In order to share the printer on a Vista 32 server with a Vista 64 client, we have to share the 'spooler printer directory' of Vista 32 server. And here is the point, Vista has two different sets of permissions: 'Share Permissions' and 'NTFS Permissions'. We have to set up both, separately. Geeks would skip this explanation. Windows Vista will now install your network printer. At the end you will receive a notification. Click Finish and you are done. Network Printer not found. If Windows Vista hasn't found the printer your were looking for, then click 'The printer that I want isn't listed'.
I have a new HP laptop with Vista and am trying to print to a network printer. The printer is attached to a desktop with XP. The laptop recognizes the two printers attached to the desktop, HP officejet and Dell inkjet, but won't connect. Message indicates it needs a driver (INF file?) but can't find it. I downloaded Dell drivers and tried that, but it won't recognize them. Do I need to install special drivers on the desktop (XP)? I did receive error message 0x800f0214 which I can't find in any Microsoft site.
I have a new HP laptop with Vista and am trying to print to a network printer. The printer is attached to a desktop with XP. The laptop recognizes the two printers attached to the desktop, HP officejet and Dell inkjet, but won't connect. Message indicates it needs a driver (INF file?) but can't find it. I downloaded Dell drivers and tried that, but it won't recognize them. Do I need to install special drivers on the desktop (XP)? I did receive error message 0x800f0214 which I can't find in any Microsoft site.
You need the correct Vista drivers for each printer installed on the Vista machine. Install the drivers and the printers should be seen during the installation process. You need to have set up file/printer sharing. Have you done this and are you able to transfer files both ways? You need to share out the printers connected to the XP machine.
Excellent, thorough, yet easy to understand article about File/Printer Sharing in Vista. Includes details about sharing printers as well as files and folders: Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall; or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying to create shares where the operating system does not permit it. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network (LAN) traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing File/Printer Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard on XP will take care of this for those machines.The only 'gotcha' is that this will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus with 'Internet Worm Protection' (like Norton 2006/07) which acts as a firewall, then you're fine.
With third-party firewalls, I usually configure the LAN allowance with an IP range. Would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct subnet. Do not run more than one firewall. For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup. This is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines.
Printer Network Setup
You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. If you wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista: Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - D. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center: 1. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off Simple File Sharing (Folder OptionsView tab) and create identical user accounts/passwords on all computers. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the Simple File Sharing enabled. Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled.
This means that anyone without a user account on the target system can use its resources. This is a security hole but only you can decide if it matters in your situation.
How To Configure Network Printer
Malke - MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers Don't Panic! I have a new HP laptop with Vista and am trying to print to a network printer.
The printer is attached to a desktop with XP. The laptop recognizes the two printers attached to the desktop, HP officejet and Dell inkjet, but won't connect. Message indicates it needs a driver (INF file?) but can't find it. I downloaded Dell drivers and tried that, but it won't recognize them. Do I need to install special drivers on the desktop (XP)? I did receive error message 0x800f0214 which I can't find in any Microsoft site.