re: unable to connect to shared printer Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 12:54 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by grm (92 messages posted) CK, thank you; that did it! I downloaded the printer driver on the laptop. I guess it worked originally (before I reinstalled XP on the laptop) without the HP driver because I had updated the HP driver on the desktop. Anyway, thank you again! On Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 9:16 am, C K wrote: >Yes, download the driver from HP. The MS drivers rarely enable all of the printer's >features. Typically, the MS drivers are there until or unless the manufacturer updates/releases >a driver for the printer. It's just to get it functioning with basic settings and >features. If that doesn't work, then it means that there may be a permissions problem. > Make sure that file and print sharing are installed/enabled on the laptop. After >a reinstall or recovery, it typically won't be.. If none of that works, it will >get more complicated. Written in response to: re: unable to connect to shared printer (C K: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 9:16 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] unable to connect to shared printer (grm: Wed, Nov 18, 2009, 1:50 pm) re: unable to connect to shared printer (C K: Wed, Nov 18, 2009, 2:21 pm) re: unable to connect to shared printer (grm: Wed, Nov 18, 2009, 8:25 pm) re: unable to connect to shared printer (C K: Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 9:16 am) re: unable to connect to shared printer (grm: Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 12:54 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum