How to connect a printer to a host computer with Windows 8 and Windows XP operating systems

If the host win8 system and winXP system are connected to the printer

The printer is connected to win8, and the steps for XP to share the printer are:

1. Make sure the printer supports XP and WIN8 systems;

2. All clients are located in the same network segment, for example, they are all in the 192.168.1.* network segment (assuming that the router IP is 192.168.1.1);

Method: The client sets a static IP. For details, see: http://jingyan.baidu.com/article/b907e627e12ceb46e7891c88.html;

3. All clients are located in the same workgroup. If they are all in WORKGROUP, please refer to: http://jingyan.baidu.com/article/4d58d54133c9bd9dd4e9c0b7.html;

4. Cancel the default password sharing protection in WIN8. Method:

1) Click Network on the desktop;

2) Click on Network and Sharing Center;

3) Click to change advanced sharing settings;

4) Drag the right mouse button to the bottom and click to turn off password-protected sharing.

5. The printer is temporarily connected to XP, and search online to download and install the printer driver suitable for XP;

6. After the installation is completed, connect the printer to the original WIN7 machine;

7. WIN8 computer: Click Start - Devices and Printers, right-click the mouse and select Printer Properties;

8. Click the Sharing tab, check Share this printer, and click OK;

9. XP computer: Click Start-Run, enter\\the other party's computer IP (IP on the WIN8 computer), select the printer, right-click the mouse and select Connect;

10. Vice versa.

How to add a network printer on win8 on xp

1. In order to ensure that the printer is installed correctly, we must first check whether the printer is connected successfully.

2. Then press the WIN X key combination on the WIN8 desktop and select "Control Panel.

3. Click "View devices and printers" in the pop-up window.

4. Right-click the printer that needs to be shared and select "Printer Properties".

5. Switch to the "Sharing" tab and click the "Change Sharing Options" button.

6. Select "Share this printer", enter a name according to NETBIOS rules in "Share Name", and click "OK":.

7. To ensure successful sharing, you need to turn off the WIN8 firewall.

8. Step 2 XP installs a shared printer.

9. Press WIN R in XP and enter "\\the other party's IP".

10. Then click the "Start" menu and select "Printers and Faxes".

11. Drag the printer under WIN8 of the other party to the "Printers and Faxes" of XP.

12. Just click "Yes" in the pop-up dialog box:.

13. You can see the added shared printer under WIN8 under "Printers and Faxes" in XP.

How to share files between xp and win8

Through the following steps, you can share multiple computers in the LAN:

1. Multiple computers must share the same Internet connection, such as Netcom broadband access or mobile broadband access

2. They are all in the same network segment. Except for the last number of the IP address, the other numbers should be the same

3. Set the workgroup and calculation name. You must have the same workgroup name, but the computer names of each computer should be different.

4. Set up local users and groups. The settings in the General group remain unchanged. But the settings in the user should straighten out the relationship and enable the guest account (Guests)

Test example: Clean up all the user interface, and generally keep three users: such as:

Name Full Name Description

Wwbs wu wang bu seng for guests...

Zzy zhao zhi yi management plan…

Fnc fenf ning chao

Double-click wwwbs:

"Regular" card password never expires

"Affiliated to" administrators

Double click zzy:

"Regular" card password never expires

"Belong to" card administrators

Double-click fnc:

"Regular" card users cannot change their password, and the password never expires

"Belong to" Card Guests

Note: The number of users set by these methods is different from the number of users displayed in the control panel. Generally, one less user is displayed. As in this example, the wwbs user is not displayed in the control panel. It will only be displayed in the "Welcome Screen" after restarting the computer after zzy is accidentally locked. Of course, this kind of accident can also be realized manually by setting "Account Locked" in "Local Users and Groups" (the process of this realization: Group Policy - Computer Configuration - Windows Settings - Security Settings - Account Policy - Account Lockout Policy - Account Lock threshold - no lock or after several invalid logins, the account will be locked)

5. File sharing settings:

1. In the "Exceptions" "Tab" in Windows Firewall, select "File and Printer Sharing"

2. In the resource manager, uncheck "Tools - Folder Options - View - Use Simple File Sharing (recommended)"

3. The "Shared Document" that comes with XP is set to sharing. Right-click "Shared Documents" - Properties - Sharing - Share this folder and select it. Copy the document that needs to be shared to this "Shared Document".

6. Restart the computer

good luck!

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