Just purchased a PC running Vista. Hooked up an HP 1012 Laserjet printer to
the Vista PC and prints fine. Have a laptop running XP Pro and can't print
or even see the Vista PC on the network. I have setup the printer sharing,
turned on the Discovery in Vista, disabled the firewalls, created the same
group on both PC's but no luck. I've been through alot of the tech pages and
nothing seems to work. Any ideas? Thanks.

On Thu, 10 May 2007 21:13:00 -0700, ttboy
wrote:

Just purchased a PC running Vista. Hooked up an HP 1012 Laserjet printer to
the Vista PC and prints fine. Have a laptop running XP Pro and can't print
or even see the Vista PC on the network. I have setup the printer sharing,
turned on the Discovery in Vista, disabled the firewalls, created the same
group on both PC's but no luck. I've been through alot of the tech pages and
nothing seems to work. Any ideas? Thanks.

Have you verified that both computers have connectivity in general? That's the
first step.
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-tutorial.html

How did you disable the Vista firewall? Is the Vista computer getting DHCP
service?
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/1...-together.html

Look at both "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each computer, which
should help us to diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked articles,
and follow instructions precisely (download browstat!):
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

Me too, then I found this:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true



"ttboy" wrote in message
...
Just purchased a PC running Vista. Hooked up an HP 1012 Laserjet printer
to
the Vista PC and prints fine. Have a laptop running XP Pro and can't
print
or even see the Vista PC on the network. I have setup the printer
sharing,
turned on the Discovery in Vista, disabled the firewalls, created the same
group on both PC's but no luck. I've been through alot of the tech pages
and
nothing seems to work. Any ideas? Thanks.

Try:

1. Download the Windows Vista printer driver for the printer.
2. Install the driver on your Windows Vista computer. During
installation, you'll be prompted to connect the printer to your computer.
Choose the option to proceed with installation without connecting the printer.
3. After installation completes, open the Printers applet from the
Windows Vista Control Panel.
4. Right-click on the new printer and choose Properties.
5. Go to the Ports tab.
6. Click Add Port…, select Local Port, then click New Port…
7. For the port name, enter exactly the network path and share name of
your printer (e.g. \\RECEPTION\name_of_your_shared_printer).
8. Click OK, and double-check that this new port is selected with the
checkbox next to it.
9. Click OK to close the printer properties.

http://www.kevinyank.com/blog/archiv...vista#comments


10. The only other thing I did was turn the check box tick that said that
the printer would work offline. ie make sure is on-line.


If all else fails try network magic software