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I have a desktop running XP that my printers are wired to. I have a Laptop running Vista that links to my desktop wirelessly. I CANNOT access my printers on the network via the Laptop. The drivers and the software are installed on the laptop for the printers. It keeps saying Access Denied. What am I doing wrong?

I bought an Acer laptop it has windows Vista basic.Hooked it up to my network here at work and all that went fine.Turned off printer Lexmark X4270, installed drivers and software for it from the Lexmark web site for Vista onto the laptop,also updated drivers on host computer.Restarted the lap top and turned on the printer.It can see the printer(says its available) but when I try to print a test page it tells me it is sending page to the printer then I get communication is not available.If I disconnect the usb connection on the printer the printer available greys out on the printer window in Vista.I can print from the host computer.Host computer is Win XP pro.Router is a LinkSys wireless G broadband.Printer to host computer is usb cable,host to router is network cable,Acer laptop to router is network cable.Printer is only usb capable no network connection.All other communication on the network is fine file sharing,internet etc...I have restarted laptop printer and host computer numerous times no change.

Hope this is the right forum. I was wondering if there was a how to guide on setting up a home network. I have a Linksys Vonage router and a Linksys Wireless access point. My desktop is wired to the router and is connected to a usb printer/fax and an external Iomega 250GB hard drive. My laptop is connected through wireless with an Intel 3945bg adapter (HP nc8430).

I'd like to be able to access my files on my desktop and external hard drive as well as printer or fax to the printer from my wireless laptop. Is this possible? How do I set this up? Right now I have Vista Ultimate on the laptop and the desktop is running XP Pro and Vista Enterprie in a dual boot. Can I setup to share the usb hard drive and printer if I'm in either Vista or XP Pro on the desktop?

Hello folks, hope you can help me. We currently have a desktop PC at home which runs Windows XP Pro. I have just bought myself a new laptop (HP Pavilion dv2000), which is also currently running XP. My new laptop however is eligible for a free upgrade to Windows Vista. I have been getting used to my new laptop over the past week and setting up my network, so that I can share media files from my desktop to my laptop (desktop PC wasn't powerful enough to do some video editing, which is why I bought the laptop). Will it be ok for me to upgrade my laptop to Vista, have my desktop running XP and still be able to share files and generally network my computers as normal?

I have a wireless network connection to my laptop which is connected to my printer. I previously installed the printer and it was working with no problems.I recently went to print and realised that the network printer wasn't installed any more. ...