Use the printer's USB cable to connect it to a USB port on your Windows Vista computer, if you haven't connected it already. Go to the Start menu, click "Control Panel," click "Hardware and Sound ...

In this example, the printer is attached to "MyComputer." press the "Enter" key. Click on Start, Control Panel and then "Devices and Printers." Verify that the Network printer exists under "Printers." ...

To get started, open the Printers and Faxes control panel in Windows XP (simply called Printers in Vista). Right-click on the printer you want to share, and choose Sharing.

The Control Panel in Windows is one of the most useful tools on your desktop. To make it even easier to get there, you can add it to your right-click menu from anywhere with a simple tweak to your ...