Must turn firewall off to print
 

I have an HP 7400 network printer attached to my desktop running Vista
Ultimate RC1. If I want to print from another computer to that printer, I
have to turn the firewall off on the desktop. In other words, other computers
can not see my desktop or the printer attached to it without turing the
firewall offg.
Any help?

Re: Must turn firewall off to print
 

1. in Network and Sharing Center, turn on "Network discovery" and "Printer
Sharing"
2. Control Panel, Windows Firewall, select the "Exceptions" tab
Make sure there is a check mark in at least "Core Networking", "File
and Printer Sharing" and "Network Discovery"

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



"Tony" <Tony@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:35A8C8F0-3C40-4F75-BEDC-99D918FF8741@microsoft.com...
>I have an HP 7400 network printer attached to my desktop running Vista
> Ultimate RC1. If I want to print from another computer to that printer, I
> have to turn the firewall off on the desktop. In other words, other
> computers
> can not see my desktop or the printer attached to it without turing the
> firewall offg.
> Any help?

Re: Must turn firewall off to print
 

Thanks Bruce. I will try right away.

"Bruce Sanderson" wrote:

> 1. in Network and Sharing Center, turn on "Network discovery" and "Printer
> Sharing"
> 2. Control Panel, Windows Firewall, select the "Exceptions" tab
> Make sure there is a check mark in at least "Core Networking", "File
> and Printer Sharing" and "Network Discovery"
>
> --
> Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders
>
> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>
>
>
> "Tony" <Tony@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:35A8C8F0-3C40-4F75-BEDC-99D918FF8741@microsoft.com...
> >I have an HP 7400 network printer attached to my desktop running Vista
> > Ultimate RC1. If I want to print from another computer to that printer, I
> > have to turn the firewall off on the desktop. In other words, other
> > computers
> > can not see my desktop or the printer attached to it without turing the
> > firewall offg.
> > Any help?
>