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    Will printer sharing work if it is a wireless network printer on hub OC machine, Vista 32-bit OS. Would a second machine running OC on XP 32-bit OS be able to use it?

    Sunday, March 9, 2008 3:50 PM

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    For the Printer Sharing feature of OneCare to work, the printer needs to be locally attached to a host PC, which will then offer to share it to other PCs in the Circle. Vista and XP can share a printer this way as long as Vista is 32 bit. 64 bit Vista can't share a printer to XP or from XP using the OneCare Printer Sharing feature.

    Note that this doesn't preclude your sharing the printer normally using Windows File and Printer Sharing functionality. OneCare tries to simplify this process for you, but it won't work for a wireless print server based printer.

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    Monday, March 10, 2008 5:58 PM
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    For the Printer Sharing feature of OneCare to work, the printer needs to be locally attached to a host PC, which will then offer to share it to other PCs in the Circle. Vista and XP can share a printer this way as long as Vista is 32 bit. 64 bit Vista can't share a printer to XP or from XP using the OneCare Printer Sharing feature.

    Note that this doesn't preclude your sharing the printer normally using Windows File and Printer Sharing functionality. OneCare tries to simplify this process for you, but it won't work for a wireless print server based printer.

    -steve

     

    Monday, March 10, 2008 5:58 PM
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    Thanks!

    Monday, March 10, 2008 6:28 PM