XP & Vista Printer Sharing

[LStepp]

Desktop 1 is XP
Desktop 2 is Vista Home
They were sharing a printer but now Vista is not seeing the printer. When I
try to "add a printer" on Vista I get the following message: windows cannot
connect to the printer. Make sure that you typed the name correctly and that
the printer is connected to the network.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Please do not be too technical because I
am a beancounter and have very little IT knowledge.
Thanks for responding.

 

[LStepp]

Stayed up most of the night and tried everything imaginable. What finally
worked was attaching the printer to the Vista computer as Desktop1 and
changed the XP computer to Desktop2 and it worked on the first attempt.

 

[Tae Song]

Check your firewall setting to allow for File and Print Sharing.