Re: Cannot connect a Vista/Vista Combo

This sounds like the problem I'm having with my sons PC with Vista
installed, I have XP, the printer is connected to my PC, he cannot print.
gets a "permission denied" or something like that, our Techie at work said
something about matching user accounts and passwords and this explains it.
Is this the proper procedure for XP/Vista sharing as well?

"Malke" <malke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Justin wrote:

Hi,
I have two PC's running Vista Home Premium. Both have SP1, and both have
sharing and printer sharing installed. I can access the wife's pc from
mine,
but I cannot access mine from her's. If I type in my pc name
"\\jdesktop\users\" it will pop up, but if I physically try and click on
my computer's name in the network window it says \\jdesktop is not
accessible.

I am trying to share a printer. It is on my PC, and I have tried
everything. Both pc's have passwords, both are in the Jspafford
workgroup.

Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need
to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just
need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE
PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly
to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you
can do this.

Start Orb>Search box>type: netplwiz [enter]
Click on Continue (or supply an administrator's password) when prompted by
UAC

To turn on - Uncheck the option "Users must enter a user name and password
to use this computer". Select a user account to automatically log on by
clicking on the desired account to highlight it and then hit OK. Enter the
correct password for that user account (if there is one) when prompted.
Leave it blank if there is no password (null).

Malke
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