Need a quick temp network connect.

7 Aug 2006 7:43 PM

Curtis

I have one comp that I want to transfer some picture & music files from to
another comp. Can I just USB them together for a short transfer? XP pro 1 on
first comp to XP Home 2 on second comp. I just want to keep it simple for
this one transfer. Thanks

7 Aug 2006 9:04 PM

Richard G. Harper

You can't connect computers via USB cable unless you buy a special cable
that either comes with software to install on both computers or one that has
a hardware device in the middle that has the software pre-installed.
Firewire would work if both computers have firewire capability and would
require no software.

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"Curtis" <Cur***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have one comp that I want to transfer some picture & music files from to
> another comp. Can I just USB them together for a short transfer? XP pro 1
> on
> first comp to XP Home 2 on second comp. I just want to keep it simple for
> this one transfer. Thanks

7 Aug 2006 9:10 PM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <FA5FC711-0BB3-4342-BC2A-4D623AD87***@microsoft.com>,
Curtis <Cur***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have one comp that I want to transfer some picture & music files from to
>another comp. Can I just USB them together for a short transfer? XP pro 1 on
>first comp to XP Home 2 on second comp. I just want to keep it simple for
>this one transfer. Thanks

If each computer has an Ethernet adapter, create a temporary network
by connecting them to each other using a crossover Ethernet cable. A
regular Ethernet cable won't work for a direct computer-to-computer
connection.

Another possibility is to use a USB flash drive to transfer files.

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