But I am trying to print wirelessly from the laptop with a LINKSYS connected to my desktop.
I plugged the USB cable into the new laptop and no problems. The laptop pulled up the install and quickly worked fine.
I think I dont have the sharing options right.
If the router is new -- i.e., you haven't had one before -- you may need to run the 'Network setup wizard' that's found in the Control Panel (on the XP machine).