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dangermouse75
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Loc: Coventry
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I was having trouble trying to share my printer on my Windows XP desktop PC with my Vista laptop.
Not anymore. Here's how I did it.
I clicked Start, Printers and Faxes on my XP machine.
Right clicked on my printer from the list. Chose Sharing. Made a note of my Printer share name, e.g. printer6
Then clicked My Computer, My Network Places.
I made a note of my computer's name, e.g. Mr-0t5e778734
Then on my Vista laptop,
I went to Control Panel. Clicked Printer. Then Add Printer.
Chose Add a local printer. Clicked on Create a new port.
Chose the default option - Local Port.
Clicked Next.
On the dialogue box asking for port name I typed in the \\computer name\printer name So I used the information I had collected above,
\\Mr-0t5e778734\printer6
I then chose the model of my printer from the list.
Bingo I could now print from the Vista Laptop!
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