printer sharing

I cannot access one of my computers from another computer which is on the same network. The main computer is not wireless and has all my junk on it that I want my laptop to be able to access (music etc which is all stored on an external hard drive hooked up to the PC) When the PC is turned on, I...

Hi Everyone I have been having a problem with my pc since I bought it a couple of months ago -- frequent blue screen crashes. It is a Win7 x64 system. I figured out that the crashes were usually caused when another computer was trying to access files over the network (I have a number of XP...

I installed Windows 7 on 2 machines that were formerly loaded with XP pro. They are part of an Domain with a Server 2003 Domain controller, 2 terminal servers, and a Linux File server. We are running AD, and the XP machines could browse to domain Shares on all the servers by Name. When I try...

OK i have read other post and what i did i can see the files on XP compter belonging to win 7 but not able to find printer which are connected to xp on the win 7. First off, I had all printers connected to win7 which also has the router still. DO I need to remove the printers on win 7? My...

We have a home network with a Netgear router. The Kodak 5100 AiO printer is directly connected to the Windows 7 computer and works fine there. We have been unable to configure the printer and or the XP computer to have the printer work with the XP system. Can anyone help me figure out how to...

Hi, my situation is this: imagine a place with 6 computers, they all have the same windows 7 ultimate instalation. one of them has a printer, a LX-300, shared as "pacote". I want to print remotely, using net use command. I write net use lpt2: Link Removed it gives me back: OK. if I write...

I have two machine an OS X Macbook Pro with OS X 10.6 and a desktop with Windows 7. I am sharing a printer thats on the Mac (which I don't want it there), and the Windows 7 desktop. As noted I don't want the printer on the laptop but, rather on the desktop, whereby therein lies the problem. I...

It was my understanding that the availability of printers to programs in XP Mode would be seamless, This morning I tried to print from WordPerect 12 installed in XP Mode and there were NO printers I tried Quattro PRo and Microsoft Word, all in XP Mode, with the same results. Cannot remember...

Hi, I have recentlyy got Windows 7. I have the computer connecting to our only other computer, a Windows Vista Machine fine, but every time I turn my new Windows 7 machine on, it asks for credentials. I do not use the network for file sharing, just printer sharing. Thanks in advance for your...

Hi guys, So... I'm trying to connect two computers which are on the same network. both computers connect to the network via wifi... I want to connect them to the home group (or whatever it's called) to share printers and stuff like that but when I create a group in one of the computers the other...

I have an ASUS EEE netbook running Windows 7 Starter and a Gateway 832M running XP Media Center Edition. An HP LJ 1200 is connected to the Gateway and a workgroup is set up to share the printer (and allow file sharing). A Dell laptop (running XP) sees the workgroup just fine and can transfer...

Well I'm about to either uninstall windows7. Getting very annoyed with this whole network, file sharing, and print sharing. Wish I could click 2 buttons, Then poof I can print and share files. Guess not seeing that home group is Win7 Only. Here's what I got. Computer A(MX2): Is running xp...

I VE NEVER SUCH PROBLEM LIKE THIS, MY FRIEND BRING TO ME HIS DAMN INTEL CONFIGURATION IT WAS SOME VIRUS INFECTION.....AFTER NEW INSTALL WIN7 I WAS UNABLE TO ACCESS INTERNET NEITHER TO USE NETWORK ALL I CAN SEE IS THIS:\" Unidentified network AND ACCORDING TO MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE I KNOW...

We have a peer to peer network with a standard linksys wireless router. I am sharing a printer connected to a desktop computer running xp home edition. Printer works from the desktop. My laptop with xp home edition prints to the shared printer with no problem. A laptop with windows 7 successful...

Hi I have tried to find a solution, but so far all answers have drawn a blank. We have add a Windows 7 PC to a network with a couple of XP computers. My problem is viewing the XP PC's. The only way I can get it to work is to go to my Network Connections on th W7 PC, right click on the Local...

Hi All, ik heb een XP machine met de printer er aan een HP Officejet 5610, ik heb net Windows 7 op mijn pc geinstalleerd en ik zie de XP computer, ik kan in de folders en ik zie de printer op de xp. als ik de printer wil kiezen om zo te printen krijg ik de melding kan geen verbinding maken met...

Suddenly can't connect Windows 7 machines to server 2003 R2 standard ... Hi ... OK - Weird one. I've been running W7 since first beta and using the same server as long (Windows 2k3 R2 upto date patching). I have 3 W7 machines and two XP machines. About two weekes ago my server rebooted...

OK, I have a slightly different symptom of the same problem - W7 talking to XP XP desktop wired net with printer W7 laptop - wireless net Dlink wireless router Both can access the inet neither see one another printer and file sharing enabled on both W7 cannot see printer on XP -- cannot see XP...

Hi. For first thing to say that I have been working for few days to get this solved and I have tried to do many how-to's but no. No results. Even disabling homegroup. I still CANNOT SEE my XP on my Windows 7 or my Windows 7 on XP. This is really coming a problem because I have printer on XP...

hi i have a windows 7 professional machiene and also a windows xp sp3 machiene professional. i have created a work grould called "WORKGROUP" and all computers are in the same workgroup. and named each computer as the following windows 7 pc name "WINDOWS-7-PC" and the laptop as "XP-Toshiba-Lap" i...