printing remotely

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CHAS45

i purchased a new laptop which runs windows vista. i connect via a router to
a desktop running windows xp. i have a printer connected to the desktop. i
want to print to the desktop printer from the laptop (remember each running
different versions of windows) but i cannot get the laptop to find the
printer. is this a problem because i am using two different versions of
windows?
 
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Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)

Using different OS should not be the issue. However, can you see the XP
computer by using net view \\xphostname? If not, post back with the system
error code.

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Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
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