The wireless connection is called OurWirelessNetwork and is encrypted. It was set up on the desktop with advice given here. The laptop found the connection and once I entered the encryption key, all was good as far as connecting to the internet. There are shared directorys on the desktop's C drive and the printer is shared and named printer.
Can you access Screen below on Vista? I just went thru this exact almost procedure, getting my new Vista desktop to network with our Win xp computer with printer. Not so easy, but here are the instructions which work:. That's it. To check for the exact host computer name, go to the host computer, my computer, and a screen will come up with it's official name, use it, case sensitive.
For printer name, go to host computer, printers area thru the control panel, rt. A sharing tab will show, click it, the exact name for the shared printer will show, again use it case sensitive. A little more info. I needed to download new Vista drivers for the printer for my computer before doing the above. It never worked for my boss and our LAN manager. They're both computer savvy. Vista and XP do not play happily together They uninstalled Vista and won't use it until it's fixed.
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Sort by: Oldest. Newest Oldest. Like Save. I'm not sure what that mean. Can you elaborate more? Related Discussions Laptop won't hook up to wireless network Q. This is a detailed guide on setting up a home network connecting computers running Windows 7, XP and Vista. This enables network sharing to share files and more. How can I overcome this problem? Your email address will not be published.
Home Network Setup connecting computers running windows 7, xp and vista Often, not all computers that you run may have the same windows OS. Click Start , right-click My Computer , and then click Properties.
In System Properties window, click the Computer Name tab to see the workgroup name. Your computer name is what you had given when you installed windows xp. To change the name, click Change , type the new name in Computer name , and then click OK. Change Workgroup name in computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7 The next step is to find and change the workgroup name in all other computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7. Click the Start button , right-click Computer , and then click Properties.
You will then be prompted to restart your computer, for the new workgroup name to take effect. Change Network location in computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7 Next, check the network location in all computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7. Turn on network discovery, file sharing, public folder sharing, and printer sharing To turn on network discovery, file and printer sharing, and public folder sharing in Windows 7 , do the following.
In the search box, type network , click Network and Sharing Center , and then in the left pane, click Change advanced sharing settings. Click the dropdown icon chevron to expand the Home or Work network profile.
Select the options to turn on network discovery and file sharing. Under Public folder sharing, do one of the following. To share your Public folders with people using other computers in the network, click Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can open files.
To share your Public folders so that people using other computers in the network can open files in them and also create or change files, click Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can open, change, and create files.
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