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If you are using a LAN connection on each computer you will need a crossover
cable. A standard Ethernet cable will not work.
I have read that you can use a USB connection on each computer to do the
same but I have never tried this method.
Then there is the "standard" method of connecting both computer to a router,
forming a small network.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
"wines are red" <winesarered@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BEC0C241-330E-4F50-A962-99D4BCF8BC87@microsoft.com...
> Thank you for your quick response. The problem is that it will not
> connect
> from either computer to send anything. I have some data files from a
> licensed program I would like to send over, and also set up all my
> favorites
> on I.E. I pluged in the data cable to the desktop where I would normally
> put
> the dsl cable into and the same with the new laptop. I then used the XP
> disk
> to set things up per instructions. It kept looking for a port when I used
> Auto detect. That's as far as it would go. I would apprecate any help you
> can give me.
> Thank you in advance.........................
>
> "Richard Urban [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> You don't transfer a program to one computer from another. You install
>> the
>> program on the 2nd computer if you have a license to use the program on
>> two
>> machines. Most programs do not give to license to do so.
>>
>> The data transfer cable will transfer files - usually data files that you
>> have created on one computer to another computer. Ex: address book, I.E.
>> favorites, photo's, mp3's, word documents etc.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> Quote from: George Ankner
>> "If you knew as much as you thought you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>>
>> "wines are red" <wines are red@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:0EC8211A-77D9-498B-8546-7A1E4721DC67@microsoft.com...
>> > just got a new laptop, and was told I could use a data cable to
>> > transfer
>> > files from one to the other. followed the instructions, but could not
>> > find
>> > the com port. Also, does it have to be just windows files, or can it
>> > be
>> > any
>> > programs from my desktop?
>>
>>
>>