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printer sharing problems with XP
i know this is a windows 7 forum and i'm having an XP problem, but i'm trying to connect from a windows 7 computer, so no biggie. i have an Epson CX4800 printer connected to an XP Home SP3 machine. until yesterday, it was running SP1 and i was having this problem, so i thought a service pack upgrade would help. it didn't >.<. it simply won't share the printer. it doesn't give me any error or anything, it just refuses to do it. i go into printers and faxes, right click on it and go to sharing. then i click share this printer and apply and everything comes up alright. then i hit OK and i try to connect to it from 7 and nothing comes up. i go back to the XP machine only to see that it didn't save my preference. i go back into the sharing option and the sharing option is set to do not share. is there anything i can do to fix this?