Can't connect to shared printer when...

Hi,

I am attempting to connect to a printer shared by a Vista pc here at home
that has no password setup on the main user account. I need to have no
password on this pc. On my laptop, XP's Add printer wizard works fine, I put
in the path to the share \\server\share, and it sees it. However, when
prompted for login credentials, leaving the password field blank leads to a
failure to connect message. Interesting thing is, if I add a password to the
user account, I'm able to connect without problems. But again, I need to
have no password on this machine.

Any help appreciated!

Tom

thnewton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am attempting to connect to a printer shared by a Vista pc here at home
> that has no password setup on the main user account. I need to have no
> password on this pc. On my laptop, XP's Add printer wizard works fine, I
> put
> in the path to the share \\server\share, and it sees it. However, when
> prompted for login credentials, leaving the password field blank leads to a
> failure to connect message. Interesting thing is, if I add a password to
> the
> user account, I'm able to connect without problems. But again, I need to
> have no password on this machine.
>
> Any help appreciated!
>
> Tom
>
>
Tom, go to the network and sharing center and see that "Password
required" sharing is not enabled. You will have to do this on both machines.

Dave T.