Windows XP doesn’t provide Fdisk, but I’ve done an equivalent operation to FDISK /MBR like this:
Configured the Recovery console for automatic administrator login – this was important because there seems to be a bug which requires an admin password to be entered, even when the system doesn’t have one.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312149/Then boot up from the Windows XP setup CD, and I chose the ‘R’ Recovery option.
Once in, I ran FIXMBR.
And the PC boots again…
Enable “Print Services for Unix” on Windows XP machine and share printer. (I’m not actually sure that this is necessary, it might be a red herring…)
When you add the printer in Ubuntu,
So, for example, if your Windows machine was called “Dozer” and your printer was called “LaserPrinter”, you would put “guest@Dozer/LaserPrinter”.
You should not need a name and password for the Windows machine for this to work.
Note: please note that case-sensitivity is important.. e.g. If you think your machine name is “DOMINO”, it should be “Domino” in the config above.