printer sharing

[Fluffy Bunny]

Help me .........
This is my fathers set up

ADSL wireless router with a cable connection to the desktop pc, with the laptop connecting wirelessly to the router.
Now when i am on the desktop I can se the lap top on the network and access the laptop over the network....so far so good.
When I am on the laptop I can see the desktop computer, but when I go to access it it tells me I am not authorised to do so etc.

The printer is connected to the desktop. I have set it to printer sharing....and i then go to the laptop and click add printer. It is not finding the printer, and then tells me I am not authorised to access the desktop from the laptop when I try to.
I am pretty certain the two are realated.

I have turned the firewall off on the desktop as well...

Hope someone can help me.


Many thanks

 

[Fluffy Bunny]

ok slow down....lol
pretty new to networking so one step at a time......
you need to explain how to do the steps in the post before. Sorry....complete noob


Many hanks.

 

[Fluffy Bunny]

ok thanks for that but we just turn the laptop on and then it comes on doesnt ask for a username or password.......where do i find out the user name?