Have you set your laptop to be part of the same workgroup as the XP PC. (ie: WORKGROUP - HOME or whatever) if not, do this first. Nexti s to use the add printer wizard, select network printer, find the network, and PC concerned. You should now be able to see the attached printer. select it, and necessary drivers should be installed . Hopefully the printer is now connected and working. If not, turn off firewalls and try again. If all is now good, there is obviously a firewall conflict. try allowing the network IPs access (ie 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.100). Dont you just love puters????