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Can't connect to XP Home shared printer from XP Pro

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I have a shared printer on an XP Home Eddition. I can't see that printer on my XP Proffesional. All two computers are connected in the same network (LAN) . The IP for XP PRO is 192.168.1.100, and for the XP HOME is 192.168.1.101. I tryed to ping the XP HOME, and it answered OK. What should i do to use the shared printer?

 
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On the pro box, the sequence
Start>run>\\192.168.1.101 , Enter....

returned after few seconds a message box with
    \\192.168.1.101
   The network path was not found

I turned off the firewall on home box,   i tryed again and same result.   The sequence
   Start>run>cmd>ping 192.168.1.101 works fine.

Remark: the two computers are connected in LAN on a 8-port swich.
Can you give me another solution?
Any other suggestions?  
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