printer sharing

I have a home network that has three computers attached: 1) HP Pavilion Model e9280t running Win 7 Pro 2) Mac Leopard laptop 3) XP-Pro laptop I have an HP Officejet J6450 all-in-one printer connected to the MAC. Prior to the purchase of the HP I had a Dell Dimension 8200 running XP-Pro and I...

Trouble if you are out there.... I am trying to setup a network to share a printer on a Windows Vista Desktop. I have a laptop with Windows 7 and a Laptop with Windows Vista and using a TrendNet Wireless N Router. The only thing that I am worried about sharing right now is the printer. Here are...

Hi all, This is a question that everyone who has been around computers alot should know..however I am having a problem with it. I have never networked two or more computers together. I have a desktop with Win XP and a printer hard wired to it. This pc is also hardwired to my Linksys router. I...

I have my 7 cp connected to my xp pc and they are on the same work group. I can connect through windows media player but when i go under networks it is in media devices along with my xbox 360. how to i make it so i can browse shared folders and share printers? i have tried using this recourse...

I have a simple Inkjet connected to my desktop PC via a USB cable. I have it share over my local home network. The Computer i am attpemting to connect to the shared printer is running Vista. I can browse the network, and can see the shared printer, but when i attempt to browse, or add a shared...

Hi guys I'm new to this forum and I hope i didn't miss a solution to this in a search but... i see many ways to do this with home groups and such but i cannot use those solutions since this is a Domain network. I am trying to share a printer attached to a local PC on our domain network. It...

I found the real answer to the windows 7 additional printer driver problem for network sharing. It is in the name windows 7 names the printer. The INF file has it listed as a different name, there for it does not see it as a driver for your printer. You can change this in the INF file to match...

I just got a laptop with Windows 7 and am having trouble connecting it to my desktop (Windows XP) workgroup. I added the laptop to the workgroup and the laptop shows up in my Network places on the desktop but when I click on it, I get an error message saying the path cannot be found. Also, the...

Hi Windows 7 Fans: I just upgraded my Dell Desktop from Vista 32-business to Windows 7 Enterprise. I changed my password and now I can not connect thru my network to my Desktop from my Dell Vista Laptop. I have my files shared and network sharing & printer sharing enabled but now I can...

I'm not sure if this is possible, but I am looking for some help. I am currently living in a college dorm with a desktop and laptop. My desktop is connected to the wall and the laptop is getting it's connection from a wireless router located in the next room. When I create a homegroup on the...

I'm trying to setup file sharing between a Windows 7 and Vista. In Windows 7 I go to Network and Sharing Center > Advanced Sharing Settings and check Turn on Network Discovery and Turn on File and Printer Sharing, however whenever I click save settings it doesn't apply. I go back to Advanced...

I've got a deskjtop and a laptop and a DLink router. they were all linked happily a couple of years ago and still have their ip addresses. The desktop is hard-wired to the modem. the laptop has a wireless link. I've just upgraded both machines to windows 7 and am trying to link them. Windows...

Hi , I am triying to install shared printer on windows 7 enterprise & professional x64 edition not able to install.It's showing Error " Windows can not locate a suitable driver. Contact you administrator for help locating and installing suitable driver", I had downloaded HP laserjet...

Hi, I am having trouble getting my second PC to connect to the internet through my first PC within the windows 7 environment. I am able to connect them as I describe within WinXP, but I want to establish if this means I will not be able to change OS. The hardware on both are compatible...

Hello, I am trying to figure out how to install the driver for Windows7 for my HPLJ1100, I have it shared across the network properly, Windows7 finds it, but then has no idea what the driver for it is, and doesn't prompt me with a set of pre-installed drivers, ala Windows XP did. I have...

As title. I have two computers which is connected with cross over cable. Before I activate ICS to share internet connection, I managed to make two computers in a homegroup where they can share files and printer etc. After that, I bridged my 2 LAN cards, and activate the ICS. In my bridges LAN...

Hi, I have 3 computers, W2K Server, 2 x Windows 7 64bit (laptop and desktop). From the laptop I can access the C$ share on the 2k server. From W2kServer I can access the C$ share on the laptop From Desktop Windows 7 I can access the C$ share on both server and laptop But I cant access the...

My main pc is using Windows 7 64 bit build 7100, my kids pc is using XP Pro. Previously we had the networking with my main pc using Vista working perfectly, the XP pc could print on the printer connected to my pc, since I put Windows 7 on this pc I have the networking with file sharing etc...

I have a Win 7/64 7100 and a Win 7/32 7100. My 64 bit platform set up the homeGroup just fine. My 32 bit Dell Dimension 4700 4 GB ram, after some time, displays the error message "Windows Cannot Setup HomeGroup on This Computer" I ran the networking troubleshooter and the HomeGroup...

I have Windows 7 32-bit on a laptop and Windows Vista 64-bit on a desktop. My HP C5580 Printer is connected to the printer and has the printer shared out. I set everyone to have full security rights to this printer. I have no problems connecting and printing from this printer on my other...