Printer Sharing

[barrowhill]

Have PC running Vista XP Home and connected Printer on home network

Have 2 x XP Pro PC on home network and I wish to use printer on Vista machine.

Under 'My Network Places' all PC's are detected but when I try to connect to
Vista PC (for printer) , it requires a user name and password. !?! The vista
machine was set up with 2 accounts but no passwords. I've tried inputting
user name of logged on account but no password * as none exists). Fails
because blank passwords not allowed!!!! What's going on ????? and how do I
connect to printer ?????

 

[Bob Lin \(MS-MVP\)]

It is not recommended to use blank password. If the security is not
concerned, you may try to enable guest account. Also please check this
search result.
Vista Password Issues
Vista password protection on after rebooting · Why do I need password
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