[SOLVED] Windows 7 network sees windows xp computer but doesn't see shared printer

[computerdoc]

There are 4 computers in the network where 3 are windows 7 64 bit machines and one is a 32 bit xp pro sp3 machine. There is a printer attached to the xp machine on which I have enabled sharing and I have also shared the xp c drive. I have set one of the windows 7 computers to configure the network as a work network. All the computers are using the same workgroup name. In network, I can see all 4 computers. When I click on the XP machine, it cycles for a bit and doesn't show either the printer or the C drive.

Simple file sharing on XP has been turned off. On Windows 7 Network discovery, File/Print sharing are enabled and the Home Group is OFF. I changed the network on the windows 7 machine to work network. I also set LM Compatibility on Windows 7 to 1.

I restored the homegroup on the Windows 7 machine since I lost some connectivity between the Windows 7 machines.

There previously was a different xp machine connected to one of the Windows 7 machines and it didn't need all the above changes but was visible to Windows 7 but I don't have access to how that was done now.

How can this problem be corrected?

 

[AndyM]

Does the XP machine have a username & password? If not, it needs a user account with a password.

Enable 40 bit sharing on the Windows 7 machines.

Turn off the XP firewall and any other security that may be enabled. If it connects, then re-enable the firewall etc. If it then fails to connect, then it's a firewall issue.

Andy

 

[Mokester]

Well...you have 64 bit machines and a 32 bit printer share...that won't work...need to add the x64 driver to the shared printer.

 

[computerdoc]

AndyM,

Your suggestion worked and I was able to connect after disabling windows firewall. However, I tried to reenable it and set exceptions for my network and it doesn't work. Do I have to enable icmp stuff?

 

[Mainstay]

How did you set your firewall?

Something must be off in those settings (or there is another firewall in effect... Norton etc.).

Incoming traffic through TCP ports 139 and 445, and UDP ports 137 and 138 should be all you need.

Make sure there isn't a higher level rule explicitly blocking this traffic (either the ports or the network subnet).

 

[computerdoc]

I was setting all the fields in the local and wireless networks which didn't work. I then ran the network setup wizard and it cleared all the fields and now it works.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Well...you have 64 bit machines and a 32 bit printer share...that won't work...need to add the x64 driver to the shared printer.

It would still "see" the printer share.....just would error out when you do right click..connect...to pull down the driver.

 

[computerdoc]

I just connected to the printer and the Windows 7 machines found the driver and it works

 

[Mokester]

Ahhh I didn't read it well...thought it was an error in using the printer. Yes my bad. Glad you got it resolved.