I have a Lexmark wireless printer which I have quite happily used with XP
for a while. I have now bought a laptop with Vista but cannot get the laptop
to see the printer. I have downloaded the Vista drivers from the Lexmark
site and installed them but still cannot see the printer.
My old XP laptop has no problem seeing it and prints with no problem, I have
checked the settings on the printer and cannot see any thing wrong.
Anyone got a suggestion?

After you have set up your Network as per info below:
Go into vista's Network and Sharing, and "Add Network Device". Browse until
you find XP's Printer. You say there is a Vista Driver available for it.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.

Permissions/Share info is there as well.

If using Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro I.S., make sure file and printer
sharing is enabled in THEIR firewall.

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.

In Vista Network and Sharing:

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

File Sharing: ON

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords(they can be different) on ALL computers in your Network) If you
have it ON, you will be asked for a username and password when you try to
access a Vista computer from an XP computer.

Also, run the XP’s “Set up a Home or small Office Network� to include Vista
in your Network..

--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Sargeant Rutter" wrote:

I have a Lexmark wireless printer which I have quite happily used with XP
for a while. I have now bought a laptop with Vista but cannot get the laptop
to see the printer. I have downloaded the Vista drivers from the Lexmark
site and installed them but still cannot see the printer.
My old XP laptop has no problem seeing it and prints with no problem, I have
checked the settings on the printer and cannot see any thing wrong.
Anyone got a suggestion?