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Comment from Syam on 2011-02-11

2011-02-12T02:03:38Z

Thank you very much. Though I'm on Windows 7, your guidance certainly helped

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Comment from Wayne in Indy on 2010-11-20

2010-11-21T02:17:30Z

I had a devil of a time getting print and file sharing to work when I added a Windows 7 system to and existing Vista and XP network. I have had a 300N Airlink router for some time with a combination of wired and wireless Vista and XP systems and printers. Everything has been working great for internet, as well as file and print sharing. So now I add a new wireless Windows 7 laprtop and the headaches begin. It could access the internet fine, but file sharing was bazzar. My two wireless XP systems could see and access ALL systems, including the new wireless Windows 7 laptop. The new system could not �see� anything except itself, most of the time. �Sometimes� the other systems showed up under Network, but would not open them. It could not open anything on the hard wired side of the router except the internet modem connection. All of the hard wired systems could access everything, except the Windows 7 system (not even Ping). One trick is to make sure they ALL have the exact same workgroup name. The old XP systems are MSHOME by default, and Win 7 is WORKGROUP by default. I had already made those changes. Turns out it was the Airlink router firmware. Airlink initially told me it was a Microsoft problem. However, on a whim I replaced the Airlink with a Linksys router I had, and presto everything started working. I relayed this to Airlink and they mysteriously came up with an unplublished firmware update that did fix the problem. Sometimes you have to prove to a vendor that it's their problem. ;-)

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Comment from Mike on 2010-08-10

2010-08-10T10:27:25Z

Hi, I have a Windows Vista machine that is sharing a local computer on a peer to peer network running Windows 7. The issue I'm encountering is I can install the network printer on the other machines when I'm logged in as the administrator. However, when I log in as a standard user and attempt to install the network printer it prompts me for username/password to connect to the printer. I enter in the username (i.e. jsmith) and a password. It works for a moment and then comes back indicating the credentials aren't sufficient for the network resource (printer) and asks if I'd like to enter alternate credentials. I answer "yes" and it gives me the standard login screen with the exception that the username field is pre-filled with the connecting computers machine name/username (i.e. machineA\jsmith). I've tried using the "run as" feature and installing the printer that way but still get the machine name pre-filled. The problem is that the machine name is not part of the login credentials on the machine sharing the printer but I don't know how to tell Windows not to include the machine name of the system requesting to print (or install the printer). Any help is very much appreciated. Thanks in advance (and thanks for your articles - they've been a blessing). Take care.

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Comment from Majoryk on 2010-05-05

2010-05-05T11:15:22Z

hi,yo articles are rily helpful m learnin alot of stuff frm u,thanks.i've read yo article on sharin a printer on da network.i've connectd to a shared printer on da network to c if i can print frm it,but da statu of da printer is showing offline.can it print while offline?

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Comment from Kirk McLaughlin on 2010-02-16

2010-02-16T18:59:54Z

How do i set up a win 7 machine to use a printer that is networked through win xp machine?

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Comment from Scot on 2009-08-30

2009-08-30T20:54:20Z

I did as described and I get "The server for the printer does not have the correct driver installed." I search for the correct driver, but cannot find it.

Please help
Scot

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Comment from Robin Frost on 2009-08-09

2009-08-10T01:47:44Z

Why does my wife's laptop no longer connect to the wireless printer?
We have a wirless router. I have a laptop (running Windows XP) hard-wired via a docking station to 2 printers. I have enabled sharing on both printers. My wife's laptop (runing Windows Vista) has been printing to these 2 fine. Tonight, it now says we need to install the print drivers (for both printers). I tried physically connecting one of the printers and it installed fine, saying "You already have the driver for this printer installed" and could print no problem. So, I suspect it's a network issue not a printer issue? What could be the problem? I can "see" both printers in windows explorer on my wife's laptop, I have checked that sharing is enabled, it always ends up asking for the driver and then giving an Windows cannot connect to the printer" error message. Any other pointers? (Sorry it's kind of open ended, let me know what more I should add to make the question easier to answer?)
Thanks for all your help!

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Comment from samsung 315 on 2009-08-09

2009-08-09T12:44:21Z

Is it possible to use printer network with two different computers ( 1 Macbook and 1 Asus notebook)? Both units are wifi ready.

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Comment from Wanda Grahe on 2009-05-17

2009-05-18T03:10:48Z

Both my computers on the network were named by the programs. Both are XP. I can print from my newer computer to a DellAiO in the bedroom on an older computer, but I cannot print from my new Kodak printer on my newer computer to the Dell in the bedroom. It browses and finds the printer and when I click next, a box comes up and says the name is either wrong or the printer is not connected to the server which it is if the browsing found it.

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Comment from David on 2009-03-18

2009-03-19T03:10:29Z

How do you do this on two macs? [one macbook and one imac, if it matters]

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Comment from Mark Hull on 2008-03-12

2008-03-13T03:29:07Z

When trying to add a printer to my network so the remote laptop can print from it, I can't expand the network and see the printer that is wired to desktop?

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