wireless printer shared problem

[Guest]

Hi,
I have Vista laptop and 2 PC connect to wireless router. I try to set up a
home network( same work group) then try to share local printer on Vista
laptop. However, I am not able to browse the printer in PC for printing or
even folder shared on Vista laptop. Do you have any clue? Thank you very much.

 

[Guest]

Host should be the desktop PC and Guest the laptop. You may want to print
this.
Install the printer on the Host PC. Then using Control Panel>Network
Setup Wizard, enable File & Printer Sharing and make sure you check the
box to allow others to print to your printers. Next under Start>Settings>
Printers, select the printer, check the box to share the printer and assign
a name. Keep the name short, no blanks, something like Printer2.

You should now be able to add the printer to your Guest PCs using Start>
Control Panel>Printers & Faxes>Add Printer. Check the radio button
"A network printer ..." and then either browse for the printer or enter its
name (using \\PCName\PrinterName) and continue until finished. Ensure
that the firewall on your PC is set to allow access to remote printers.
Note: Make sure to include the slashes (\\) in printer name.
If using Vista's native firewall ensure that File and Printer Sharing is
enabled and that the box with he same name is checked in the Firewall
exceptions list. The PCName can be found at:

Rightclick My Computer icon on desktop>Properties>Computer Name tab.
It may look something like: "Home-66djksjcpv". Don't type the quotes.
Click "Next" and it should install the printer on the Guest PC when
it finds it.

Note: You can follow the same procedure to get access to
"Files" from one PC to the other.

 

[Guest]

thank you very much Byte.
I still have problem with set up newgroup from windows vista home. There no
option like windows XP to create home work group.
I just change the name of workgroup from computer name tab. However, I could
not browse the workgroup in Vista (actually I do not know where to go to find
it) Vista is very new for me to use.
Thanks

 

[Guest]

Sorry, I do not have Vista and do not plan it for at least another year.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Doubleclick on My Computer, then about half way down the screen, you'll see:

Computer name, domain and workgroup settings....

Click on Change Settings to set the workgroup name, and then reboot.