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computingcarol

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May 27th, 2008 15:00

Need help with printer sharing

I have a Dell XPS210 desktop, a Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop, an HP Photosmart 7760 printer, and a Linksys WRT54G wireless connected to my cable modem.  I am running KIS 7.0 on my desktop, and McAFee on the laptop. I do not have Windows Firewall enabled, but have the KIS firewall enabled. 

My printer is connected to my desktop machine. I am trying to set up printer sharing so that I can print from my laptop.  I have set up the desktop and have the little 'hand' showing with my printer when I go to Printer/Faxes.  I have the same name for the Workgroup on both.  I have given a Share Name and pressed OK.  When I go to the laptop to add a printer, I am stuck at the point where it says to select Select browser for a printer and press next.  My printer does not show up in a list, the only thing I see is "Microsoft Windows Network." 

What have I missed?  What am I doing wrong?  As you can tell, I am not too savvy on this, trying to do things step by step.  I would appreciate any help you can offer me.  I also do not know all the ins & outs of KIS, so perhaps there is something set incorrectly there with the firewall that is stopping?  Thank you in advance for any and all help.