I just picked up a laptop for my daughter to use at time4learning.com and it has vista installed on it. Pretty cool laptop. it has a remote IN it (like it pops out like a PCMCIA card). it came with a bluetooth mouse, wireless N and all that laptop case and two power supplies. Pretty neat and overall I am happy.

I did have vista crash about 100 times so far, but that has been over 24 hours, so not too bad ;)

Anyway all of my printers are in the den connected to an XP machine. I got the two machines networked and all of that, but I couldnt get to the printers. I would see them and click connect and get access denied. so vista could not connect to my xp printers. Then I found the following article: http://www.kevinyank.com/blog/archives/connect-to-a-network-printer-on-a-windows-xp-server-in-windows-vista and I was saved!

Thanks and here are the steps in case the referenced site goes down:

Here are the exact steps that worked for me:

Download the Windows Vista printer driver for the printer

(Extract the drivers to a temp folder)

Open the Printers from the Windows Vista Control Panel – Add printer

Click Add Port…, select Local Port, then click New Port…

For the port name, enter exactly the network path and share name of your printer (e.g. \\RECEPTION\Samsung SCX-4×16 Series).
Click OK, and double-check that this new port is selected with the checkbox next to it.

Click OK to close the printer properties.

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