Vista, wireless networking, and printer sharing

[scirocco16vr32 at gmail.com (Chris Bennett)]

I know it's so annoying but try the network setup wizard and use a USB drive
to copy the settings.  I have had maddening problems and that seemed to help
after hours of troubleshooting.

Chris


On 5/17/07, William Yeckel (Lexmark International) <b-wiyeck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> I second that motion.  First off make sure both machines are in the same
> workgroup. Also go to Control Panel> Network and Internet> Network and
> Sharing Center, then turn on Network Discovery, and turn on Printer Sharing,
> or take the password required off Printer Sharing.  Good luck.
>
> -Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Wagner [mailto:dagnamit@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 7:23 AM
> To: Mike Smith
> Cc: car
> Subject: Re: Vista, wireless networking, and printer sharing
>
> Got to network on the Vista machine and make sure it is on private (not
> public network), and make sure you turn on the discovery function.
>
> On 5/17/07, Mike Smith <smithma7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > File and printer sharing is enabled on both computers.  The windows
> > firewall is not currently running on her machine.
> >
> > Next...
> >
> > On 5/16/07, Allyn <amalventano1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Make sure enable file and printer sharing enabled in network
> connection.
> > > Make sure file and printer sharing checked as an exception in windows
> > firewall.
> > > HTH
> > > Al
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Mike Smith [mailto:smithma7@xxxxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 5:33 PM
> > > > To: car
> > > > Subject: OT: Vista, wireless networking, and printer sharing
> > > >
> > > > My wife just picked up a new laptop with Vista. I've got it
> > > > on the network with the wireless router, etc. She has access
> > > > to the net. I can see her computer from mine. She can't see
> > > > mine from hers. I set up the printer (HP 1210 PSC) on my USB
> > > > and it works. I've made it a share. But neither it nor my PC
> > > > are viewable via my wife's laptop.
> > > > What gives? Used to share this printer with no problems. Is
> > > > it a wireless thing (first time with wireless) or a Vista
> > > > thing (first time with Vista)? Or is it something else?
> > > >
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