Ok, here's my situation.  I've got three computers on my network.  My main computer 
is a custom build running Vista Business.  The secondary is a slightly refitted HP 
Pavilion XT993 running XP Home.  And then there's my fiancee's laptop, also running 
XP Home.  The only printer is an HP PSC 2110 connected to the XT993.

I've got file & printer sharing on all three.  I use file sharing almost every day 
with no problems.  My fiancee frequently prints things from her laptop over the network, 
again with no problems.  But when I try to connect my Vista computer to that printer, 
I get this error: "Windows cannot connect to the printer.  Access is denied."

I'm not sure what to do about this.  I've eliminated the firewalls and antivirus 
as possible causes.  I can send and receive files with the Vista computer.  I don't 
see how sharing permissions could be responsible because XP Home doesn't have advanced 
permissions, so it should be full access.

So if it's not the sharing setup, and it's not any sort of network interference (firewalls, 
etc.), and it's not permissions... any ideas?

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(1)  Restart the XP Home computer in Safe mode.  Navigate to c:\windows\system32\spool 
and share that folder and subfolders to the Everyone group.

(2)  Ensure both the XP computer and the Vista computer are members of the same workgroup.

(3)  Restart the XP computer normally.

(4)  Try it.

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