Printer sharing XP and Vista

Hello,
I have 3 computers, one with Vista Ultimate and 2 with XP. My question is
if I have a printer connected to one of the XP machines can I share this
printer with the Vista machine? Right now the printer is connected to othe
Vista machine and they are all connected to a router but I have not started
file sharing or anything like that.
Thanks in advance

On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:17:05 -0700, Jpearson1970
<> wrote:

>Hello,
>I have 3 computers, one with Vista Ultimate and 2 with XP. My question is
>if I have a printer connected to one of the XP machines can I share this
>printer with the Vista machine? Right now the printer is connected to othe
>Vista machine and they are all connected to a router but I have not started
>file sharing or anything like that.
>Thanks in advance

Computer running Windows Vista and XP are perfectly capable of sharing network
resources - files and printers.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/1...-together.html

But do yourself a favour, and get file sharing working before tackling printer
sharing.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/05/file-sharing-and-printer-sharing-are.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/0...aring-are.html

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Cheers,
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http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
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Thank you Chuck, That is very helpful.
John

"Chuck" wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:17:05 -0700, Jpearson1970
> <> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >I have 3 computers, one with Vista Ultimate and 2 with XP. My question is
> >if I have a printer connected to one of the XP machines can I share this
> >printer with the Vista machine? Right now the printer is connected to othe
> >Vista machine and they are all connected to a router but I have not started
> >file sharing or anything like that.
> >Thanks in advance
>
> Computer running Windows Vista and XP are perfectly capable of sharing network
> resources - files and printers.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/1...-together.html
>
> But do yourself a favour, and get file sharing working before tackling printer
> sharing.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/05/file-sharing-and-printer-sharing-are.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/0...aring-are.html
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck mvps org.
>

On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 13:30:01 -0700, Jpearson1970
<> wrote:

>"Chuck" wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:17:05 -0700, Jpearson1970
>> <> wrote:
>>
>> >Hello,
>> >I have 3 computers, one with Vista Ultimate and 2 with XP. My question is
>> >if I have a printer connected to one of the XP machines can I share this
>> >printer with the Vista machine? Right now the printer is connected to othe
>> >Vista machine and they are all connected to a router but I have not started
>> >file sharing or anything like that.
>> >Thanks in advance
>>
>> Computer running Windows Vista and XP are perfectly capable of sharing network
>> resources - files and printers.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/1...-together.html
>>
>> But do yourself a favour, and get file sharing working before tackling printer
>> sharing.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/05/file-sharing-and-printer-sharing-are.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/0...aring-are.html

>Thank you Chuck, That is very helpful.
>John

Thanks for the feedback, John.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/how-to-post-on-usenet-and-encourage.html#Followup>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0....html#Followup

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

I have a new notebook with vista on it and I cannot
connect to printer on network running windows xp.

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So, there's no way to connect without becoming a LAN expert? The security
settings seem like overkill and I thought, with experience in adding
computers for years to an XP network, that it could be done easily with a
Vista laptop.





"Chuck" wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:17:05 -0700, Jpearson1970
> <> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >I have 3 computers, one with Vista Ultimate and 2 with XP. My question is
> >if I have a printer connected to one of the XP machines can I share this
> >printer with the Vista machine? Right now the printer is connected to othe
> >Vista machine and they are all connected to a router but I have not started
> >file sharing or anything like that.
> >Thanks in advance
>
> Computer running Windows Vista and XP are perfectly capable of sharing network
> resources - files and printers.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/1...-together.html
>
> But do yourself a favour, and get file sharing working before tackling printer
> sharing.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/05/file-sharing-and-printer-sharing-are.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/0...aring-are.html
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck mvps org.
>