Interesting concept, that run thing...and more interesting is original
question. I suffer the same problem of my laptop and pc can both connect to
the internet, but I cnanot see the laptop on my pc network and I cannot see
my pc's printer...
PC is Vista, laptop is XpPro...and i cannot find the run command on the
Vista Machine.
thoughts?
"Doug Simar" wrote:
> Make sure that you share the printer on the machine that its connected to
> first. Then find the IP address of the target machines and go to RUN->and
> type CMD-> then type in \\192.168.0.whatever then wait for the box to
> display the shared setting of the target computer. Right click on the
> printer Icon and choose CONNECT and it should automatically load the printer
> on the target machine for you. Pretty basic.
>
> Doug
> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi
> > Yes, the drivers have to be installed on the Laptop too.
> > Installation should be done through Control panel/Printers & Faxes/ Add a
> > Network Printer.
> > Jack (MVP-Networking).
> >
> > "Amy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:649FE96D-AF6E-42F3-96EB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Hey, i want to be able to print using my desktop printer from my laptop,
> >> ive
> >> followed the setup of the sharing printer, and ive searched for the
> >> printer
> >> but my laptop can't find any printers. i was wondering if maybe i need to
> >> install the cd rom for the printer on my laptop??
> >> thanks.
> >
> >
>
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