Printer sharing XP and Vista

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Hello,
I have 3 computers, one with Vista Ultimate and 2 with XP. My question is
if I have a printer connected to one of the XP machines can I share this
printer with the Vista machine? Right now the printer is connected to othe
Vista machine and they are all connected to a router but I have not started
file sharing or anything like that.
Thanks in advance
 
Hello,
I have 3 computers, one with Vista Ultimate and 2 with XP. My question is
if I have a printer connected to one of the XP machines can I share this
printer with the Vista machine? Right now the printer is connected to othe
Vista machine and they are all connected to a router but I have not started
file sharing or anything like that.
Thanks in advance
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Computer running Windows Vista and XP are perfectly capable of sharing network
resources - files and printers.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html

But do yourself a favour, and get file sharing working before tackling printer
sharing.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/05/file-sharing-and-printer-sharing-are.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/05/file-sharing-and-printer-sharing-are.html
 
Thank you Chuck, That is very helpful.
John

Chuck said:
Computer running Windows Vista and XP are perfectly capable of sharing network
resources - files and printers.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html

But do yourself a favour, and get file sharing working before tackling printer
sharing.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/05/file-sharing-and-printer-sharing-are.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/05/file-sharing-and-printer-sharing-are.html
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So, there's no way to connect without becoming a LAN expert? The security
settings seem like overkill and I thought, with experience in adding
computers for years to an XP network, that it could be done easily with a
Vista laptop.
 
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