this will help you out.
http://support.its.ied.edu.hk/stufaq/7.3.html
Basically, share the printer on 98, and set a password for it.
Then, on XP, add the printer, and then complete the wizard. Then open a command prompt, and do this:
net use \\computer_name\printer password /persistent:yes
well, I did share the printer on the 98, but I can't see it from the XP. I can see the 98 computer. I can't set up the printer on my XP...maybe I should first try "net use \\computer_name\printer password /persistent:yes".
By the way, I'm at work, so I won't be able to test this at all until later. Thanks for your help, Ian and everyone.
wow that site you found is so specific! Thanks, Ian, this will do the trick, I'm sure.
How do you find that stuff all the time!? Jeez! You found this in so little time! I spent some time looking for what I needed... and I found a 100 page document that I wasn't about to read through in its entirety. Maybe I don't google specifically enough.
i just googled for: windows 98 share printer xp
came up as the first link.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=windows+98+share+printer+xp
the order of the search terms can make a difference.
what is UP with this!? That's not working either. I don't get it.