Microsoft KB Archive/944179

= System requirements to use the printer sharing feature in Windows Live OneCare =

Article ID: 944179

Article Last Modified on 11/13/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Windows Live OneCare

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INTRODUCTION
This article describes the system requirements to use the printer sharing feature in Windows Live OneCare. The article also discusses the types of printers that are not supported by Windows Live OneCare.



MORE INFORMATION
Windows Live OneCare supports most of the printers that are connected to a Windows Live OneCare computer through a universal serial bus (USB) cable.

The following conditions must be met to use the printer sharing feature in Windows Live OneCare.

Note In this article, a &quot;host computer&quot; is a computer that is physically connected to a printer, and a &quot;client computer&quot; is a computer that is not physically connected to a printer.
 * The host computer and the client computer are both part of the same Windows Live OneCare circle. Additionally, they are connected to the same router. Therefore, both computers are on the same subnet. However, they can be connected to the router by any kind of media.
 * Both computers can detect one another on the network.
 * The Windows Live OneCare firewall zone on both the host computer and the client computer must be set to either Home or Work.
 * Both computers are of the same hardware architecture. For example, both are 32-bit computers.
 * Both computers are powered on and running when a print job is started.

Note You may have to enable the Simple File Sharing option to open the Guest account to successfully share the printer.

The following types of printers are not supported by Windows Live OneCare:
 * Network printers: Printers that are directly connected to the network by using an ethernet cable or a Wi-Fi connection.
 * Wireless printers: Network printers that do not appear as network printers to a computer that is running Windows.
 * Software printers: Software components that resemble printers but that are not actual printers. For example, Fax, Send to OneNote, Print to XPS, and similar programs. Additionally, programs that print to PDF files are part of this category.
 * Old printers: Windows Live OneCare supports printers that use user mode printer drivers. These are also known as &quot;version 3&quot; drivers. Windows Live OneCare does not support printers that do not use user mode printer drivers. In versions of Windows before Windows XP, printer drivers used to work in kernel mode. However, after the release of Windows XP, most printers include user mode printer drivers.

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