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Do a Google for "direct cable connection" also search MS
Help&Support for direct cable connection. You would be
better off using a cross-over Ethernet using the network
interface connection, If you don't have network cards in the
computersm they are cheap and will be 100 times faster than
using a serial (DB9) connection. You can also use USB with
the proper hardware, but Ethernet is faster.
How to Configure Direct Cable Connection for Optimal
Performance
(195240) - This article describes how to configure the
Direct Cable Connection tool for optimal performance across
a serial-port connection.
Direct Cable Connection Does Not Start
(195710) - If your computer is configured to be a
Direct Cable Connection host, you may receive the following
message when you start Direct Cable Connection: Direct Cable
Connection Status: Waiting for a guest computer to connect
via <cable type> cable on <port>...
Direct Cable Connection Between Windows 2000 and
Windows 98 Not Working
(306065) - You may not be able to establish a
connection from a Windows 2000-based computer to a Windows
98-based computer, or vice versa, by using the Direct Cable
Connection feature.
Cannot View Computer Resources Using Direct Cable
Connection
(194709) - You may be unable to view shared resources
on a computer you are connected to using the Direct Cable
Connection (DCC) tool.
Port Speed List for Direct Cable Connection Does Not
List All Values
(211182) - After you create a direct cable connection
on a COM port, the list of available port speeds on the
connection properties does not include all of the
appropriate values. For example, the value range should be
from 300 to 115200, but the list may only...
Microsoft Fax Is installed When Direct Cable Connection
Is Added
(229737) - When you add a "Communications cable between
two computers" connection using either the "Phone and Modems
Options
"Cari (MS MVP)" <Newsgroups1@coribright.com> wrote in
message news:u5OuY1DTEHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| Your posting does not appear to be XP hardware related.
Please post in
| Windows 2000 newsgroups.
| --
| Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging &
Hardware)
| www.coribright.com
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| "John I" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
| news:1902d01c44c13$63395d90$a001280a@phx.gbl...
| > Hi
| > I am trying to link my old Win98SE computer to my new
| > Win2000 computer using a serial transfer cable (with
| > correct wiring connections). Using the 'Network and
dial-
| > up connections' wizard produces a connection that causes
| > the modem to dial-up when I try to get the computers to
| > communicate, which of course fails.
| > What should I be doing to link the computers for
| > transferring files. Thanks.
|
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