how to printer share between windows XP, vista and 7.

[Aryan7246]

i think its very helpful thanx 4 uploading

[PolymorphismKookie]

Thank you so much for this Video, I got my printer up and running in minutes! Thanks a million!

[taftgato369]

is it the same between win vista nd win 7?

[brinkthegamer]

Thanks a million for this video, I want to connect my child's xp laptop to my windows 7 desktop printer.

The problem is I have to conenct him to my wireless internet in order to complete the printer driver part of your video. HOW DO I DO THIS? How do I get my windows 7 wireless internet to get picked up by his xp laptop?

[mybabyc3]

Your explanation and examples really helped me at work. I second, good tutorial, very well explained. Thank you for the post.

[elbayames41]

For me it worked very well with second option server and printer.Good tutorial sir very well explained thanks a lot.

[RRPxGamingxV2]

hey i figured it out never mind! .

[BornNRaisedPackerFan]

Hello, my printer is connected to my desktop computer which is running Windows XP and I want to print from my Windows 7 laptop. My printer is already set up to share, but when I go to set it up my laptop doesn't find my printer to connect to. Please help...thank you!

[summerproject92]

I get an error messsage"windows cannot connect to this printer, access is denied". I might add, I am the network administrator. Can you help?

[viperfrank]

@summerproject92 Hi there, ah.. a couple of thing you can try.

1st make sure you have an administrator account and a password set up for both machines.

Another thing is disable the user account control (if windows 7) do the processes again and than re enable it after you have done.

That normally works for me.

Sometimes it could be your anti-virus software blocking network access, you may have to disable your anti-virus temporarily, and re enable it when your done.

Hope this helped.

Nice one ; )

[TheMohid786]

my printer is installed on window 7 and i want to share it to XP..the procedure will be same or i have to do something else..

[viperfrank]

@TheMohid786 Yeah its very much the same but the console for finding the printer is slightly different but its pretty self explanatory.

Thanks for your comment.

Nice One ; )

[666Blazt666]

thx good work

[supervegitorocks]

How to Install HP Laser Jet 1010 which is shared on xp and i want to install it on Windows 7..?? Plz Reply soon..

[Devonapp]

\\office.\office - you typed wrong. It must be \\office\ - comp ll find network printer and u can select on of finded printer manually...thanks

[Leijon83]

I have a question. We have 3 computers, 2 with XP and one with Win 7. One of the XP's has 2 printers connected to it. The other XP is a laptop and they work fine so far. However, the newest computer with Win 7 (also laptop) can see the printers (after following your awesome instructions) but It can not add them. It prompts that it has no access or athority or something like that.

Does the Win 7 computer need to be a part tp the same workgroup or just connected to the network? whats wrong?

[IAmTurtleLover13]

at 5:06

i dont see a list of printers on my computer.

i only see 'Microsoft Windows Network'

do you know how i can get to see my list ?

[TriviLizE]

Driver Issues, can't find a driver. Hmmm

[Gedesudaya]

thank you bro its really work

[viperfrank]

@Gedesudaya No problem, thank you for your comment.

nice one!!!

[goggavanwyk]

Hi James, i need your assistance and would like to know if you can rather comunicate via email. goggavanwyk@gmail.com. i am from SA, Richardsbay and it is in connection with this video because it does not work by me.

[TheNoushT]

it didn't work! you are my last hope. i'm going crazy! I'm trying to share files b/w my desktop directly connected to printer which runs on windows xp 2003, and my laptop which is new and running on windows 7, bit 64. Is that even possible?  It keeps saying can't find suitable driver! i've download drivers for both x32 and x64. HELP! Thanks:)!

[viperfrank]

@rockstar7600 Ah sorry about that, that's something that has always been a problem with printer sharing.

at least you have found a way. that's a good idea about the sharing folder.

thanks for your feedback and comments.

nice one!!!

[Musicmania1968]

I did this today, thanks, joined my printer up with husbands. the first time I had a bit of trouble so uninstalled it in Husbands and started again. But I did it, I tried to share your video with FB but FB have site maintenance on my account at mo.GRRR,. FB could have told me. Oh well. Your instructions are very clear and step by step as well,.

[viperfrank]

@Musicmania1968 Thank you very much, I'm glad you like the video, thank you for all your support and kind words, its very much appreciated. I will be changing my video format a little and will hopefully have some more computer videos up soon.

thanks again for your comment.

nice one!!! 

[viperfrank]

@Musicmania1968 Thank you very much, I'm glad you like the video, thank you for all your support and kind words, its very much appreciated. I will be changing my video format a little and will hopefully have some more computer videos up soon.

thanks again for your comment.

nice one!!!

[Musicmania1968]

@viperfrank thats ok, just hope husband dont use all my ink now.LOL.

[viperfrank]

@rockstar7600 AH now that's the only problem with printer shearing with different OS's, is compatibly problems.

But still try it, because my brother DCP-115c isn't compatible with windows 7, but that still works fine.

So sometimes it will still work.

Hope this helps and thanks for your comment.

nice one!!!

[superwillow9]

U r a legend. Thank you for A+++ material and assistance!! :)

[viperfrank]

@superwillow9 Thank you very much, I'm glad the video was a help.

thanks again.

nice one!!!

[Musicmania1968]

Explained brilliantly, thanks, I will do this in the week as want to add my husband PC to my printer and never done this before, you explain every step.

[viperfrank]

@Musicmania1968 Thank you, I'm glad you found the video useful.

thanks for your feed back and your kind works.

nice one!!!

[Swede109g]

Outstanding mate!

I've been stumbling over this issue for some time, XP-Windows 7 sharing, and this just fixed it! I was missing just one step in the process.

Now my wife can print stuff with her new Win7 laptop.

Thanks!

[viperfrank]

@Swede109g no problem, thank you for your kind words, I am glad the video helped you, sorry for the late reply.

thanks again.

nice one!!!

[orestesangel]

Very useful video. but I was looking for the inverse way... to share a printer installed in windows 7 machine with a windows xp machine :D

[sixspeeddeath]

not sure if it a VISTA problem, or a network setup issue, but I have a Printer setup at work on an XP machine and it successfully shares it's printer with another XP machine. My Vista machine will not recognize any of the XP machines on the Workgroup. Any Ideas?

[1thusitha]

actually in my case my printer is attached to windows 7 PC and I need to get the print from my windows XP laptop... I made it share in win 7 pc but still I can not added it to my win xp laptop :( its great if you could help me. thank you very much

[garlicbread2006]

Thanks for the video. Tried many times before and gave up, but having watched your video, I have *finally* managed to do it and it works perfectly. (Printer connected to an XP machine, and can print now on that printer from my Wireless Windows 7 Laptop, so now don't have to faff about plugging my laptop in to the printer whenever I want to print something. Many thanks! Cheers :)

[karani2008]

thank you guidance,its real helpful,wish you long and hapy life

[Ms041989]

more thanks to you. . how nice its very helpful

[lhadieekho]

very nice i will try

[genchoxhapro]

I cant install the driver from the step at: 8:30. The Windows update couldnt find it!

[tropicalpinetree]

Hello dear buddy!

how's it going?

well, I am so sad to say that my laptop win7 running couldn't find the printer shared on winxp pc. so could it possibly be from the local LAN set up? the 2 computers couldn't even see each other

[ilisbaani]

JUST GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT!!!!!

[1that2guy3]

how would you do it when u have to install the driver manually

[stonewahl70]

was your printer on the xp machine or the win 7 machine? I have a wireless network with the 7 machine connected to the printer. The xp machine is wireless. I have done the same procedures as you described but have not had success printing from the xp machine. The 7 machine shows my documents to print in the printer queue but the status of those documents is "deleting - sent to printer" yet nothing ever prints. Have any ideas? Thanks for your video.

[xclusiveplayer]

Hi, I have a local canon MF3110 printer is connected to a Windows 7 PC and set it to enable sharing. However, when I try to access the printer from my laptop on Windows XP on the same network, it does not detect my network.

[wariopuff]

Man. I have tried for years to get my XP computer with the printer to communicate with my Vista and now, 7. Like, the house computer sees my network and all my computers but no computer sees this printer. It used to when I first hooked my XBox up and then I got new router. Now--and for the past 2 years--no computer sees this printer any longer and it used to. I am SO frustrated and I did all these things and no one on earth knows why this printer, despite it being shared, just don't work.

[dawnwed08]

Having trawled through a mountain of web sites this is a godsend in time and effort and is exactly what I needed. All power to you, looking out for your other vids.

[dawnwed08]

Having trawled through a mountain of web sites this is a godsend in time and effort and is exactly what I needed. All power to you Jason.

[mickeylehuynh]

Once you set up your attached computer with sharing, does it always have the hand underneath the computer? I followed the procedures but the hand didn't show. I tried to connect my other computer to my attached one and it can't seem to find it. I guess I'm having problems getting my attached computer to share. I'd appreciate any suggestions that you might have. Thank you.

[TheShahnawaz41]

Thanks dear for sharing such a nice information..

[djdoom99]

man thank you so much for the working great tutorial ;)

[iclickvideo]

Hey buddy, your video was very well done. I followed your steps,

I still have a problem: My printer is connected to PC running WinXP. I setup network with PC running Win7. We share files ok, but i am still having trouble with the printer. It "doesn't find the drivers". And I don't know how to find (browse) the drivers manually. The printer, by the way, is a Canon PIXMA ip1600. You don't have to post another video just for this, but if You could give me some light...Thanks

[ccoraxfan]

I have a printer attached to a Windows XP machine, and I want to share it with various other computers, including Vista, Windows 7 and Linux. Windows 7 chokes on it because it has no driver. How do I share the WinXP printer as a virtual printer that doesn't require non-existent Win7 drivers? For instance, can I make my XP printer look like a postscript printer and share it over the network?

[steven661988]

hello, james.

I want to ask some question to sharing printer from windows seven to windows xp.

I can't print it. I don't know why. I follow your guide from beginning to the end, but i can't print my document. I use windows xp in virtual. I use Microsoft virtual pc 2007 software.

Please, help me, James.

Thanks.

[nilp12]

Great Video Bro.... please keep Uploading great video like this... Thank you

[mayarbacha]

Thank you very much for this tutorial.

Viperfrank you will make a great teacher. Your explanation was superb mate. Thanks again.

[jwkiid]

Klenj is a place in Albania

[billrodd1]

Can you show how to share printers between Vista & Windows 7? My base computer has Vista & I can't seem to share a printer with my laptop which has Windows 7 64 bit..

[dmscoon]

how do i do this the other way

[Helen3571]

Hello .can you help me?

My printer is on windows xp .every thing worked well until My windows 7 located the windows xp. Then a box comes up "windows cannot access \\Princess. You do not have permission to access \\printer. Contact your network administrator to request access. thanks

Helene3571

[main92nl]

Can someone help me with this? I just installed a printer with wifi and I am trying to share it with other pc's. One of the requirements is obviously enabling file and printer sharing in Windows 7. I open the network and sharing center, and choose " change advanced sharing settings". Here i mark "turn on file and printer sharing" I save the changes(I'm admin) But when i check the settings again, the setting i changed is not applied! That's a bit weird isn't it? Can anybody help me with this?

[exbrooklyn]

My problem is the exact opposite. The printers are connected to the Win 7 machine and the laptops are running XP. The shared printers show up fine on the XP machines but when I click print nothing happens. I have tried everything. So far I am far from impressed with 7 - I have had nothing but trouble since day 1.

[MrBlackspartan]

Hey... Thanks for the video it helped a lot; however, when I try to print something everything comes up fine... I open the printer and it says spooling, then printing, and then deleting..... And does not print anything...

Is there anything I could do?

[MrBlackspartan]

Hey... Thanks for the video it helped a lot; however, when I try to print something everything comes up fine... I open the printer and it says spooling, then printing, and then deleting..... And does not print anything...

Is there anything I could do?

[pradipcalcutta]

Thanks Buddy, that was useful

[Supermanu15]

thanks a million man!:)

[mhykjan]

hello can i ask how to network xp and 7 using crossover networking, thanks for the help.

[nabipak]

great man you solved my biggest problem

[hsh24892]

hello, Thanks for the vid!

I found out that you get the error when you include the "period" at the end of the server's name. So, in this case, the it should be "\\office\office" instead of "\\office.\office"

I've got a couple of questions.

1. Does the server's computer have to be always turned on if I want to use the printer that is attacted to it from another computer?

2. Can you go about doing file sharing between windows xp's and 7's?

[hsh24892]

hello, Thanks for the vid!

I found out that you get the error when you include the "period" at the end of the server's name. So, in this case, the it should be "\\office\office" instead of "\\office.\office"

I've got a couple of questions.

1. Does the server's computer have to be always turned on if I want to use the printer that is attacted to it from another computer?

2. Can you go about doing file sharing between windows xp's and 7's?

[hsh24892]

hello, Thanks for the vid!

I found out that you get the error when you include the "period" at the end of the server's name.

[TestingJeff]

It would be very helpful to show how to share a printer on Windows 7 and then print to it from Windows XP.

[rohansinha68]

helpful for new comer



[Basiliskoatl]

awesome job bro, thanks.

[sgdude24virtual]

MY XP KEEPS ON SAYING PRINTER OPERATION COULD NOT BE SAVED

[1981lehmann]

This guide was very good fast and smoth.

I have just setup network printer now.

The computer that have the printer connected had "Windows xp home edition 32bit".

And the computer i added the printer to running "Windows 7 ultimate 64bit danish".

[sccerstr09]

Does your printer have to be network capatable?

[TestingJeff]

@sccerstr09 No. As long as it's connected to the Windows XP machine by any method, then you can share it through the Windows XP machine itself. Networking capability not required of the printer in this situation.

[tmrwic]

Never fails to help me. Second time around !!! Thanks heaps, bro!

[ShaunEboi523RatedR]

oh never mind, i got it. But when i connect it, it says this, windows cannot connect to the printer

[ShaunEboi523RatedR]

i'm on a windows 7 laptop and it wont find the printer at 8:09. The printer is connected to my xp desktop. I think the problem is I am using a wired printer, but is there a way to make my wired printer, wireless ?

[oOXeXModdingOo]

i have windows vista, i tried this like the windows 7 version and my printers dont pop up when it scans for them. and i have tried everything. THE DISC STILL DOSNT WORK. got any suggestions?

[glenngreenspan1948]

Tried to share printers using your video for a printer attached to windows xp and a wireless windows 7. I all ready installed the printer in the windows 7 from the installation cd. so my pc recognizes the printer, but it doesn't recognize the computer name on the windows xp pc. The Win 7 does not recognize the name of the Win xp Pc.. When I try to print from the pc running windows 7 I get the message that the printer is offline, but it is on. can you help? jdeanesq@gmail.com

[rockstar401]

@glenngreenspan1948 same problem

[ScopeVidz]

klenj means nothing in most languages bro :)

[jangel23100]

I followed your instruction to connect my network computer with Windows 7 to the XP computer to which the printers are connected and I keep getting the error that there's no drive for that printer. I could however connect my second printer which is older without issues. can you please advise what would be the problem? Thanks.

[dukester65]

If the printer is conected to the windows 7 computer then what?

[MeDmAnQcA]

Nice nuts magazine

[Sc0rpy0n88]

I normally dont comment on tutorials, but your was absolutely fantastic, couldnt be more clearer.

altho my situation is somewhat diffrent, I got my printer attached to a win7 computer and need it shared with a XP computer.

But that shouldn't be a problem :) thanks allot!

[Raziel0066]

Nice Video man very informative!................by the way klenj is a city in albania.

[Nighthunn]

thank you o so so so much man

[ramircutuday]

hello! can you help me with this?? my previous operating system was XP but i changed it now to windows 7, and now i'am having this problem on my printers driver. . .i can find a driver for my printer beause most the drivers i have tried to download was not compatible for windows 7. . pls hep me!! sorry for my bad english

[viperfrank]

@ramircutuday hi there, thank you for your comment. year the only problem with windows 7 is drivers at the moment. and it seems to be especially with printers and scanners, sometimes manually installing the driver helps, sometimes XP drivers work fine with windows 7, and vista drivers also work with windows 7. what printer have you got? ill see if i can track down a driver.

hope this helped and thanks again for your comment.

nice one!!!

[IZALCO65]

I have been working on these for a few weeks and no solutions until I saw your video ... thank you so muchhhh.. please keep doing more videos !!!

[Randomboy321]

thanks very much mate big help kudos too you

[skin480]

superb, tnx I was searching for din tutorial. Very explicit video

[panzemeyer]

Thx for the tut dude. Really clear.

It didn't work for me though. Windows 7 does recognize my printer that's connected to another computer with Windows XP, and it does appear in the Devices & Printers window, but the test page just won't print. Same thing when I try printing with Word. I can select the shared printer and click ok, but nothing happens. Weird.

[all0yd]

This is exactly what I was trying to do but having troubles. I'm connecting a laptop with Windows 7 to a printer running Windows XP work computer going through a router. I have other laptops running XP that sees the printer just fine. The Windows 7 laptop doesn't see the printer or the computer it is attached to. Can you help?

[phwebbie]

Does anyone know how to share a printer on a computer with windows 7 with a computer with XP. We have a main printer on a computer with windows 7 however we can't seem to found out where the share the printer in order to add it using windows 7

[TheMikester09]

Hi Nice Video :)

Just a question does the computer with the printer connected to have to be on to print from the other computer

[djnikoalez]

xD the magazine at the bottom left...isn't that nuts? o.O

[Pillot21]

hello, i just wanted to tell you that the printer on a xp computer connected to the vista laptop. Thanks this really works. There is only one problem though when I try to print something it saids printing but it is not. Please tell me how to fix this. Thank You!!!

[Pillot21]

ok, I tried it now, thxs I knew this would work thxs!!!

Also I hope tht your new network works faster etc.

Thxs...

[Pillot21]

im gonna try it now, i think it will work!!!

[carolyn7767]

i really liked the video but I am having a problem it says i need the inf but i dont know what file it is in any way you can help

[JossueBarcelona]

hahahahaha this guy is too funny to bad it dosn't work for me :P

[sheldonb2008]

can u show me how to create a home net work from scratch you can contact me at dave.will20102yahoo.con or hotboysheldon@yahoo.com

[jaedude69]

unfortunately, i was trying to connect a Win XP computer to a Win7 computer that has the printer.

[MyHurtlocker]

James you really awesome thanks brother so now I don't have to buy another printer .

[viperfrank]

@MyHurtlocker thanks mate thank you very much for your comment and your kind words and im glad the video helped you. its so handy being able to do this, i know printers are getting cheaper these days but the ink isn't and what the point toping up 2 printer when you can just share 1.

in glad it worked for you and thanks again for your comment.

nice one!!!

[ehofas]

well windows 7 doesn't find driver required for lexmark z600, and it doesn't seem to allow me to install driver to my machine aswell, since i dont have any printer connected. any tips?

[taxteach]

I need the reverse of your instructions. Printers are hooked up to a win 7 PC and shared over my home group. Need to print from a XP laptop.

[TVNpictures]

lol klenj is not a word but Klenje is a village in Serbia

[mjf4550]

Hi James:  Your video sharing files from W7 to Xp was easy to watch and learn as it went, but you printed from your pc and not from, in my case my laptop which runs xp. So, my question is this: what do i have to do to my laptop which runs xp to print a document on my pc which has W7? what settings if any do I have to change, make similar, etc? Thank you for your help...

MikeFeligno...maryland

[Markoesz95]

thanks !

[TryMeOut23]

What if there is no Windows 7 driver for the printer I'm using? Is that possible? My printer is 8 years old (HP OfficeJet G85).

[ArnAriel13]

why cant i see my windows xp workgroup on windows 7?

[JGLR]

I get an error message that says: "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Access is denied."

[sonicmiguel123]

thanks you am so glad that you did this video

[sonicmiguel123]

thanks a lot

[lemler33]

works, but my vista pc is so stupid it won't work with my printer...

[MultiStutube]

Hi Thanks for this. It has enabled me to share a printer within the XP mode (Windows Virtual PC) on windows 7. Great

[znifong7]

worked for me. thx

[wizwiz0]

on vista what if it says as you try to connect to the printer windows cannot connect to the printer.

acess denied.

what do i do i need answer as soon as you can

[ForestJustin]

I have a printer connected to my Desktop computer using Xp os and I want to share my printer with my Laptop that is using a Vista os. I have a wireless network and i'm able to share files but when I try to connect my printer to the Vista computer, the vista computer gives me a message that says that "Windows cannot connect to the printer Access is denied." What can I do to fix this little issue?

[valkin07]

im having problems joining into the network that is already set up

[relent107luke]

thank you SO mcuh, you got it working for me!!!

[viperfrank]

@relent107luke great im glad the video was of some use and thank you for your comment and your kind words.

thank you!

nice one!!!

[nimsta85]

@viperfrank what OS is your office computer? Looks like you have a mac and windows fused together

[rockreturnz]

hi Viperfrank, thanks for your upload, but im having a problem trying to get my other pc(which is not attached to printer) to recongise my printer from the add a printer menu. I type in printer's name but theres a error message like u said, but then i went for browse for printer and it found my workgroup name, when i double clicked it it just comes with a computer icon which has my computer name next to it, it doesnt show any printer icons or my printer name. can you help please??

[Voikanaa]

Doesnt work?

[s0dangcool]

thanx man it worked for me

[s0dangcool]

thanx man i worked for me

[shylent415]

im having problems sharing my printer with another computer. the printer is connected to a computer windows xp and i want to share it with another computer windows vista, i have the network set up but when i click on the printer icon it gets an interruption that says "windows cannot connect access is denied" i need help!!

[elenamariscal]

hello! this is quite helpful but i did what you said and the computer i want to share the printer with, has windows 7, and even though i already did the sharing thing from the computer to which the printer is connected, when my laptop tries to browse for it, its never never there...what's happening? or is it something from my computer that has windows 7.

[poppyliam]

thans big help, exept it cant find the driver :S

[denton717]

Brilliant! Thanks a lot. Even a fool like me could do it after watching your video.

[xaustinx15]

what if windows 7 can not find the driver? This is the problem i am getting.

[docthanhnhan]

same here

[viperfrank]

ah yes windows 7 does seem to have a bit of an issue with drivers at the moment especially with printers, i'v had the same problem with my lexmark printer.

what i did was to Google the printer make and model followed by windows 7 driver. download a driver and install it on the 7 machine and when you install the printer it should sauce the driver locally rather than over the network. i tried it and it worked for me, so try that.

hope this helped and thanks for your comment.

nice one!!! : )

[peanut561]

Hello, your video was great but I am having problems printing on a network when windows 7 has the brother 5240 hl installed and the other printers on my network can not print to the brother. I have set it up before, it works and once the windows 7 computer reboots it stops working. can you help with this? also do you know to set it up with terminal server, that is another problem. any help would be great.

[xBrokenxSoulx96x]

great vid, was looking for something like this, I have a desktop pc with windows xp and a laptop pc with windows 7, and I set it up to printer share like in the vid, but for some reason when I try to print from my laptop with windows 7, on my xp pc, my internet security on there blocks my laptop from connecting to my printer attached to my desktop, and says a network virus has been blocked, and I have no idea how to stop it from doing that =(

[yamahapsr22]

ah yes!!!!!!! finally. iv been looking for a video like this the other ones i saw on YT are bollocks. thank you now i dont have to keep dragging my printer down stairs just to use it...

thanks man keep up the good work...

[MokrieyDela]

09:38 - Dead Xbox three-shit-see, or Mac Mini? haha

[yamahapsr22]

@MokrieyDela i dont quite understand where the mac mini comes into it but if your talking about a mac mini that looks like a 360 FUCK YEAH! id buy one.

i love mac but i dont like how they look so cold and industrial metal but i like macs my dad got one and its wicked fast reliable you never get a virus or spyware no need to pay for shitty antivirus programs that just fuck your computer up and slow it down unlike shitty windows.

[yamahapsr22]

p.s i agree Xbox three-shit-see mines been sent back 4 times now and the 3rd time i got a 2005 launch one back WTF!!!!!!!!

[MokrieyDela]

Viperfrank built himself a Mac mini inside an Xbox 360 Case, no doubt using one of the many dead xboxs' cases as a doner :P Was kind of an inside joke i guess :P

I'd love a mac! Sick of my xbox dying, and its only gone twice!

[MokrieyDela]

Klenj is a town in Albania. :)

[PetesBloodyHand]

I went to dictionaryDOTcom and klenj is not a word. Klenj sounds like cleaning yourself with a sponge.

[badsoulja12]

nice nuts magazine in your office in the bottom left corner haha lol