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<blockquote data-quote="bryans83" data-source="post: 536017" data-attributes="member: 37081"><p><strong>Okay, so here's what I've got:</strong></p><p></p><p>Primary Computer: iMac with Mac OS X 10.4</p><p>Secondary Computer: Laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium</p><p>Wireless Router (WRT54G) (Connected to iMac)</p><p>HP Photosmart C5280 (Connected to iMac)</p><p></p><p><strong>Here's What I want to do:</strong></p><p></p><p>Create a Home Network, (wireless or wired.. doesn't really matter) in which I can share specific (or all, if necessary) files from both systems (primarily for pdfs, images, and a few microsoft word and excel documents) This is supposed to be fairly easy, but I am not very familiar with Networking a Mac to Windows, nor am I experienced with Vista. Both Computers are less than 4 months old.</p><p></p><p>I am also wondering if I can use the Mac as a server to share the Printer so that if I need to I can print something directly from the Laptop. I'm not concerned about the iMac being on when this happens, because either way I would have to go to the mac to print a document, and swapping the plug in from the mac to laptop isn't an option.</p><p></p><p>If anyone knows of any great tutorials or has any pointers I would be Extremely grateful. and if you could find a "dumby" version, it would be even better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bryans83, post: 536017, member: 37081"] [B]Okay, so here's what I've got:[/B] Primary Computer: iMac with Mac OS X 10.4 Secondary Computer: Laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium Wireless Router (WRT54G) (Connected to iMac) HP Photosmart C5280 (Connected to iMac) [B]Here's What I want to do:[/B] Create a Home Network, (wireless or wired.. doesn't really matter) in which I can share specific (or all, if necessary) files from both systems (primarily for pdfs, images, and a few microsoft word and excel documents) This is supposed to be fairly easy, but I am not very familiar with Networking a Mac to Windows, nor am I experienced with Vista. Both Computers are less than 4 months old. I am also wondering if I can use the Mac as a server to share the Printer so that if I need to I can print something directly from the Laptop. I'm not concerned about the iMac being on when this happens, because either way I would have to go to the mac to print a document, and swapping the plug in from the mac to laptop isn't an option. If anyone knows of any great tutorials or has any pointers I would be Extremely grateful. and if you could find a "dumby" version, it would be even better. [/QUOTE]
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