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Old 28-Jul-2007, 02:30 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I have a new DELL running VISTA and McAfee Security Suite. I setup the printer attached to this computer to be shared. I changed the workgroup from the default of WORKGROUP to MSHOME to match the other PCs on my home network. I checked that under McAfee the trusted IPs is set to 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.1.255. When I try and access the printer from my laptop (ip 192.168.1.104) I get the print spooler service is not running error. If I disable McAfee on the DELL then try and access the printer from my laptop I can print a test page. Any ideas on what the problem may be?
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You need to open a few ports or set an exclusion for File and Print sharing.

In Vista - if the firewall is running you can add an exclusion for File and Print.

If McAfee has taken over the firewall then add the exclusion within that app. It's for port 445.
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I have a Dell laptop with Vista, and I wanted to allow two other laptops with XP to use the printer connected to my Vista machine by way of the wireless network. I went through this very same, frustrating experience, and just now--a few minutes ago--figured it out and made it work. Here is what I did. I turned OFF the McAfee firewall temporarily. Then I went to the other two machines and, on each, did a Search for the Vista machine. When it showed up (and it did! big celebration!), I clicked on it, and that revealed the printers. I then clicked on the printer I wanted to share, Windows installed the printer driver, and that was it. I turned the McAfee firewall back on, and I could print from either XP computer using the printer connected to the Vista machine. Maybe this will work for you. Best of luck.
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Warning: I also found that if I turn off the machine with the printer and McAfee firewall, I have to do the above procedure all over again.
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