On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 19:11:31 -0000, "Noel S Pamfree" <Noel.spamfree@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I am trying to install a Lexmark Z1480 on a Toshiba Satellite A100-02A,
>which unfortunately runs under Windows Vista Home Premium.
>
>Having turned the printer on and made sure it is in wifi-mode I did the
>following on the laptop:
>
>Start
>Control Panel
>Network and Sharing Center
>Set up a connection or network
>Option 4 - Create a computer to computer ad hock network
>Called it PrLex
>Security - selected No Authentication
>Waited only to get a notice saying "Windows could not set up PrLex
>
>Any suggestions welcome.
>
>Noel

"Chuck [MVP]" <n***@example.net> wrote in message
news:4vc9j3pagov9a214fu9i55do392ku4vttf@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 19:11:31 -0000, "Noel S Pamfree"
> <Noel.spamfree@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>I am trying to install a Lexmark Z1480 on a Toshiba Satellite A100-02A,
>>which unfortunately runs under Windows Vista Home Premium.
>>
>>Having turned the printer on and made sure it is in wifi-mode I did the
>>following on the laptop:
>>
>>Start
>>Control Panel
>>Network and Sharing Center
>>Set up a connection or network
>>Option 4 - Create a computer to computer ad hock network
>>Called it PrLex
>>Security - selected No Authentication
>>Waited only to get a notice saying "Windows could not set up PrLex
>>
>>Any suggestions welcome.
>>
>>Noel
>
> Noel,
>
> You have several challenges here.
> 1) You're setting up a computer running Windows Vista, as a printer
> client.
> 2) You're setting up a computer running Windows Vista, as a peer-peer WiFi
> participant.
> 3) You're doing both of the above, simultaneously.
>
> Is that the procedure specified in the printer setup instructions?  Do
> they
> offer any diagnostics?  Did you download the most current drivers for the
> printer, specifically labeled for Vista?  Getting a printer to work for a
> Vista
> client is a challenge.  Getting a printer to work using WiFi may be even
> more
> so.  I'll offer you my Vista Networking tutorial.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html#Printers>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html#Printers
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>   actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.

> I am trying to install a Lexmark Z1480 on a Toshiba Satellite A100-02A,
> which unfortunately runs under Windows Vista Home Premium.
>
> Having turned the printer on and made sure it is in wifi-mode I did the
> following on the laptop:
>
> Start
> Control Panel
> Network and Sharing Center
> Set up a connection or network
> Option 4 - Create a computer to computer ad hock network
> Called it PrLex
> Security - selected No Authentication
> Waited only to get a notice saying "Windows could not set up PrLex
>
> Any suggestions welcome.
>
> Noel
>
>