sharing enabled and is passworded. has me stumped
thanks At 06:58 PM 2/14/2010, Robert Martin Jr. Poked the stick with: >If printer sharing is enabled, make sure the user has a legit password. >Windows 7 sharing will not allow blank passwords. > >lopaka > > > > >________________________________ >From: Bobby Heid <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sun, February 14, 2010 4:22:41 PM >Subject: Re: [H] Mapping printer xp to w7 ? > >Have you set up printer sharing? On the W7 box, go to Start|Help and >Support and enter share printer. That should get you going. > >Thanks, >Bobby > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of FORC5 >Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 5:11 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [H] Mapping printer xp to w7 ? > >Friend, customer running a new puter with w7 home premium 64bit, her printer >( canon xx500) works fine. > >Tried to map her laptop to print, can not make it go. I assume I need to add >the X86 drivers to the w7 install but w7 will not let me. DL'ed directly >from Canon. > >FWIW the printer on the w7 box just was recognized and worked on first boot >but when it asks me for additional drivers it just will not take them. > >AT a loss at the moment. As a work around put a folder on the laptop to copy >docs to and a shortcut on the w7 box she can print so at the moment no big >deal but I really HATE not being able to make it go. I wonder to myself if a >newer printer might work. Worked fine when she was running xp. >I have mapped many a printer. My w7 box has no problem printing thru my XP >box. ( opposite to her situation) >fp >thanks >Happy *V* Day > >-- >Tallyho ! ]:8) >Taglines below ! >-- >Quick! Say something profound in 45 characters or le. > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >database 4866 (20100214) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Murphy was an optimist.
