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wikizilla

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Basic Workgroup Help
« on: May 05, 2009, 07:11:42 PM »
I have been trying to get my two computers to share a printer.

The two computers(desktops) are connected by a router with standard ethernet cables. Computer 1 has a printer that I'd like computer 2 to be able to access. So, I created workgroup "HOME" on computer 1, the one with the printer.

On computer 2, I went system>computer name> change workgroup and typed in "HOME".

However, when I try to add the printer, nothing shows up! All computers and printers are on and have been restarted.

If I'm not doing this correctly, how can I do it so that both my computers can access the same printer?

midsail



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    Re: Basic Workgroup Help
    « Reply #1 on: May 07, 2009, 06:10:33 PM »
    Hello follow these two Links

    This one is for Vista
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

    This one is for XP
    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_july2.mspx

    U didn't state What win flavor u r running. Let us know the results.