Sharing printer...

[Mike]

I have an XP Home computer at the house & a company laptop runnign XP Pro.
I can connect to my home network & see the MSHOME workgroup, but can't
connect to a printer I'm sharing off of my home computer.
Is there a way to get this to work?
Thanks-

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

See:
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/qa/qa20030619.shtml

Don't worry about the 'wireless' bit at the top, it's the same for wired and
wireless.

 

[Roberto]

I have an XP Home computer at the house & a company laptop runnign XP Pro.
I can connect to my home network & see the MSHOME workgroup, but can't
connect to a printer I'm sharing off of my home computer.
Is there a way to get this to work?
Thanks-

Without knowing the full details of your setup/equipment, have you tried
installing the printer drivers locally ?.

rgds
Roberto

 

[Mike]

From the article:
"To begin with, the first thing you should check is that both computers are
members of the same workgroup."
I guess I failed to mention that the laptop is a member of a company domain.

 

[Malke]

From the article:
"To begin with, the first thing you should check is that both
computers are members of the same workgroup."
I guess I failed to mention that the laptop is a member of a company
domain.

And that piece of information was the most important one! Here is
information about using your domain-member laptop at home:

Credit MVP Lanwench - You don't need to change to a workgroup just to
access resources on it. You shouldn't play with your laptop's network
settings at all. Once you've logged in using your domain account (using
cached credentials), and have an IP address on the home network, you
can map drives, use printers, whatnot, very easily - one way, in a
command line:

net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username <enter>

MS KB article about the Net Use command - http://tinyurl.com/3bpnj

Also see:

Managing One Windows XP-based Laptop for the Office and Home by MVP
Charlie Russel
http://tinyurl.com/cpy9q
http://winhlp.com/wxdomainworkgroup.htm - MVP Hans-Georg Michna

Malke