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Article #9connection pc laptop via paralel cable
From: skynet
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 12:29
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 12:29
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Hi there, I thought i'd connect my laptop to my pc so that i don't have to transfer loads of diskets every time i go away for a meetin and need those documents of my pc. So i went into the START - Program files - accessories - communications and established the direct cable connection: the host computer on my PC, and the guest computer being my lap top. So i launch my PC as a host - and it listens to the guest computer trying to get a connection via the paralel port (LPT1) but the lap top in guest mode, finds a connection, checks username and pw, but then asks me for the name of the host computer. In the configuration panel - network - identification tab I have given the name 'pc' to my pc and 'home' to work group. So i enter these when the following box pops up on the laptop trying to get in as a guest computer 'The direct cable connection cannot find the shared folders on the host computer. type the name of the host computer to show the shared folders: enter host computer name' , it doesn't work. Anyone have an idea on how to find the name i should fill in there. Of course on my PC i have double clicked 'my documents' and shared it (complete access, no paswords...). So why can't it find it. Thanx if anyone could shed some light in the dark for me. Greetz, Tony@Geudens.com
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