Re: A question about printer sharing

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From: Ron Martell (ron_at_onlinehelp.bc.ca)
Date: 03/03/04 

Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 05:13:34 GMT

Paul Hoffmann <warewolf*@shaw.ca> wrote:

>Okay, here's the situation:
>
>My household has 2 computers - a Pentium II running Windows 98 and a brand
>new Pentium 4 running Windows XP Pro. Both computers have firewalls (the
>old one has Tiny Personal Firewall, the new one has Sygate) and both are
>connected to the internet via a cable box and router...
>
>Old computer
> >--Router-----Shaw Cable----Internet
>New Computer
> |
> Printer
>
>As you can see the new one has a printer connected.
>
>What I would like to do is share the printer with the older Win98 computer.
>
>I have tried working with Win98's 'Network Neighborhood' feature
>
>I have also checked XP Pro's help section and it suggested installing the
>printer's win98 driver (which I had some trouble finding and, when I did
>find it, XP said it wasn't 'digitally signed', as in, don't bother using
>it)
>
>So, does anyone here have any ideas?
>
>As a side note, Norton SystemWorks 2003 is having a problem connecting to
>the net (but that's for another thread).
>
>Thanks in advance for your help.
>

Firewalls can interfere with local file sharing activity. Turn off
the firewall on both computers, at least temporarily. You can also
disconnect the Shaw Cable input to the router if you are concerned,
although the NAT protection found in most routers is fully adequate
for stopping hackers and viruses such as msblast.

On the Windows XP Machine make sure the guest account is active
(Control Panel - User Accounts). Then open Control Panel - Network
Connections. Right-click on the icon for the LAN connection and
select Properties. Make sure that "File and Printer sharing for
Microsoft Networks" is installed.

Next open Control Panel - Printers and Faxes, right-click on the icon
for the printer you want to share and select Sharing. Click on the
"Share this printer" button to select it and then give it a share name
that is understandable to you, is not more than 10 or 12 characters
long, and which contains no blank spaces, punctuation, or other
special characters.

Then on the Windows 98 computer use Control Panel - Printers - Add New
Printer - Network Printer and browse the network to see if the shared
printer on the XP computer shows up.

If the printer is still not showing up check your network
configuration and make sure that the Workgroup name is *exactly* the
same on both computers.
On the Windows XP machine check this in Control Panel - System -
General - Identification.
On the Windows 98 machine check this in Control Panel - Network -
Identification.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada 

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