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| Thread ID: 123046 | 2012-01-30 08:30:00 | Got a new laptop. How do I share my printer/files over wifi? | camo (4895) | Press F1 |
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| 1256620 | 2012-01-30 08:30:00 | Hi, I have just bought a new Sony Vaio laptop running Windows 7. It's my first W7 computer. I have a desktop computer running XP Pro. It has a USB printer attached to it, and is connected to the internet using my Thomson TG585 modem router. Using the laptop, I can connect to the net wirelessly, but I can't see my shared printers or files.... I don't know where to start. Can someone point me in the right direction? |
camo (4895) | ||
| 1256621 | 2012-01-30 08:35:00 | Is the network listed as Home or Work in Network and Sharing Centre? | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1256622 | 2012-01-30 08:44:00 | To print over wifi you need a printer that can do that. Assuming you do then you just need to install the printer drivers and connect the printer to wifi the same wifi network and it should all work. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1256623 | 2012-01-30 09:11:00 | The network is listed as home on the W7 laptop. I haven't installed the printer drivers on the laptop yet....I guessed they would just use the ones that are on the desktop that it is connected to |
camo (4895) | ||
| 1256624 | 2012-01-30 09:12:00 | To print over wifi you need a printer that can do that. Assuming you do then you just need to install the printer drivers and connect the printer to wifi the same wifi network and it should all work. Not necessarily, the printer can be shared out from the PC which it's connected to via USB. The printer itself does not need network capabilities. --- Google is your best friend: windows.microsoft.com windows.microsoft.com |
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| 1256625 | 2012-01-30 09:31:00 | Oh well thats cool. Never really needed wifi printing | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1256626 | 2012-01-30 16:48:00 | All you have to do is share the printer, and share a folder. Dont share the whole hard drive. And yup the pc you want to print from, needs printer drivers as well. And yup you dont have to have wifi on the printer. And install SP3 on XP | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1256627 | 2012-01-31 02:00:00 | You need to delete the Home group as well as this is for Win7 computers, only. Set the network to 'Work'. | linw (53) | ||
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