Windows 7 Network Issue Install

Samoyed · June 25, 2015

I justy wiped my HD and reinstalled my whole sysytem from scratch due to problems with my ATI drivers crashing my system. Their FINAL solution was slick the HD and reinstall.

So its a brand new virgin install of Windows 7 - 64

Im down to the last task which is renetwork out computers. The Homegroup works fine EXCEPT for the printer

I can find it on the networked list but when I go to install it on the remote machine it tells me Cannot connect to the printer OxOOOOO5b3.

Ive seena LOT of junk written on it in the forums. Tried stopping both firewalls, stopping the spooler, all those things. There shouldnt be aton of tmp files as its a clean install.

HELP

Thank You

jurian123 · June 25, 2015

You have to install your printer in the homegroup.

Samoyed · June 27, 2015

Yeah I get the part about sharing the printer. Thats like BASIC.

I found there were some old printer drivers on the other computer. I deleted out the old drivers from a printer we no longer have and rebootred and it worked! Trial and error.