How do I connect a computer running windows vista to the printer of a computer running windows XP home?

August 10th, 2008 | by DistanceRunner |
Will O asked:


I have a laptop running vista and a desktop running XP home, and a wireless router. How can I connect them so that I can print with my laptop out of the desktop’s printer? It’s supposed to be easy with a wireless router, and while the internet works fine, I can’t make the laptop connect to the desktop to use the printer.

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  1. 4 Responses to “How do I connect a computer running windows vista to the printer of a computer running windows XP home?”

  2. By Brian F on Aug 13, 2008 | Reply

    Make sure you have the firewall on the desktop configured to allow print and file sharing.

    If it’s a Kodak printer, forget it, or get a different printer.

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  4. By EjEtal on Aug 17, 2008 | Reply

    I use network magic because I am not good at these things. But you can also share anthing connected to your pc on your network. See link below for step by step instructions.

  5. By aneet_n on Aug 17, 2008 | Reply

    First, you need to make sure “File and Printer Sharing” is selected on both machines. You can verify this from Control Panel > Network > [Your Local Area Connection] > Properties.

    Then. you need you laptop to connect to your desktop. You can do this by typing “\\[Desktop IP Address]” in the Run dialog box. You should only have to do this once.

    Finally, you go to Printers from Control Panel and add a new printer. In the dialog box choose “Add a Network Printer.” Vista will search for all networked printers. If it does not find it on its own, choose “The printer that I wanted was not listed.” From there you can browse the desktop for the printer.

    Hope this helps.

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