duplicate name exists when connecting to xp printer from vista machine

July 11, 2007

I am trying to help my friend set up his vista laptop to connect to

the printer he has shared on his desktop pc but am getting an error

message "you are not connected because a duplicate name exists on the

network"

Below are the details

There is an xp pc (\\carey) with a printer on it which is shared as

\printer

(The other 2 machines which are all XP machines can access it connect

and print no problem)

The workgroup is set up corrcetly, all machines are part of a

workgroup called "WORKGROUP" and the machines have different names.

I get ping reponses to when i do ip address pings to and from all

machiness

when i try to connect to the main PC by name, i.e. \\home from the

run command, i get "you are not connected because a duplicate name

exists on the network. when i try and connect to the printer from the

run command however when i try to connect by tying \\home\epsonsty i

get windows can not connect to the printer, access is denied.

If i type \\192.168.1.65 into the run command. it will display the

shares etc no problem.

I have rebooted all machines, and renamed the printer, the main hime

pc and the vista laptop but none of this has made the slightest bit of

difference to my friends network.

While setting up mine, the only issue i had was connecting to the

actual pirnter. then i found some info which helped.

Just want to share what I have discovered with windows vista. If you

would like to connect to a remote printer in a remote computer

connected in your router do the following:

Go to Control Panel. Choose printer. Then choose Add Printer.

Choose Add a local printer. Click on Create a new port. The default in

the drop down box is Local Port. Do not change that. Click Next. A

dialogue box will appear asking for you to enter a port name. Type in

the \\computer name\printer name .

special credit to Melonhead on his posting on microsoft.

Any assistance with my duplicate names issue would be most greatfully

recieved.

Cheers

Phil

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