I've searched the forum, but I haven't been able to find an answer for my problem yet.
I recently left for college and took my laptop with me. I bought a new printer and left the other one here for my family to use. Before, the printer was just connected to my laptop and anyone who wanted to print something had to send it to me. Obviously, that won't work anymore. I'm home this weekend and am trying to set up printer sharing but I'm having problems.
We have a DSL modem with wireless capabilities. There are now 2 computers, one is a desktop connected to the modem via Ethernet cord and the other is a laptop that uses a wireless connection. Both can access the internet just fine. The printer is connected via UBS cord to the desktop. Both are running Windows XP. I've run the network connection wizard on both. I can't get the computers to network. Both have unique names. On the desktop, if I view the workgroup computers both are visible, but I can't access the laptop. I get the message:
//ComputerName is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
The network path was not found.
On the laptop, if I view the workgroup computers, I can't even see the desktop.
I've tried so many tutorials, nothing seems to help me. I can't get the computers to network so I can't share the printer. I turned the firewall on the PC completely off (there doesn't seem to be one on the laptop) and that didn't help. One told me to go in and check the enable NetBIOS option, I tried that, but still nothing.
I tried to provide all the details I could, but if you need more info let me know!
Thanks!
I recently left for college and took my laptop with me. I bought a new printer and left the other one here for my family to use. Before, the printer was just connected to my laptop and anyone who wanted to print something had to send it to me. Obviously, that won't work anymore. I'm home this weekend and am trying to set up printer sharing but I'm having problems.
We have a DSL modem with wireless capabilities. There are now 2 computers, one is a desktop connected to the modem via Ethernet cord and the other is a laptop that uses a wireless connection. Both can access the internet just fine. The printer is connected via UBS cord to the desktop. Both are running Windows XP. I've run the network connection wizard on both. I can't get the computers to network. Both have unique names. On the desktop, if I view the workgroup computers both are visible, but I can't access the laptop. I get the message:
//ComputerName is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
The network path was not found.
On the laptop, if I view the workgroup computers, I can't even see the desktop.
I've tried so many tutorials, nothing seems to help me. I can't get the computers to network so I can't share the printer. I turned the firewall on the PC completely off (there doesn't seem to be one on the laptop) and that didn't help. One told me to go in and check the enable NetBIOS option, I tried that, but still nothing.
I tried to provide all the details I could, but if you need more info let me know!
Thanks!