Hi, I was hoping someone could help me with this problem.

I have a Desktop set up as a dual boot system running Vista (work + new
games), and XP (old games), with a printer attached via USB.

I have finally networked this computer with a laptop running XP (almost
sorted out the file sharing issues)

I have managed to link the printer to the desktop and laptop with the
desktop running XP, but I cant seem to get it working Laptop to vista.

When I try to install the printer as a network printer on the laptop, it can
see the printer, but when I go to install it it says the server for the
printer does not have the correct printer driver installed. I have downloaded
the driver from brother and tried doing it manually but it says windows is
unable to locate a suitable driver.

I have tried from the vista end (this is what I had to do for the XP desktop
- XP laptop connection) via the printer - sharing option, and the additional
driver submenu.

It gives me the following options

processor type installed
Itanium type 3 - user mode No
x64 type 3 - user mode Yes
x86 type 3 - user mode No

I assume the middle option is because of the 64bit vista

when I try to install the other two options it asks for the driver, and when
I point to the driver I downloaded from brother it says teh driver doesn't
contain the driver for the requested processor architecture.

So I suppose my question is

Has anyone networked a printer from a laptop running 32 bit XP to a desktop
running 64bit vista

if so

How.

Any other suggestions

P.S. I am sorry if this is too verbose