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i am trying to get my network so that i can use all of the printers in my house. i have recentaly bought a belking network usb hub and have conected 1 printer and an ext hdd. i now want to use the printer that is conected to the other computer but not to the hub. also i have got 3 xp computers and they don't pick up my vista computer but vista dose. can this be resolved.Thankes ever so much
July 5th, 2009 2:47pm

Hi And-rew, Did you have a look at the following microsoft tutorial explaining how file & printer sharing works? Below the instructions to share your printershttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspxfor the part of your xp machines not picking up the vista machines in the network, there is a fix you should install on the xp machines:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4F01A31D-EE46-481E-BA11-37F485FA34EA&displaylang=enKind RegardsFilip Wilms Sharing Your Printers To share your printers in Windows Vista, ensure that printer sharing is enabled as described in the Enabling File and Printer Sharing Options section of this article. To verify that your printers are shared, do the following: Click Start, right-click Network, and then click Properties. Under the Sharing and Discovery section of the Network and Sharing Center window, click Show me all the shared network folders on this computer. In the list of shared resources, verify that your printers are listed.
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July 6th, 2009 12:21pm

Hi, Thank you for your posts. May I know if the Windows XP computers cannot see the Windows Vista computer? Regarding how to share a printer, I would like toshare the following with you as well: Share a printer http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/e3faee7d-a7cd-40aa-b240-006dca11dc451033.mspx Windows XP: Sharing printers http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/maintain/printers.mspx Thanks. Nicholas Li - MSFT
July 9th, 2009 2:10pm

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