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Some guys stop and ask for directions

I constantly get asked if I mind being asked stupid questions. My answer is always the same, “No. The only stupid questions are the ones that aren’t asked.” I believe and live that statement every single day.

When it comes to computers, I love researching and hunting down solutions to problems or questions I’m trying to solve. However, I also know when to say when and ask for help. Tonight is one of those points. My daughter received a MacBook from her grandparents for her birthday and it works great. However, I have a shared printer hooked to a Windows XP machine that I print to from my Vista machine and XP laptop just fine, but the MacBook won’t see the network or the printer.

Through much reading and searching, I was able to setup a shared folder on her MacBook with Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard). I can now see and write to that folder from the Windows machines. In order for her to see her data on the XP machine, I had to setup a user on the XP machine with a password enabled, then use a smb command to connect to it with the Mac. However, the entire Windows workgroup is still invisible to the Mac.

My question to Mac experts who can help is: How can I get a Macintosh computer running OS 10.5 (Leopard) to print to a printer hooked to an XP computer on a Windows network?

I’m sure there is something I have overlooked, but I never drive more than 10 minutes without knowing for sure where I’m going. And I won’t spend more than two days tackling a computer problem I know someone else has had and found the solution.

Thanks for your help.

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