How to connect to XP Remote Printer from Vista

I am trying to remotely access an HP All-in-One printer connected to a
Windows XP Pro notebook from a desktop computer running Windows Vista
Home Premium. Seems simple enough -- Add Printer, Network printer etc.
but the Vista computer just does not see the printer although it is
shared and I have followed basic instructions to enable security
policies etc. on the XP machine. I have seen similar topics posted on
this group and elsewhere but haven't found a workable solution yet.
Any help will be appreciated.

File and Printer Sharing in Windows Vista
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"Makarand" <mnalgirkar@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1192823774.482037.238130@i38g2000prf.googlegr oups.com...
I am trying to remotely access an HP All-in-One printer connected to a
Windows XP Pro notebook from a desktop computer running Windows Vista
Home Premium. Seems simple enough -- Add Printer, Network printer etc.
but the Vista computer just does not see the printer although it is
shared and I have followed basic instructions to enable security
policies etc. on the XP machine. I have seen similar topics posted on
this group and elsewhere but haven't found a workable solution yet.
Any help will be appreciated.

On Oct 19, 4:05 pm, "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfri...@nospamgmail.com>
wrote:
> File and Printer Sharing in Windows Vistahttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Makarand" <mnalgir...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1192823774.482037.238130@i38g2000prf.g ooglegroups.com...
>
> I am trying to remotely access an HP All-in-One printer connected to a
> Windows XP Pro notebook from a desktop computer running Windows Vista
> Home Premium. Seems simple enough -- Add Printer, Network printer etc.
> but the Vista computer just does not see the printer although it is
> shared and I have followed basic instructions to enable security
> policies etc. on the XP machine. I have seen similar topics posted on
> this group and elsewhere but haven't found a workable solution yet.
> Any help will be appreciated.

I had followed the instructions in the link step-by-step before the
post. Even though both the computers are under workgroup "WORKGROUP",
I cannot see the XP notebook from the VISTA desktop and vice versa.
Could that be the root of my problem? How do I fix this?

how do the machines obtain their IP or network addresses?

in a command window run
ipconfig /all


make sure they have the same subnet address.


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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

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"Makarand" <mnalgirkar@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1193063646.017536.50390@i38g2000prf.googlegro ups.com...
> On Oct 19, 4:05 pm, "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfri...@nospamgmail.com>
> wrote:
>> File and Printer Sharing in Windows
>> Vistahttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> "Makarand" <mnalgir...@gmail.com> wrote in
>> messagenews:1192823774.482037.238130@i38g2000prf.g ooglegroups.com...
>>
>> I am trying to remotely access an HP All-in-One printer connected to a
>> Windows XP Pro notebook from a desktop computer running Windows Vista
>> Home Premium. Seems simple enough -- Add Printer, Network printer etc.
>> but the Vista computer just does not see the printer although it is
>> shared and I have followed basic instructions to enable security
>> policies etc. on the XP machine. I have seen similar topics posted on
>> this group and elsewhere but haven't found a workable solution yet.
>> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> I had followed the instructions in the link step-by-step before the
> post. Even though both the computers are under workgroup "WORKGROUP",
> I cannot see the XP notebook from the VISTA desktop and vice versa.
> Could that be the root of my problem? How do I fix this?
>