WinME can't "see" WinXP printer

Hi, on my network I've got 5 systems, one is an XP
machine sharing a printer and then there's a WinME system
but it can't "see" the XP machine's shared printer. I ran
the XP network setup on both computers, also installed
drivers on XP computer for 9x/ME under the printer share
tab in properties. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

Check that the XP firewall isn't blocking access.
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Mike Maltby MS-MVP
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Andrew <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Hi, on my network I've got 5 systems, one is an XP
> machine sharing a printer and then there's a WinME system
> but it can't "see" the XP machine's shared printer. I ran
> the XP network setup on both computers, also installed
> drivers on XP computer for 9x/ME under the printer share
> tab in properties. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

>-----Original Message-----
>Check that the XP firewall isn't blocking access.
>--
>Mike Maltby MS-MVP
>(E-Mail Removed)


Nope, XP firewall is turned off.

In article <065d01c392a1$972bdcd0$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Andrew"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Hi, on my network I've got 5 systems, one is an XP
>machine sharing a printer and then there's a WinME system
>but it can't "see" the XP machine's shared printer. I ran
>the XP network setup on both computers, also installed
>drivers on XP computer for 9x/ME under the printer share
>tab in properties. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

Make sure that the printer's share name isn't longer than 12
characters. If it is, 98x/ME won't be able to see it.
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"Andrew" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:065d01c392a1$972bdcd0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, on my network I've got 5 systems, one is an XP
> machine sharing a printer and then there's a WinME system
> but it can't "see" the XP machine's shared printer. I ran
> the XP network setup on both computers, also installed
> drivers on XP computer for 9x/ME under the printer share
> tab in properties. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

>-----Original Message-----
>Make sure that the printer's share name isn't longer
than 12
>characters. If it is, 98x/ME won't be able to see it.
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That was exactly the problem! Thanks for the help. All
fixed now.