Printer sharing with Vista

I have a Brother HL-1440 laser printer installed on a Vista machine via USB connection and it works fine. I have shared the printer so I can access it from an XP machine on the same network. When I try and install it on the XP machine it asks for an INF file. Does anyone know what this file is and/or where it is. I went back to Brother but they claimed it was a Microsoft issue!

 

G'Day shirkb

Are you separately installing the printer using the Brother CD, or are you using the default "add Printer" in XP and then looking for the printer on the network -> Which should find the file for you ?!

Troubleshoot with this please.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

or related info

http://welcome.solutions.brother.co...00.html?reg=us&prod=hl5250dn_all&c=us&lang=en

inf files are usually in the \Windows\inf - folder.

pcbugfixer

 

I am installing it from the ADD PRINTER on the XP machine. After I find the printer on the network, I tell it to install it. At that point it says it needs an "(unknown) inf file." I have pointed to two different INF folders but without knowing what filename is required it aborts the install.

 

If you do a print test page from the PC that has the Printer attached it will print out a list of the files used on the Test Page. Then if need be you can copy the files from one PC to the Other.

Also - may sound like a stupid question.
Have you attached the printer to the XP machine and see if XP see's it as new hardware ?