Cannot share printer in home network

System with printers - WinXP Home SP2 (Dell)

Client 1 - WinXP Home laptop
Client 2 - WinVista Home premiuim (64bit)

All are part of MSHOME workgroup

Al are running a verison of Symantec protection. I have alowed SMB & file
sharing in the firewalls.

All connect through Linksys wireless router and can access the internet.

When I invoke My Network Places on the system with printers, I see the 2
laptops but not the Dell system.
When I try to add a network printer on either client by \\dell\printershare
it immediately comes back with cannot find printer or server.

On client 1 - My network Places - show workgroup computer; it says not
authorized
On client 2 - the network shows only the vista laptop.

On the Dell, I had to clean up the adapter services, I removed Netware and
Services advertising Protocol.

What am I missing so I can share 2 printers from the base DEll system with
the laptops?

THX
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John Lenz

Have you tried turning the firewalls off for now and see is the printer
appear.
Neil
"John L" wrote in message
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System with printers - WinXP Home SP2 (Dell)

Client 1 - WinXP Home laptop
Client 2 - WinVista Home premiuim (64bit)

All are part of MSHOME workgroup

Al are running a verison of Symantec protection. I have alowed SMB & file
sharing in the firewalls.

All connect through Linksys wireless router and can access the internet.

When I invoke My Network Places on the system with printers, I see the 2
laptops but not the Dell system.
When I try to add a network printer on either client by
\\dell\printershare it immediately comes back with cannot find printer or
server.

On client 1 - My network Places - show workgroup computer; it says not
authorized
On client 2 - the network shows only the vista laptop.

On the Dell, I had to clean up the adapter services, I removed Netware and
Services advertising Protocol.

What am I missing so I can share 2 printers from the base DEll system with
the laptops?

THX
--

*****************
John Lenz

Fixed the problem. It was a corrupt version of Norton. Upgrade to current
and it now works.

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John Lenz


"neil" wrote in message
...
Have you tried turning the firewalls off for now and see is the printer
appear.
Neil
"John L" wrote in message
...
System with printers - WinXP Home SP2 (Dell)

Client 1 - WinXP Home laptop
Client 2 - WinVista Home premiuim (64bit)

All are part of MSHOME workgroup

Al are running a verison of Symantec protection. I have alowed SMB & file
sharing in the firewalls.

All connect through Linksys wireless router and can access the internet.

When I invoke My Network Places on the system with printers, I see the 2
laptops but not the Dell system.
When I try to add a network printer on either client by
\\dell\printershare it immediately comes back with cannot find printer or
server.

On client 1 - My network Places - show workgroup computer; it says not
authorized
On client 2 - the network shows only the vista laptop.

On the Dell, I had to clean up the adapter services, I removed Netware
and Services advertising Protocol.

What am I missing so I can share 2 printers from the base DEll system
with the laptops?

THX
--

*****************
John Lenz