> I have 2 laptops.  One running XP & one running vista.  I have a cannon mp
> 500 printer.  Both laptops can print to the printer if they are directly
> connected to the printer.  The CD which came with the printer was used to
> install the printer on the XP machine,  The VISTA machine would not load the
> printer driver from the CD.  The error was something about 32 bit and 64 bit.
>  But was able to load it from the find hardware wizard.  
>
> I think this has something to do with the problem sharing the printer.  The
> VISTA machine is "Anchored" at a work station and has the printer attached.  
> When I try to add the printer to the XP laptop, I get the error message:
>
> The server for the 'Canon Inkjet MP500 Series' printer does not have the
> correct printer driver installed. If you want to search for the proper
> driver, click OK. Otherwise, click Cancel and contact your network
> administrator or original equipment manufacturer for the correct printer
> driver.  
>
> So I click ok and have searched just about  every folder to find th correct
> .inf file, but I always get a message saying the correct driver is not in the
> folder.  
>
> Do I need to put the Vista Driver on the XP machine, or the XP driver on the
> Vista machine?
>
> I found a spot on the Vista machine to add drivers for other versions of
> windows, but can't find drivers when asked to browse.