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Guest
Greetings,
I have a home network that includes a Vista Home Premium machine and a
Windows XP machine in the same workgroup. Each can see the other PC but
cannot access files or printers on it. The Vista user gets "access denied"
to a shared folder on the XP machine, and the XP user is asked for a user
name & password when trying to access a folder or printer on the Vista
machine. This worked fine in both directions when the two machines were both
running XP.
On the Vista machine, Network & Sharing Center says that file sharing is ON
but the options are grayed out and I'm referred to my firewall to change
these settings. Printer sharing is also ON, with Password Required; my only
other option is OFF. Windows Help and Support ("Share a Printer" topic) says
that there should be an option to turn off password protection, "if you want
anyone on the network to be able to access the printer you are sharing", but
I don't have that choice, to share a printer with everyone on the network
without a password, which is exactly what I'm looking for. (I don't other
user to have an account on the Vista PC, only access to its printer.)
Network & Sharing Center also says that my firewall settings must match the
settings in the "Sharing and Discovery" section. I'm running McAfee Security
Center but even when I turn off its firewall, I don't see the option to share
a printer without requiring a password.
Any suggestions?
I have a home network that includes a Vista Home Premium machine and a
Windows XP machine in the same workgroup. Each can see the other PC but
cannot access files or printers on it. The Vista user gets "access denied"
to a shared folder on the XP machine, and the XP user is asked for a user
name & password when trying to access a folder or printer on the Vista
machine. This worked fine in both directions when the two machines were both
running XP.
On the Vista machine, Network & Sharing Center says that file sharing is ON
but the options are grayed out and I'm referred to my firewall to change
these settings. Printer sharing is also ON, with Password Required; my only
other option is OFF. Windows Help and Support ("Share a Printer" topic) says
that there should be an option to turn off password protection, "if you want
anyone on the network to be able to access the printer you are sharing", but
I don't have that choice, to share a printer with everyone on the network
without a password, which is exactly what I'm looking for. (I don't other
user to have an account on the Vista PC, only access to its printer.)
Network & Sharing Center also says that my firewall settings must match the
settings in the "Sharing and Discovery" section. I'm running McAfee Security
Center but even when I turn off its firewall, I don't see the option to share
a printer without requiring a password.
Any suggestions?