Printer Sharing

[Christopher Hume]

I have 2 computers networked with a D-Link router. One is running
Windows XP Professional, the other Vista. I'd like to be able to print
to the printer attached to the XP machine from the Vista computer. The
workgroup name on both machines is identical and the printer in question
is shared. The Vista machine can see the XP machine but not access it
(am prompted for a username and password) but the XP machine cannot see
the Vista machine. I've tried the network setup wizard in XP several
times to no avail using various options. Any help with this is greatly
appreciated. Thanks.

Chris

 

[Chuck]

I have 2 computers networked with a D-Link router. One is running
Windows XP Professional, the other Vista. I'd like to be able to print
to the printer attached to the XP machine from the Vista computer. The
workgroup name on both machines is identical and the printer in question
is shared. The Vista machine can see the XP machine but not access it
(am prompted for a username and password) but the XP machine cannot see
the Vista machine. I've tried the network setup wizard in XP several
times to no avail using various options. Any help with this is greatly
appreciated. Thanks.

Chris

Chris,

You're probably looking at a personal firewall / the NetBT setting on either
computer.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html

In a case like yours, it's a good idea to start by getting file sharing working.
That's 75% of the work, and it needs to work for printer sharing to work.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/05/file-sharing-and-printer-sharing-are.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/05/file-sharing-and-printer-sharing-are.html

Look at "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all", from each computer, and diagnose
the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions
precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp