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re: Question about 'Getting Network Neighborhood to recognize newly attached computers'
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at 3:09 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Merlin
(6 messages posted)
When Adam asked the original question all he wanted to do was Direct Connect his
two computers. He is still using a dial-up web connection so speed was obviously
not an issue. Why would he want to spend the money for a hub or router and additional
software when he can just buy a $20.00 cable.
Merlin
On Thursday, November 11, 2004 at 1:52 pm, Adam wrote:
>I have a question about Getting
>Network Neighborhood to recognize newly attached computers:
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>I want to network 2 PCs together. One is my older PC (running windows 2000 pro)
and
>the other is my newer PC (running windows XP home)
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>The XP computer is the main PC connected to the internet (dial up), and i have a
>cross-wired cable between the two PC's.
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>However, when each PC is on, they do not talk, the LAN icon on the taskbar shows
>that it is connected, and the lights on the network cards are glowing, but there
>is no data going between the two. Each are setup to the same workgroup, so i dont
>see why they arent talking?! Help?!
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