Bonjour with Windows 8

I see that several people are having problems printing via Bonjour from a Windows 8 machine but with no responses so far - is there a solution on the horizon or am I going to have to buy another printer to work with my Wintel machine for the forseeable future?

Bonjour for me stopped working in Windows 8 after I installed iTunes. I havn't tried uninstalling yet, in the meantime I'm using a wired connection to my PC.

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Using Bonjour with Windows 7?

Recently purchased an HP G62-144DX Notebook with Windows 7 pre-installed. I've been trying to print using Bonjour through the airport express to my Canon printer. The airport works with the Mac OS on my iMac and Macbook pro. It usually works with an old Dell laptop that runs Vista Home Premium. However, it does not work on my HP with Windows 7 or my iMac with Windows 7. I have the latest Bonjour installation, which claims to work with Windows 7.
Oddly, when I print, I don't get an error message on my laptop. It's as though the computer sends the printed document off into space. I've tried disabling my Avast Anti-virus, thinking that maybe the print job was being firewalled. I've tried re-running Airport Utility. I've tried re-downloading Bonjour. Basically, I've tried everything that I can think of. Nothing ever prints.
Anyone have a clue how to resolve this?

I've read a lot of discussions on this problem and there was no answer I could find. However I knew that Bonjour uses IP address printing so I looked for where the address was configured. I have TimeCapsule but I think Airport works the same.
Go to Devices and Printers, right click on the Printer (HP, Samsung etc) and select Printer Properties and then select Ports and then highlight and "Configure" the port for the printer from the list. Mine Printer configuration said something like "TimeCapsule.local" for the IP address (strange IP address huh?) so then I set the IP address to 10.0.1.1 which is the address of my TimeCapsule. Eureka, it worked.
Hope this helps.

Bonjour with Windows -- accessing files remotely

Is there any way to configure Bonjour or Apache to let a friend on Windows access files in my Sites folder just like my Windows computer (on my network) in my house does?
Also, does Bonjour connect straight from my iBook's wi-fi card to another computer's wi-fi card, or does it go through a router first? Is that even relevant?
Thanks for any help with how this whole process works, or alternatives to let my friends access files remotely. (Or me from school, for that matter.)

Is there any way to configure Bonjour or Apache to let a friend on Windows access files in my Sites folder just like my Windows computer (on my network) in my house does?
Also, does Bonjour connect straight from my iBook's wi-fi card to another computer's wi-fi card, or does it go through a router first? Is that even relevant?
Thanks for any help with how this whole process works, or alternatives to let my friends access files remotely. (Or me from school, for that matter.)

Sync problem - iPad with windows laptop

I can only sync iPad with laptop on first downloading iTunes, bonjour etc. When next trying sync bonjour is disabled. Does any one know how to. enable bonjour with windows 7 64 bit OS.
An additional twist - last sync attempt gave the message, mobile application is not working.
Can anyone help?

Of course you can. Follow the instructions here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1296
Or if you are having a problem, be more specific or no one will be able to help you.

How to connect an HP 111 designjet with my airport extreme 2nd gen with bonjour for windows

Hi:
I have an HP 111 Tray, plug into an airport extreme 2nd Gen, both works properly running in a PC with windows 7.
When I start Bonjour for windows it identify de printer, but when i continue my printer is not in the list, I used the browse buttom and selected the .inf file that is contained in the driver and Bonjour collapsed everytime
Any one can Help me??
Thank you guys
Hola:
Ante todo buenos dias, os cuento mi problema:
Tengo una impresora gran formato HP 111 Tray (con bandeja) enchufada a un router Airport Extreme de Apple de 2ª generacion, ambos funcionando correctamente y con las ultimas actualizaciones de firmware, el caso es que al abrir el asistente BOnjour para imprimir en red a la hora de seleccionar la impresora no aparece entre las opciones disponibles, a pesar de reconocerla. Al darle a examinar para que utilize los datos de Información sobre la instalación (.inf) que me he bajado de la pagina, Bonjour se queda colgado siempre
He probado desde dos ordenadores diferentes conectados a la red y nada
Alguien sabe como puedo solucionarlo.
La impresora se conecta con un USB al router de Apple
Muchas gracias de antemano

What model and firmware is the 2TB TC?
What firmware is the AE?
Does the AE get good signal from the TC in its current location?
Signal can only be extended that is received intact.
Is it extending on 5ghz? As I remember it a Gen2 AE is only single band, although you can choose either 2.4ghz or 5ghz.
I am fairly sure you are going to tell me your TC is AC model..
I would do a couple of things..
1. Fix the wireless name, make it short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
2. Fix the wireless channel for 2.4ghz so it is not going to jump around.
3. Get real results from the AE in its current location for signal strength.. this is really only possible on v5 utility. And that is a double pain with Mavericks because you cannot use it.
Apple have removed all the useful diagnostics from the airport utility. There is next to nothing left. So you need to use the computer and its diagnostics to find signal levels in the location.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5606

I have a new PC laptop with Windows 7 and Office 2010. I have an Airport Extreme, and installed Bonjour on my laptop. Bonjour "sees" my printer. When I try to print, the printer lights up -- but doesn't print. anyone have an idea? Thanks Gregg

I have a new PC laptop with Windows 7 and Office 2010. I have an Airport Extreme, and installed Bonjour on my laptop. Bonjour "sees" my printer. When I try to print, the printer lights up -- but doesn't print. anyone have an idea? Thanks Gregg

Hi Kelly,
As someone who has to print from my Mac to a networked printer at home all the time, I can certainly understand how frustrating it must be to have that fail to perform as expected. Let's see if we can get you up and running.
I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
OS X Yosemite: Printing troubleshooting
Start with the section titled Check the network.
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Sincerely,
Brett L

Unable to uninsall the programme Bonjour while trying to uninstall and re-install i-tunes into PC with Windows 7 as instructe having lost audio with the 1st attempt. I get a dropdown saying it is unable asking if I have previlages for this action.

How do you uninstall Bonjour programme while tryying unistall and re-install as per instruction from Apple while to get audio function back in my PC with Windows 7 following first attempt resulting in failure to install quicktime, please? It asks have I got previlages, having unistalled the 3 previous ones. many thanks, dsb

It asks have I got previlages
What's the precise text of that message please, devi? (There's at least three different ones I can think of that you might be getting.)

Print jobs come out as blank pages with Windows 7, Bonjour & Canon iP4700

Hi there,
I have a Macbook Pro with OSX 10.6.1 and have a Canon iP4700 inkjet printer connected to this via USB and this works fine.
I've shared the printer from the Mac so that I can print to it from a Dell laptop on the same home network which is running Windows 7 RC.
I've installed the Canon print driver (I used the one for Vista as it was the closest match) on the Windows 7 laptop, then I installed Bonjour. I used the 'Add a printer' shortcut icon on the desktop and it saw the Canon printer and I added it.
I thought all was working well, except whenever I try and print to the printer form the Windows 7 laptop, it just prints a blank page instead of the text I have on the page.
Has anyone got any advice for getting this working properly?
Thanks,
Stephen

I had the same problem, however I am running XP. Also, I was using a separate program to manage my wireless connection on my PC called 'Wireless Configuration Utility'. I simply disabled this utility and used the Wireless Network Connection utility that came with Windows and the problem was solved.

Bonjour 1.0.6 will not open with Windows 7 RC

I Have had this problem for months. I have a brand new 17" MacBook pro with windows 7 RC loaded via bootcamp. Also in my chain I have an Airport Extreme and a Dell Dimension 8100. The printer is hooked up directly to the Airport via USB. I can print off the Dell machine and I can print from the Mac side of my computer. When booted in Windows 7 on the Mac, I can print if I have my printer is directly hooked up to my computer however Bonjour will not even open. I double click when in Windows 7 and it acts like it wants to open but nothing happens. Also it will not recognize the Airport base station when I run Airport utility.....does anyone know how to rectify this hatred my Windows 7 RC has for all things Mac?
Thanks,
Thad

Please try importing the attached reg file to enable crash dump generation on windows, reboot, then try to reproduce the crash again.
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Access TimeCapsule over the internet with Windows and Bonjour

Hi,
I tried multiple things to access my Time Capusle over the internet but I can't figure it out. Obvioulsy everybody except me has a Mac. I will buy one soon, promise but now I need help with this Piece o S windows laptop.
I forwarded the port 548 on my modem to the capsule, it didnt work (I didnt mount the drive though since I dont know how with windows)
I clicked on sharing drives with bonjour in airport utility, created a host name username password but now how do I access it?
Within the network everything works fine. I can access the drive with iphone, ipad und Piece oS but not remotely.
Please help.

You cannot access it from windows.. sorry. Any files you want.. copy to the laptop beforehand or use cloud storage.

Bonjour causing problems with Windows 7

Hi -
I installed iTunes 102.2.14, 64-bit version on my HP dm1 laptop.
While iTunes runs fine I have been having some issues that are only resolved by disabling Bonjour so I wanted to post as a PSA.
I found that my iTunes movie downloads were incredibly slow - no movie could be downloaded in under 5 hours. I also found that my laptop would hang if I tried to download more than one movie at a time.
After a reboot in Safe Mode with Network, I was able to download my remaining movies very quickly and my laptop stopped hanging. I've seen a couple of other threads about Bonjour being problematic on Windows 7, so I rebooted and disabled Bonjour.
Presto - no Bonjour, no problem. My next movie downloaded in under 20 minutes. No more Windows hanging.
hth,
AliKelSea

I perform computer support for a number of people and recently ran into this EXACT same problem.
Dell desktop with Windows XP 32 bit SP3. iTunes has been on this machine for over 3 years and has been update regularly.
Everything was fine until iTunes version 10.2.2. was installed, then iTunes would hang and not start causing a windows crash report to be generated.
I uninstalled iTunes, scrubbed the registry, rebooted the machine reinstalled the current version of iTunes, same problem.
I uninstalled iTunes again, scrubbed the registry, rebooted the machine reinstalled a prior version of iTunes, same problem.
I uninstalled iTunes, Boujour, Mobile Me, Apple Mobile Device Support, Quicktime, rebooted the machine, reinstalled a prior version of iTunes again, same problem.
Finally killed the process mDNSResponder.exe in the Task Manager. iTunes opened up no problem.
Went into Services.msc and disabled Bonjour so it does not start. Problem solved for now.
I have only run into this problem on this one computer, I believe that there may be a conflict with some other program installed and running on this machine.
Hope this info helps others as well.

Getting Bonjour to work with Windows XP SP3

I just downloaded Bonjour for Windows version 2.0.2.0 and installed it. The script reportedly ran ok, but when I start the Bonjour Printer Wizard it says that there are no shared printers, despite the fact that I have two shared printers (I checked sharing on Properties tab) on the computer. Based on the Apple Support page I started IE but there is no Bonjour icon present, and no Bonjour listed under View. I've now uninstalled and reinstalled Bonjour twice with the same result (and tried rebooting a few times for good measure). The only reason that I want to use Bonjour is that since upgrading my Macbook Pro to Lion I can't print on my windows shared printer anymore (I keep getting "authentication error") and some discussions suggested using Bonjour instead. So what do I have to do to get Bonjour to work??

1.2.1 knows nothing about xp. You need to load an XP compliant JDK.

How to set up and use multiple Ext HD compatible with Windows w/o emulating

I am in deep doodle and confused, sit down and get a cup of coffee cuz is going to be loooooong.
I need some suggestions for my present situation. I have posted a similar question but I only got partial answer and I need to complete this task.
I migrated to my Mac from Windows, and I still have a Windows XP laptop. At first, I formatted my Ext HD as FAT 32 but I noticed that it was too slow. I was suggested to reformat the drives back to Journal. However, recently I had to replace my internal HD and backed up all my data to several Ext. HD. Oh brother what a mistake, while my Mac was at Apple I couldn't get access to my files using my Windows XP laptop because all drives were formatted as Journal (only for Mac).
At the moment, I have the following:
1- Seagate (350 GB orig)- complete back up images 110 GB avail
2- Maxtor ( 500 GB orig) - " " second copy 330 GB avail
3- Old int w/ casing(150 GB orig) 3rd copy 78 GB avail - is working but not sure if it will last, I had this DR for a long time. All 3 DRs formatted as Journal
4- Western Dig 1TB (new FW) 1TB avail
I realized that at the rate that I am shooting I would be running out of space on the current Drives. So I bought 1TB Ext HD FW, but I am in great need from others with more experience than me in setting up a strategy to back up and using my Ext HD. I only use the Int. HD DR 250 GB for Apps only, anything else I use exclusively my Ext HD.
So I would like to know which drive should I use as my primary one, and how I should set up the other subsequent drives as shown above. Do you think that I should reformat all the drives back to FAT 32, (what a task)? I'm also aware the 4 GB limitations. Or should I just format to FAT 32 the 1 TB, and can I partition the this drive and Format each partition with different format,ie. a couple NTFS and one FAT32.
Thanks in advance to all

You can also share a printer between the Mac/PC as well as files and mounted Volumes, see the Tiger articles here
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/
You may want to use Bonjour for Windows on your PC
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bonjour/
Then there are VNC clients for Mac/PC that also allow you to actually control the other machine, if they aren't in the same room and you just need to check something quick that can be handy, it's kind of slow though for regular use.
The main benefit of partitioning is being able to have different versions of bootable OS on them. You can try out Leopard on a new partition, while keeping your Tiger partition intact, you can have a XP/Vista partition for parallels or BootCamp, etc... other than that drives are pretty much fast enough, having smaller partitions probably won't realize any significant speed ups over searching the whole large drive.

How to connect a printer to Airport in WIFI with Windows

Hi,
I just would like to know how to connect my printer (Samsung) to my Airport network through WIFI (My computer is working with Windows).
Thanks

Well the easiest would be to plug your printer directly into your extreme using either the USB or Ethernet connection.
Make sure you then install bonjour and use the printer wizard to convert your printer...
Bonjour Print Services for Windows v2.0.2
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL999

Bonjour for windows: "The printer you have selected is no longer available"

Whenever I go to try and set up sharing my imacs printer with wifes windows computer, the bonjour for windows app at first sees my two printers, but as I select them I then get a message stating that "the bonjour printer you have selected is no longer available. Please make sure the printer is powered on and plugged in." It of course is on, powered and plugged in, and receives print jobs from my mac. I have also configured printer sharing in OS X 10.6 to allow for "everyone" to print. Don't get any firewall messages either.
Same problem happens for me when I am trying to connect from windows running under Parallels on my ibook.
Has anyone run across this problem and can offer guidance? I'm running out of hair to pull out!
Thanks in advance,
"I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC... and we're trying to play nicely together." (mumble-mumble-grumble...)

Problem solved!! Somehow. After being in try everything and anything mode (remove/add printer, update drivers (again), shut down/restart, etc), I think I solved the problem my changing sharing permissions. I still couldn't print though. Kept getting the "printer cannot be contacted over the network" error message. After much searching and reading things I didn't really understand, I noticed I kept running across this statement that Windows 7 does not play well with DHCP and the printer should be assigned a static IP address. I found this forum item that tells simply how to do that: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1725525. The big thing was that it had me add the printer as a local printer where I had been trying to add it as a network printer. I never would have thought to do that. Then you put in the Airport address and that's it. It worked!
This whole thing made it very clear why I moved from Windows to Mac. I should never have had to spend a whole day trying to get a network printer to print. Good luck to everyone having this issue.

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