How to set up win7 printer sharing?

  

Recently, a friend called to say that there is no way to share the printer on the unit. After reading it, the printer of WIN7 is really difficult to share. Finish the next steps, if you need it, please check it out:

When you can't share the printer or can't access the printer you need to share

We first open the "Network and Sharing Center" “Change advanced sharing settings&

"Enable web discovery" and "Enable file and printer sharing" check and save changes.

Then we open the "Computer" context menu and select "Manage" "Manage"

In "Computer Management", we click: Local User & Group — User & mdash ;Guest, double-click on Guest.

In the "Guest attribute", the "Account is disabled" unchecked, then OK.

Next we open the start menu, type secpol.msc and press Enter.

After opening the "local installation strategy", we click: local policy — user rights assignment — refuse to access this computer from the network, and double-click "reject access to this computer from the network"

Then, in the "Deny access to this computer property from the network" checkbox, select “Guest & rdquo;, delete it, and then confirm.

Then we click: Local Policies & mdash; Security Options & mdash; Network Access: Local Account Sharing and Security Model, and double-click "Network Access: Local Account Sharing and Security Model"
< In the “Network Access: Local Account Sharing and Security Model Properties”, select “only guest & mdash; authenticate the local user, whose identity is the guest” and confirm the exit.

Then, find the files or folders we need to share on the LAN, open the right-click menu and select: Share — specific users.

Then select "Guest" from the drop-down list, then click “Share”

Here Win7 LAN share settings are complete

Then proceed to the regular printer The sharing process can basically be added normally

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