Vista should find the printer. Select it, and click Next. Otherwise, choose if you want to set the new printer as your default, and click then Next and Finish. OS X hides the Advanced menu. Drag it into the toolbar for future use. Click the plus icon to add a new printer. Right-click the toolbar, and pick Customize Toolbar. Then drag the Advanced button up into the toolbar and click Done. Enter the path with your PC name and printer name.
Click Select Printer Software in the Print Choosing pop-up menu, and select your printer in the list. Click OK and Add. Windows 7 can also connect to a Mac OS X printer over the network. Select your printer. Enter the pathname back to your Mac and printer. Follow the prompts to finish the installation; this should be just like installing a network printer connected to a Windows system.
After you select an item to share, just open the Share with menu to put it on the network. Windows 7 lets you share files through a combination of its public folders and manual selection. If you want to share files with everyone on your network, just move them to the public location within any of the Libraries in the left pane of a window. You can also share files or folders wherever they reside. Select an item to share, and pick the Share with menu at the top of the window.
Pick Homegroup Read to let people on your home network open, but not modify files. Pick Specific people if you want to restrict access to certain user accounts. Click Manage another account , and pick Create a new account. Follow the prompts to create a Standard user , pick the account, and click Create a password.
Now if you pick Share with: Specific people , click the drop-down arrow, and add the new account to the list. Next, try connecting to files. Thanks for your feedback. This may mostly occur if on the Windows 7 computer password protected sharing is turned on.
Password-protected sharing is on by default for computers in workgroups. When password-protected sharing is turned on, people using other computers on your network can't access your shared folders or printers unless they have a user account on your computer. Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think. Howard Walker.
I have followed the excellent post on Sharing a printer on Windows 7 Vista network by Cappaj1. It has enabled me to set up a connection between my XP machine and my win 7 machine, but not the other way round.
When I try to connect to my xp machine from my Win 7 one, I get asked for a password and everything stops. How do I work out the password, or is it possible to log in without one, as it is from xp to win7? This thread is locked. This is how you can find it. Make sure that you give the same Workgroup name in all other computers in the network running windows xp. The next step is to find and change the workgroup name in all other computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7.
Follow the steps outlined below in all such computers, to change them to the same workgroup name as in computers running windows xp. Next, check the network location in all computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7. The network location type is displayed below the network name. To change the network location, click the network location link for eg.
You can also turn on these sharing options individually. To turn on network discovery, file and printer sharing, and public folder sharing in Windows 7 , do the following.
Finally, Click Save changes. To turn on network discovery, file sharing, public folder sharing, and printer sharing in Windows Vista, do the following. That is it. You can also turn on password-protected sharing in computers running windows 7 and vista. 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.
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