printer sharing on home network

my main computers running xp home my laptops running vista. try as i might, i
cant share my printer to my laptop. went through recommended "tech" sites
still no joy. keep getting window saying "WINDOWS CANNOT CONNECT TO THE
PRINTER. ACCESS IS DENIED" anyone with any advice please...have configured
sharing on my xp machine but on my vista lap. in the network and sharing
centre, under printer sharing, it wont let me share saying "no printers
installed"...have turned off all firewalls. tx in advance........

Make sure both PC and laptop have the same computer workgroup name..Vista
calls it WORKGROUP and I think XP called it MSHOME or something like that. I
had the same problem and renamed the XP PC to match the Vista name. Then
make sure you share you right click the printer properties and turn on
sharing

good luck

Bill


"juliusseizure" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:858C5C74-C681-474F-A964-(E-Mail Removed)...
> my main computers running xp home my laptops running vista. try as i
> might, i
> cant share my printer to my laptop. went through recommended "tech" sites
> still no joy. keep getting window saying "WINDOWS CANNOT CONNECT TO THE
> PRINTER. ACCESS IS DENIED" anyone with any advice please...have configured
> sharing on my xp machine but on my vista lap. in the network and sharing
> centre, under printer sharing, it wont let me share saying "no printers
> installed"...have turned off all firewalls. tx in advance........

tx bill but did that too. although called both workgroups mshome( would that
be suitable), still status quo.

"Bill" wrote:

> Make sure both PC and laptop have the same computer workgroup name..Vista
> calls it WORKGROUP and I think XP called it MSHOME or something like that. I
> had the same problem and renamed the XP PC to match the Vista name. Then
> make sure you share you right click the printer properties and turn on
> sharing
>
> good luck
>
> Bill
>
>
> "juliusseizure" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:858C5C74-C681-474F-A964-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > my main computers running xp home my laptops running vista. try as i
> > might, i
> > cant share my printer to my laptop. went through recommended "tech" sites
> > still no joy. keep getting window saying "WINDOWS CANNOT CONNECT TO THE
> > PRINTER. ACCESS IS DENIED" anyone with any advice please...have configured
> > sharing on my xp machine but on my vista lap. in the network and sharing
> > centre, under printer sharing, it wont let me share saying "no printers
> > installed"...have turned off all firewalls. tx in advance........
>
>
>

I guess it should work with MSHOME. Did you run the Vista home network
wizard as well and can you at least see both computers in the network
workgroup? Don't know what else to suggest

I decided to call both WORKGROUP since that was the vista default and the
vista PC was the newer one

Bill

"juliusseizure" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:854D9526-09DF-4E0A-9D95-(E-Mail Removed)...
> tx bill but did that too. although called both workgroups mshome( would
> that
> be suitable), still status quo.
>
> "Bill" wrote:
>
>> Make sure both PC and laptop have the same computer workgroup name..Vista
>> calls it WORKGROUP and I think XP called it MSHOME or something like
>> that. I
>> had the same problem and renamed the XP PC to match the Vista name. Then
>> make sure you share you right click the printer properties and turn on
>> sharing
>>
>> good luck
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> "juliusseizure" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:858C5C74-C681-474F-A964-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > my main computers running xp home my laptops running vista. try as i
>> > might, i
>> > cant share my printer to my laptop. went through recommended "tech"
>> > sites
>> > still no joy. keep getting window saying "WINDOWS CANNOT CONNECT TO THE
>> > PRINTER. ACCESS IS DENIED" anyone with any advice please...have
>> > configured
>> > sharing on my xp machine but on my vista lap. in the network and
>> > sharing
>> > centre, under printer sharing, it wont let me share saying "no printers
>> > installed"...have turned off all firewalls. tx in advance........
>>
>>
>>

yep ran wizard,no probs, and can see both comps....im baffled too, tx anyway

"Bill" wrote:

> I guess it should work with MSHOME. Did you run the Vista home network
> wizard as well and can you at least see both computers in the network
> workgroup? Don't know what else to suggest
>
> I decided to call both WORKGROUP since that was the vista default and the
> vista PC was the newer one
>
> Bill
>
> "juliusseizure" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:854D9526-09DF-4E0A-9D95-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > tx bill but did that too. although called both workgroups mshome( would
> > that
> > be suitable), still status quo.
> >
> > "Bill" wrote:
> >
> >> Make sure both PC and laptop have the same computer workgroup name..Vista
> >> calls it WORKGROUP and I think XP called it MSHOME or something like
> >> that. I
> >> had the same problem and renamed the XP PC to match the Vista name. Then
> >> make sure you share you right click the printer properties and turn on
> >> sharing
> >>
> >> good luck
> >>
> >> Bill
> >>
> >>
> >> "juliusseizure" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:858C5C74-C681-474F-A964-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > my main computers running xp home my laptops running vista. try as i
> >> > might, i
> >> > cant share my printer to my laptop. went through recommended "tech"
> >> > sites
> >> > still no joy. keep getting window saying "WINDOWS CANNOT CONNECT TO THE
> >> > PRINTER. ACCESS IS DENIED" anyone with any advice please...have
> >> > configured
> >> > sharing on my xp machine but on my vista lap. in the network and
> >> > sharing
> >> > centre, under printer sharing, it wont let me share saying "no printers
> >> > installed"...have turned off all firewalls. tx in advance........
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Have you installed the printer on the Vista laptop ??

MD



"juliusseizure" wrote:

> my main computers running xp home my laptops running vista. try as i might, i
> cant share my printer to my laptop. went through recommended "tech" sites
> still no joy. keep getting window saying "WINDOWS CANNOT CONNECT TO THE
> PRINTER. ACCESS IS DENIED" anyone with any advice please...have configured
> sharing on my xp machine but on my vista lap. in the network and sharing
> centre, under printer sharing, it wont let me share saying "no printers
> installed"...have turned off all firewalls. tx in advance........

er..mmmm.....i.... er.....probaly not,jeez, i have to do that?. **** ok
madDog, show me how.

"MadDog" wrote:

> Have you installed the printer on the Vista laptop ??
>
> MD
>
>
>
> "juliusseizure" wrote:
>
> > my main computers running xp home my laptops running vista. try as i might, i
> > cant share my printer to my laptop. went through recommended "tech" sites
> > still no joy. keep getting window saying "WINDOWS CANNOT CONNECT TO THE
> > PRINTER. ACCESS IS DENIED" anyone with any advice please...have configured
> > sharing on my xp machine but on my vista lap. in the network and sharing
> > centre, under printer sharing, it wont let me share saying "no printers
> > installed"...have turned off all firewalls. tx in advance........

hi madDog p.s. in control (vista lap) going to add printer ..it finds my xp
comp. printer but a windows appears saying windows cannot connect to printer
access denied.

"MadDog" wrote:

> Have you installed the printer on the Vista laptop ??
>
> MD
>
>
>
> "juliusseizure" wrote:
>
> > my main computers running xp home my laptops running vista. try as i might, i
> > cant share my printer to my laptop. went through recommended "tech" sites
> > still no joy. keep getting window saying "WINDOWS CANNOT CONNECT TO THE
> > PRINTER. ACCESS IS DENIED" anyone with any advice please...have configured
> > sharing on my xp machine but on my vista lap. in the network and sharing
> > centre, under printer sharing, it wont let me share saying "no printers
> > installed"...have turned off all firewalls. tx in advance........

I don't know about Vista, but if it's the same as on my XP box, go to Start
-> Settings -> Printers and Faxes -> Add Printer. (Or Start -> Settings ->
Control Panel -> Printers and Faxes -> Add Printer) This will bring up the
"Add Printer Wizard". One of the choices is to add a network printer or a
printer connected to another computer. Good luck.

MD






"juliusseizure" wrote:

> er..mmmm.....i.... er.....probaly not,jeez, i have to do that?. **** ok
> madDog, show me how.
>
> "MadDog" wrote:
>
> > Have you installed the printer on the Vista laptop ??
> >
> > MD
> >
> >
> >
> > "juliusseizure" wrote:
> >
> > > my main computers running xp home my laptops running vista. try as i might, i
> > > cant share my printer to my laptop. went through recommended "tech" sites
> > > still no joy. keep getting window saying "WINDOWS CANNOT CONNECT TO THE
> > > PRINTER. ACCESS IS DENIED" anyone with any advice please...have configured
> > > sharing on my xp machine but on my vista lap. in the network and sharing
> > > centre, under printer sharing, it wont let me share saying "no printers
> > > installed"...have turned off all firewalls. tx in advance........

"juliusseizure" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9A5FA57A-8305-49EE-91F3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> hi madDog p.s. in control (vista lap) going to add printer ..it finds my
> xp
> comp. printer but a windows appears saying windows cannot connect to
> printer
> access denied.
>

Have you got identical Users with identical passwords set up on both
machines?