xp vista printer sharing

[dlt21]

i have a XP desktop with printer and Vista Laptop. I can not get my desktop to allow printer sharing . When I try I get the message

-- "Printer settings could not be saved. Operation could not be completed."--

I have an HP office jet series J4580 that WAS working at one time with this setup and then stopped. I had reestablished the printer on the Laptop but still can not get printer sharing to work on XP. I also have canon pixma 1500 that cant be seen either.

I just removed all printer files from laptop ..now what??

[Neodude112320]

What Service pack do you have?

[dlt21]

Service pack 3

[jmacavali]

Check your "Server" service. Make sure it is started.
Right click on My Computer>Manage>expand Services and Applications>click on Services>Scroll down on the right to find Server>Make sure it is started and set to Auto Start (double-click on it and you can change the startup type).

[dlt21]

I have been looking for the correct answer for 7 months. Thanks to you I have found it.

I tried all sorts of forums ,My computer guy you name it ..nothing

I knew there had to be one person out there that knew what they were talking about

Thank You so much

David

Woodland Hills Ca

[jmacavali]

Great glad I was able to help! Let us know if you need anything else.