I have a question about transfering files through a direct cable connection from a 98 operating system to an ME operating system. When I tried this they would not recognize the lpt port or something.

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See if this article helps...the url from where I copied it is at the top of the article..
http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Farchive%2Fl0708%2F40l08%2F40l08%2Easp&guid=f8y9raii&searchtype=&WordList=


Direct Cable Connection 
Teach Your PC How To Share 
 
 More and more people are telecommuting, buying second PCs, or bringing notebook 
PCs on the road with them for work and leisure. The beauty of DCC (direct cable connection) 
is it enables you to connect one PC to another to exchange information without a 
hassle.

Until recently, users found some difficulty in connecting one PC to another. It required 
purchasing, installing, and configuring NICs (network interface cards). To combat 
this requirement, Microsoft introduced the DCC feature in its Windows 95 OS (operating 
system). The initial versions of DCC caused trouble for some users, so Microsoft 
included a more intuitive version in Windows 98SE and Windows Me.

Will DCC work for you? The version of DCC included with WinMe works with all editions 
of Win95 and Win98, even though the interfaces look different. So if you’re running 
WinMe on your notebook or home PC, you’ll have no trouble using the DCC feature to 
connect the PCs. There’s just one expense: buying the correct cable.

Aside from two PCs, using DCC requires either a parallel or serial cable. Before 
buying a cable, inspect the PCs to determine whether they have available serial or 
parallel ports. Serial cables connect to 9-pin or (on older computers) 25-pin serial 
ports. 

Today’s PCs have two serial ports, also called COM (communication) ports. Parallel 
cables connect to 25-pin parallel ports, often used for connecting peripheral devices 
such as printers and scanners. You likely have a serial port free, but you get a 
little better performance if you use a parallel cable connection.

Depending on the ports you have to work with, decide what cable will work best. Also 
consider your space requirements and choose a cable of appropriate length. You can 
expect to shell out at least $8 for a male/male serial cable and a little more (up 
to $30) for a male/male parallel cable. An example of a cable that’s made for the 
job is Belkin’s 10-foot Parallel Port PC-to-PC Direct Connection Cable (part number: 
F3D508-10-GLD), which sells for less than $25. For more information, check out Belkin’s 
Web site at http://www.belkin.com.


 

If you start Direct Cable Connection on a PC that's already been set up as a host, 
a dialog box displays the current settings. Click the Change button if you want to 
alter the settings.  
For ultimate flexibility, you can buy a multi-head cable such as the 10-foot Belkin 
Serial File Transfer Cable (part number: F3X171-10) for around $25. The price is 
a bargain because the cable allows you to connect any two PCs using either a serial-to-serial 
or parallel-to-parallel configuration.

Hook up. After you purchase the right cable, time comes to hook up one PC to another. 
If you’re using a multi-head cable, choose either both parallel heads or both serial 
heads to make the connection. Don’t plug a parallel head into one PC and a serial 
head into the other PC. With USB (Universal Serial Bus) connections gaining in popularity, 
even simpler connection solutions wait around the corner, but for now Microsoft only 
supports serial-to-serial or parallel-to-parallel.

Install DCC. Of course, DCC won’t work unless properly installed on both PCs. Check 
for the Direct Cable Connection option by clicking Start, Programs, Accessories, 
and Communication. If the option is not available, install DCC by clicking Start, 
Settings, Control Panel, and double-clicking Add/Remove Programs. Select the Windows 
Setup tab. Under Components, click Communications to highlight it and click the Details 
button to show the Communications dialog box. Under Components, click the box next 
to Direct Cable Connection and click OK. Follow the on-screen instructions if WinMe 
prompts you to insert the installation CD. Click OK to close Add/Remove Programs 
Properties.

Choose host and guest. With DDC, one PC must be designated the host PC, and the other 
must be designated the guest PC. The host PC is the one that shares its data, and 
the guest PC accesses that data. If both PCs are identical, the deciding factor will 
be obvious: The PC that has the files and programs you want to share should be the 
host.

But the solution might not be so cut and dry. If one PC performs better or has a 
larger hard drive than the other PC, you might want to set up the better PC as host. 
This situation might require that you first consolidate pertinent files and programs 
so they all reside on the better PC.

Set up the guest PC. Once you’re ready to set up the guest PC, click the Start button, 
Programs, Accessories, Communication, and Direct Cable Connection. In the Direct 
Cable Connection dialog box that appears, select Guest and click Next to continue.


 

Install the Direct Cable Connection component so you can begin sharing data between 
two PCs.  
The next dialog box lets you identify the port you’re using: Parallel Cable on LPT1, 
Serial Cable on COM1, or Serial Cable on COM2 (there might be fewer or additional 
choices on your PC). The port choice must match the cable being used, and the cable 
needs to be connected correctly. If you added ports before connecting the PCs, and 
the new port isn’t a choice in the Direct Cable Connection dialog box, click Install 
New Ports. WinMe automatically finds the port and adds it to the list. Click Finish.

Finally, a smaller Direct Cable Connection box appears, indicating that the guest 
PC is trying to connect to the host PC. Since you haven’t set up the host PC yet, 
click Cancel.

Set up the host PC. To get the host PC ready to share information, you need to click 
Start, Programs, Accessories, Communication, and Direct Cable Connection. In the 
Direct Cable Connection dialog box, select Host and click Next to continue.

The next dialog box lets you identify the port you’re using. Make sure the port matches 
the one you selected when setting up the guest PC. Click Next to continue.

In the next dialog box, click the File And Print Sharing button. On the Configuration 
tab of the Network dialog box, click the File And Print Sharing button. Establish 
whether you want the host PC to provide the guest PC with access to your files, the 
ability to print to your printer, or both by clicking the appropriate checkboxes. 
Click OK, and then click OK to close the Network dialog box. A status bar updates 
the PC settings, followed by a box prompting you to restart the PC. Click Yes.

Next, consider whether you want to require the guest to enter a password before accessing 
files on the host. Since this is a direct connection between the two PCs, we don’t 
see any security issue that would require a password, but you have that choice. Run 
DCC by clicking Start, Programs, Accessories, Communication, and Direct Cable Connection. 
If you don’t want to establish a password, click Listen; the host PC then listens 
for the guest PC.

To establish a password, click Change, Next, and Next. Click the Use Password Protection 
checkbox. Click Set Password, enter the password, and click OK. Click Finish; the 
host PC then listens for the guest PC.

Introduce the guest to the host. After setting up both PCs, run DCC on the guest 
PC so it can access the host PC. Now that they “know” one another, they’re ready 
to start sharing files from the host PC.


 

While setting up the host PC, designate whether you want the guest PC to have access 
to files on the host, the host's printing capabilities, or both.  
Share files. On the host PC Desktop, double-click My Computer and browse to the files, 
drives, or folders you want to share. Right-click the item you want to share, select 
Sharing, and click Shared As. A dialog box prompts you to either leave the item’s 
name as is or change it; this is the name the guest PC user will see when looking 
for the item. 

Finally, define whether you want the item to have a Read, Full, or Depends On Password 
status. Read means the item will have read-only status on the guest PC, and Full 
means the item can be read, changed, or deleted. If you select Depends On Password, 
you can still assign a Read or Full status, but before the item can even be accessed, 
the user must enter the appropriate password. Once you click OK, the guest PC will 
have access to the shared items.

Access shared files. On the guest PC Desktop, double-click My Network Places to see 
all of the shared resources that are on the host PC. Now you can copy files and folders 
from the host PC by clicking and dragging the appropriate icons. You can do the reverse—copy 
files to the host PC—if Full access was granted to the folders.

Change settings. If you “mess up” at any stage in the development of the DCC, don’t 
worry. Users can easily change DCC settings. Begin by running DCC on the PC you want 
to change and click Change in the Direct Cable Connection dialog box that appears. 
Next, use one of the following procedures to make the appropriate changes:


To change a host PC to a guest PC, click the Guest radio button, Next, Next again, 
and Finish.


To change a guest PC to a host PC, click the Host radio button, Next, Next again, 
and Finish.


To change the port, click Next. Select a different port (or click Install New Ports 
if you have added a port), click Next, and Finish.


To change sharing options on the host PC, right-click My Network Places and click 
Properties. On the Configuration tab of the Network dialog box, click File And Print 
Sharing. Change the settings, click OK, and then click OK to close the dialog box. 
A prompt box appears asking you to restart the PC. Click Yes.


Network at home. If you have a LAN (local-area network) in your home, you can use 
DCC to connect an additional PC or notebook to the system. You can then access any 
resources available on the LAN without having to shell out additional cash for a 
hub for the network or a NIC card for the extra PC or notebook.


 

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Make sure you have the protocol NETBIOS/NetBEUI loaded on both machines. It won't work without it! Also make sure that both parallel ports (in the BIOS) are setup the same: ECP and ECP, EPP and EPP, etc. If they are mismatched the machines of course will not communicate. Also make sure your parallel cable is capable of bi-directional communication (some older cables are uni-directional). And yes, it's a pain in the ass to get direct cable to cable to work!


On Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 4:46 pm, Jay wrote:
>I have a question about transfering files through a direct cable connection from
>a 98 operating system to an ME operating system. When I tried this they would not
>recognize the lpt port or something.
>
>

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Hello. I am having problem, locating my NETBEUI protocol for my WIN ME. Is there any sites that I could visit to download the driver? THANKS.

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Everyone says that I need NetBEUI installed, like Santo I can't find NetBEUI in Windows ME anywhere. Also the ports are supposed to be the same port but the ME computer has ECS and the 95 has 8 bit. So I guess like everything Microsoft, THERE'S NO HOPE!


On Thursday, January 10, 2002 at 9:32 pm, santo wrote:
>Hello. I am having problem, locating my NETBEUI protocol for my WIN ME. Is there
>any sites that I could visit to download the driver?
>THANKS.

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I have got the DCC to work now, but I can't get onto the rest of the network, only the host. Any Ideas please? Thanks.


On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 4:57 pm, Barbara-Ann wrote:

>See if this article helps...the url from where I copied it is at the top of the 
article..
>http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Farchive%2Fl0708%2F40l08%2F40l08%2Easp&guid=f8y9raii&searchtype=&WordList=
>
>
>Direct Cable Connection 
>Teach Your PC How To Share 
> 
> More and more people are telecommuting, buying second PCs, or bringing notebook 
>PCs on the road with them for work and leisure. The beauty of DCC (direct cable 
connection) 
>is it enables you to connect one PC to another to exchange information without a 
>hassle.
>
>Until recently, users found some difficulty in connecting one PC to another. It 
required 
>purchasing, installing, and configuring NICs (network interface cards). To combat 
>this requirement, Microsoft introduced the DCC feature in its Windows 95 OS (operating 
>system). The initial versions of DCC caused trouble for some users, so Microsoft 
>included a more intuitive version in Windows 98SE and Windows Me.
>
>Will DCC work for you? The version of DCC included with WinMe works with all editions 
>of Win95 and Win98, even though the interfaces look different. So if you’re running 
>WinMe on your notebook or home PC, you’ll have no trouble using the DCC feature 
to 
>connect the PCs. There’s just one expense: buying the correct cable.
>
>Aside from two PCs, using DCC requires either a parallel or serial cable. Before 
>buying a cable, inspect the PCs to determine whether they have available serial 
or 
>parallel ports. Serial cables connect to 9-pin or (on older computers) 25-pin serial 
>ports. 
>
>Today’s PCs have two serial ports, also called COM (communication) ports. Parallel 
>cables connect to 25-pin parallel ports, often used for connecting peripheral devices 
>such as printers and scanners. You likely have a serial port free, but you get a 
>little better performance if you use a parallel cable connection.
>
>Depending on the ports you have to work with, decide what cable will work best. 
Also 
>consider your space requirements and choose a cable of appropriate length. You can 
>expect to shell out at least $8 for a male/male serial cable and a little more (up 
>to $30) for a male/male parallel cable. An example of a cable that’s made for the 
>job is Belkin’s 10-foot Parallel Port PC-to-PC Direct Connection Cable (part number: 
>F3D508-10-GLD), which sells for less than $25. For more information, check out Belkin’s 
>Web site at http://www.belkin.com.
>
>
> 
>
>If you start Direct Cable Connection on a PC that's already been set up as a host, 
>a dialog box displays the current settings. Click the Change button if you want 
to 
>alter the settings.  
>For ultimate flexibility, you can buy a multi-head cable such as the 10-foot Belkin 
>Serial File Transfer Cable (part number: F3X171-10) for around $25. The price is 
>a bargain because the cable allows you to connect any two PCs using either a serial-to-serial 
>or parallel-to-parallel configuration.
>
>Hook up. After you purchase the right cable, time comes to hook up one PC to another. 
>If you’re using a multi-head cable, choose either both parallel heads or both serial 
>heads to make the connection. Don’t plug a parallel head into one PC and a serial 
>head into the other PC. With USB (Universal Serial Bus) connections gaining in popularity, 
>even simpler connection solutions wait around the corner, but for now Microsoft 
only 
>supports serial-to-serial or parallel-to-parallel.
>
>Install DCC. Of course, DCC won’t work unless properly installed on both PCs. Check 
>for the Direct Cable Connection option by clicking Start, Programs, Accessories, 
>and Communication. If the option is not available, install DCC by clicking Start, 
>Settings, Control Panel, and double-clicking Add/Remove Programs. Select the Windows 
>Setup tab. Under Components, click Communications to highlight it and click the 
Details 
>button to show the Communications dialog box. Under Components, click the box next 
>to Direct Cable Connection and click OK. Follow the on-screen instructions if WinMe 
>prompts you to insert the installation CD. Click OK to close Add/Remove Programs 
>Properties.
>
>Choose host and guest. With DDC, one PC must be designated the host PC, and the 
other 
>must be designated the guest PC. The host PC is the one that shares its data, and 
>the guest PC accesses that data. If both PCs are identical, the deciding factor 
will 
>be obvious: The PC that has the files and programs you want to share should be the 
>host.
>
>But the solution might not be so cut and dry. If one PC performs better or has a 
>larger hard drive than the other PC, you might want to set up the better PC as host. 
>This situation might require that you first consolidate pertinent files and programs 
>so they all reside on the better PC.
>
>Set up the guest PC. Once you’re ready to set up the guest PC, click the Start button, 
>Programs, Accessories, Communication, and Direct Cable Connection. In the Direct 
>Cable Connection dialog box that appears, select Guest and click Next to continue.
>
>
> 
>
>Install the Direct Cable Connection component so you can begin sharing data between 
>two PCs.  
>The next dialog box lets you identify the port you’re using: Parallel Cable on LPT1, 
>Serial Cable on COM1, or Serial Cable on COM2 (there might be fewer or additional 
>choices on your PC). The port choice must match the cable being used, and the cable 
>needs to be connected correctly. If you added ports before connecting the PCs, and 
>the new port isn’t a choice in the Direct Cable Connection dialog box, click Install 
>New Ports. WinMe automatically finds the port and adds it to the list. Click Finish.
>
>Finally, a smaller Direct Cable Connection box appears, indicating that the guest 
>PC is trying to connect to the host PC. Since you haven’t set up the host PC yet, 
>click Cancel.
>
>Set up the host PC. To get the host PC ready to share information, you need to click 
>Start, Programs, Accessories, Communication, and Direct Cable Connection. In the 
>Direct Cable Connection dialog box, select Host and click Next to continue.
>
>The next dialog box lets you identify the port you’re using. Make sure the port 
matches 
>the one you selected when setting up the guest PC. Click Next to continue.
>
>In the next dialog box, click the File And Print Sharing button. On the Configuration 
>tab of the Network dialog box, click the File And Print Sharing button. Establish 
>whether you want the host PC to provide the guest PC with access to your files, 
the 
>ability to print to your printer, or both by clicking the appropriate checkboxes. 
>Click OK, and then click OK to close the Network dialog box. A status bar updates 
>the PC settings, followed by a box prompting you to restart the PC. Click Yes.
>
>Next, consider whether you want to require the guest to enter a password before 
accessing 
>files on the host. Since this is a direct connection between the two PCs, we don’t 
>see any security issue that would require a password, but you have that choice. 
Run 
>DCC by clicking Start, Programs, Accessories, Communication, and Direct Cable Connection. 
>If you don’t want to establish a password, click Listen; the host PC then listens 
>for the guest PC.
>
>To establish a password, click Change, Next, and Next. Click the Use Password Protection 
>checkbox. Click Set Password, enter the password, and click OK. Click Finish; the 
>host PC then listens for the guest PC.
>
>Introduce the guest to the host. After setting up both PCs, run DCC on the guest 
>PC so it can access the host PC. Now that they “know” one another, they’re ready 
>to start sharing files from the host PC.
>
>
> 
>
>While setting up the host PC, designate whether you want the guest PC to have access 
>to files on the host, the host's printing capabilities, or both.  
>Share files. On the host PC Desktop, double-click My Computer and browse to the 
files, 
>drives, or folders you want to share. Right-click the item you want to share, select 
>Sharing, and click Shared As. A dialog box prompts you to either leave the item’s 
>name as is or change it; this is the name the guest PC user will see when looking 
>for the item. 
>
>Finally, define whether you want the item to have a Read, Full, or Depends On Password 
>status. Read means the item will have read-only status on the guest PC, and Full 
>means the item can be read, changed, or deleted. If you select Depends On Password, 
>you can still assign a Read or Full status, but before the item can even be accessed, 
>the user must enter the appropriate password. Once you click OK, the guest PC will 
>have access to the shared items.
>
>Access shared files. On the guest PC Desktop, double-click My Network Places to 
see 
>all of the shared resources that are on the host PC. Now you can copy files and 
folders 
>from the host PC by clicking and dragging the appropriate icons. You can do the 
reverse—copy 
>files to the host PC—if Full access was granted to the folders.
>
>Change settings. If you “mess up” at any stage in the development of the DCC, don’t 
>worry. Users can easily change DCC settings. Begin by running DCC on the PC you 
want 
>to change and click Change in the Direct Cable Connection dialog box that appears. 
>Next, use one of the following procedures to make the appropriate changes:
>
>
>To change a host PC to a guest PC, click the Guest radio button, Next, Next again, 
>and Finish.
>
>
>To change a guest PC to a host PC, click the Host radio button, Next, Next again, 
>and Finish.
>
>
>To change the port, click Next. Select a different port (or click Install New Ports 
>if you have added a port), click Next, and Finish.
>
>
>To change sharing options on the host PC, right-click My Network Places and click 
>Properties. On the Configuration tab of the Network dialog box, click File And Print 
>Sharing. Change the settings, click OK, and then click OK to close the dialog box. 
>A prompt box appears asking you to restart the PC. Click Yes.
>
>
>Network at home. If you have a LAN (local-area network) in your home, you can use 
>DCC to connect an additional PC or notebook to the system. You can then access any 
>resources available on the LAN without having to shell out additional cash for a 
>hub for the network or a NIC card for the extra PC or notebook.
>
>
> 
>
>
>

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Why don't u use a tp-crossover cable instead. it's much easier. If your computer's both have a NIC installed. And the answer to the NetBEUI question is... right click on networkplaces on the desktop. >properties > Install > choose from a list. If windows doesn't have NetBEUI then check your ME-cd /alex


On Tuesday, March 19, 2002 at 7:10 pm, W. Halliday wrote:
>Everyone says that I need NetBEUI installed, like Santo I can't find NetBEUI in
>Windows ME anywhere. Also the ports are
>supposed to be the same port but the ME computer has ECS and the 95 has 8 bit. So
>I guess like everything Microsoft, THERE'S NO HOPE!
>

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First rigth click over my network places. Then click on properties, click on ADD button, click protocol then add, select netbeui then OK .that’s all.


On Thursday, January 10, 2002 at 9:32 pm, santo wrote:
>Hello. I am having problem, locating my NETBEUI protocol for my WIN ME. Is there
>any sites that I could visit to download the driver?
>THANKS.

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I installed the NetBEUI on 2 PIII computers running WinME. However, I still cant connect them through DCC using parallel data cable on my printer ports. Any suggestion?


On Sunday, October 28, 2001 at 8:53 am, John Stankiewicz wrote:
>Make sure you have the protocol NETBIOS/NetBEUI loaded on both machines. It won't
>work without it!
>
>Also make sure that both parallel ports (in the BIOS) are setup the same: ECP and
>ECP, EPP and EPP, etc. If they are mismatched the machines of course will not communicate.
> Also make sure your parallel cable is capable of bi-directional communication (some
>older cables are uni-directional).
>
>And yes, it's a pain in the ass to get direct cable to cable to work!
>

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