I am needing help with this. I have tried many tutorials, but none have worked. I think my problem is that I cannot connect to either computer from the other. I tried a tutorial at How-to-Geek, http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/sharing-files-and-printers-between-windows-7-and-windows-xp-the-other-way?replies=1, but that is when the printer is hooked up to the Windows 7 Computer, not Windows XP. Help?The support here is great. Thanks guys!

Long thread here but sounds like it works: Solved XP to 7 Printer sharing Edit: I found it by taking your exact question and posting it in Google :) Rich

I am getting this error: "Windows cannot access \\XPMachine – Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise, there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click diagnose."The support here is great. Thanks guys!

Hi, Can you ping the Windows 7 machine from the Windows XP machine? I suggest you perform the following steps to troubleshoot the issue. 1. Temporarily disable firewall on each machine. 2. Assure the following services are started on each machine: Computer Browser, Server, Workstation 3. Write down the computer name for Windows XP. Click Start button in Windows 7 and type \\XP computer name, and then press enter. Can you access the Windows XP computer successfully? If not, please let me know. Otherwise, please refer to the following article to share the printer. Share Your Printer Over a Home Network Using Windows XP Thanks, Novak

This worked for me, but I used my IP address instead of my XP computer name, ie. \\XP192.196.1.9, or whatever your IP is. I am worried about my firewall settings. I had to make an exception on my firewall settings, excluting my workgroup, then turn my firewall back on. If I turn my friewall back on without the exception, then my printer stops working. Am I safe??? Any suggestions???

I had a similar problem. It turned out the Win7 firewall was blocking the xp machine & the Norton fire wall on the xp machine was blocking the win7 machine. Now I have to figure out how to put loopholes in the firewalls w/out making things too insecure (any suggestions?) Cheers William