[Cattranz]

Good, no point in posting information twice !

[sparky33]

Look at the timeline of the postings, I was obviously creating my answer at the same time as philthomas, just he clicked on post just before I did, stop being argumentative.

[Cattranz]

I was and I'm not arguing , Back to Topic follow the link and information tinkerbell you will soon be set up

[tinkerbell]

Does it matter that my pc upstairs is winows xp and laptop is vista?

[tinkerbell]

Originally Posted by philthomas Have a little read here and post back if you need help : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u.../printers.mspx

This link is very helpful as is all the other advice from members here, just read through and i am thinking the second set of instructions "connect to a shared printer" does that need to be done on pc upstairs or on laptop? Am i making sense to you? The first set is on pc up and second is on laptop?

[Cattranz]

Hello tinkerbell

This link may help - http://www.kelsoconsultinggroup.com/...g_vista_xp.asp

[philthomas]

Originally Posted by tinkerbell This link is very helpful as is all the other advice from members here, just read through and i am thinking the second set of instructions "connect to a shared printer" does that need to be done on pc upstairs or on laptop? Am i making sense to you? The first set is on pc up and second is on laptop?

Yes your logic is correct ... Set 1 for the PC and Set 2 for the Laptop.

There shouldn't be any problem with the Laptop being Vista, but it has been known for Vista to be more finicky sometimes .... just try it and see ;)