which is attached to another machine is by way of the Add Printer wizard. Choosing a network printer to install, I follow the wizard and add the proper drivers when requested.
I've never seen a request for credentials, but then your situation may be different.
Hope someone can help. Both my machines run XP Pro on a home no network. I already have one printer but have bought another. I can't add this printer to the network - I can access it from the machine it is attached to but not from the other machine on the network.
When i try to install the printer on the other machine, I get a connect to dialogue box. I input the username and password from the other machine but get this message:
The credentials supplied are not sufficient to access this printer. Do you want to specify new credentials?
If I click yes, I just get the dialogue box again I've no idea what new credentials to input. Sometimes I get:
The credentials supplied conflict with an existing set of credentials.
No joy there either. I can access files on the other machine but this printer problem is rather annoying.

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