Re: setting up a shared printer on a wireless network

After changing/joining/leaving a Workgroup, the PC must be rebooted.
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<misterfixit1967@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a wireless network set up in my home with two computers on it.
> The "base machine" is a Windows 2K desktop with an HP printer attached
> to the parallel port. The other system is a laptop running XP Home
> Edition.
>
> I am trying to set up the laptop so that I can print to the HP attached
> to the desktop. I changed the desktop workgroup to "WORKGROUP" to be
> compatible with the workgroup name on the laptop. I then set sharing
> on the desktop printer to be enabled "share this printer". I went to
> the laptop and tried to "add printer" selecting "a networked printer,
> or a printer attached to another computer" and then searched for it by
> browsing in the next dialog box. I can not find anything to add.
> WORKGROUP does not even show up under "Microsoft Windows Network" I
> also can not find the laptop from the desktop and visa-versa. What am I
> doing wrong?
>
> Bob
>


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