okay james..... I am figuing that this is done at.... I've been looking for how to this for A while now. How do you do it? There it is. I found a GUI app that did it called 'firestarter'. Unfortunately opening the ports didn't help the situation any. ports 137-139 and 445 are now open. On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 6:50 PM, James Mcphee wrote: > The error pasted is about name services, not printing. XP being XP, have > you tried setting the samba box up for port 139 instead of 445? > > > On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> it isn't fixed. >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: >> >>> Glad the Plug could fix it! >>> On 6 Mar 2012 18:51, "Michael Havens" wrote: >>> >>>> okay.... I enabled the guest account but that didn't improve the >>>> situation any. I checked localhost:631 and the printer is listed. (weird >>>> thing, from the laptop it is listed as a different model. It works so I >>>> don't really care) >>>> >>>> ==== >>>> 1) As you initially asked, your XP account name was changed. Please >>>> refer to the enabling of the guest account HowTo in: >>>> http://unixwiz.net/techtips/samba-xp-printing.html NOTE: I am >>>> assuming that these machines are protected inside your network, since it's >>>> usually a BAD IDEA to enable the guest account otherwise. Verify your >>>> WORKGROUP and NetBIOS name in XP. >>>> >>>> Please, then, attempt to connect from XP and tail the log and see what >>>> Samba is whining about? >>>> >>>> ==== >>>> Not sure of the logs name. Can you help me out? I also don't know >>>> about the net >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > James McPhee > jmcphe@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: