laptop both running XP home edition. Both have a wireless
NIC, and both connect to the same wireless router, which is connected to a
cable modem for internet access.

I have a printer attached locally (via a USB Cable) to the PC. I have turned
on file/print sharing on both the PC and the laptop, and have shared the
printer from the PC. I have also turned off the firewall on both the PC and
the laptop. However, I still can't see the printer when I try to add it on
the laptop - When I browse for the printer, nothing at all shows under the
"Microsoft Windows Network".

Am I missing a step? I'm not very network-savy, but followed the
instructions given in the XP help forum to a T and it still doesn't show up.

Thanks in advance for any help you're able to offer.
-Angela

 

[Andrew E.]

Go to search at microsoft,typerint Migrator Download the utility,open in
the host pc,R.click on it,create shortcut,or copy this file in my
documents,send
the copy to other pc.

 

[James]

Make sure both the PC and laptop are both in the same workgroup. You can
check it in Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Computer Name.