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Today I tired setting up a printer sharing network over my linksys wireless router. I turned the printer sharing on and the windows sharing on my mac. Then I launched my notebook with vista on it and installed Bonjour for Windows 1.0.3. Once the installation finished I ran the wizard and installed the shared Epson printer.

Once I finished the wizard I gave the printer a go.
I tried printing a word document on my Vista machine using the new wireless set up and nothing happens the printer queue gains the document then loses it. The I tried using Vistas Sharing set up and this time When I go to print I get an error message.

Also when I try accessing my shared folder from my vista machine. I use my admin username and pswd for the login an it says they are both wrong.

What can I do to get my printer sharing and my windows sharing set up to work.

Please respond
Thank you

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Two separate problems are showing up in this thread: print jobs that appear in Vista's queue and then vanish, and Vista failing to authenticate to Mac SMB shares. and reported both symptoms; rightly noted that early Vista driver support contributed to many headaches. Below are focused, practical checks that address each issue without repeating the original posts.

Printer jobs vanish

  • The most common cause is a driver/port mismatch on the Windows side. Bonjour may discover the Mac-shared queue but Windows still needs a compatible Vista driver to format the job. Install the correct Vista driver (match 32/64-bit) before or while adding the network printer.
  • If automatic discovery fails, add the printer manually using an LPR/LPR queue or a TCP/IP port that points to the Mac IP. Use the exact CUPS/printer queue name shown on the Mac (not always "lp").
  • Check the Mac's print system (CUPS) and its error/logs (CUPS web admin at ) and temporarily disable the Mac firewall to rule out blocking.

SMB authentication fails

  • Ensure the Mac user account used for sharing has a non-empty password and is allowed to share via SMB. Samba on the Mac will reject blank-password accounts for network access.
  • Make sure both machines use the same workgroup/WINS name and that name resolution isn't failing. Connect by IP to avoid name issues, for example use \\192.168.1.5\SharedFolder. To map with explicit credentials from Vista:
    net use \\192.168.1.5\SharedFolder /user:macuser

    (quote the username if it contains spaces)

Other checks (quick list)

  • Ping the Mac from Vista to confirm basic network connectivity.
  • Verify the Linksys router does not have wireless/client isolation enabled (that prevents client-to-client traffic).
  • Temporarily turn off firewalls on both machines to isolate the problem.
  • Check the Windows Print Spooler service and Vista event logs for driver errors.

Because 's driver-point is valid, prioritize installing the correct Vista driver and adding the printer with the correct port/queue; doing that plus the SMB credential fixes above typically resolves the disappearing-job and login failures on a home Linksys network.

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Today I tired setting up a printer sharing network over my linksys wireless router. I turned the printer sharing on and the windows sharing on my mac. Then I launched my notebook with vista on it and installed Bonjour for Windows 1.0.3. Once the installation finished I ran the wizard and installed the shared Epson printer.

Once I finished the wizard I gave the printer a go.
I tried printing a word document on my Vista machine using the new wireless set up and nothing happens the printer queue gains the document then loses it. The I tried using Vistas Sharing set up and this time When I go to print I get an error message.

Also when I try accessing my shared folder from my vista machine. I use my admin username and pswd for the login an it says they are both wrong.

What can I do to get my printer sharing and my windows sharing set up to work.

Please respond
Thank you

I am having this EXACT same problem. Were you able to find a solution?!?

Cheers.

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vista is well known for having compatability issues for so many devices because basicly there are very few drivers for the majority of devices on the vista os at the moment.
If you have a copy of xp it will work all day long , its vista that is the problem.

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