1. Click the Start button
2. Click Control Panel
3. Click Network and Internet
4. click Network and Sharing Center

If network discovery is off click the down arrow button to expand the section. Now you should see Turn on network discovery. Click on it and then click Apply. (You might be prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.)

If file sharing is off you will have to click the down arrow button to expand the section, click Turn on file sharing and then click Apply. (Once again you might need to put in a password or provide confirmation.)

If printer sharing is off click the down arrow button to expand the section, click Turn on printer sharing and then click Apply. (Once more you might need to put in a password or provide confirmation.)

If you are using a computer connected to a workgroup, click the down arrow button next to Password protected sharing to expand this section, and then check to see if password-protected sharing is turned on or off. You will probably want to turn it off so that anyone on the network will be able to access the printer you are sharing. Otherwise they will be required to have a user account and password on this computer. Once you have selected the setting you want click Apply.

1. Click on Start
2. Click Control Panel
3. Click Hardware and Sound
4. Click the Printers window.
5. Right-click the printer that you wish to share and in the drop down box click on Sharing…
6. Select the Sharing tab
7. Click on Change sharing options.
8. Click in the box next to Share this printer. You might also want to click on Render print jobs on client computers. This saves this computer from doing extra work every time someone prints to the attached printer.

1. Go to the Network and Sharing Center.
2. Click Start
3. SelectControl Panel
4. Click Network and Internet
5. Click Network and Sharing Center.

Turn on network discovery as described above. Now you should be able to find the computer your printer is attached to and the printer itself.

1. Click on Start
2. Click Control Panel
3. Click Hardware and Sound
4. Click the Printers window.
5. Click on Add a printer.
6. Now locate the shared printer and add it.

Hopefully Vista should automatically load the drivers for this printer and you should then be able to print to it.