2 comps one printer..

[Rooz]

Hey guys, in my house their is two computers, my brother's and mine, well he is starting to get on my nerves coming in here asking me everyone 5 mins if he can use my computer to print something. Now I head they are some devices that you can plug in pritner to allow us to "share" the printer? What are those called?

[bmw4life]

Read this and see if it helps you.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...utt_july2.mspx

[Rooz]

Thx for the help

but, lol

he has windows xp, I have windows Me lol

[bmw4life]

OK I found this on the internet and you can try it
Click Start -> Control Panel -> Printers And Other Hardware -> Printers And Faxes. (Note: These steps will be a little different if you’re sharing a printer on a PC running a version of Windows other than XP. For example, under Windows Me, you click Start -> Settings -> Printers.)
Click the printer you wish to share.
Click Share This Printer in the Task Pane.
In the printer’s Properties dialog, click the Sharing tab.
Click Share Name and OK.

Once a printer has been shared you can access it from other computers on the network. To do so:

Click Start -> Control Panel -> Printers And Other Hardware.
Click Add A Printer.
In the Add New Printer wizard, when asked whether the printer is a local or network printer, select the latter.
In the next screen, select the option to Browse For A Printer and click Next.
Select the appropriate printer from the list and continue with the wizard.

[Rooz]

I tried that, it worked too, but only once, second time we tried to do it, it wouldn't work, but I think that's bcs my bro's comp is all f-ed up, he has a virus and has never reformated the thing...

[witeshark]

If he has important files on it, find a friend running Linux (Knoppix or Mepis) and use the live CDs to retreive them to another computer/drive and do a reinstall

[Nics]

bluetooth it to the computers?