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re: Question about 'Why can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?'
Wednesday, October 30, 2002 at 9:19 pm
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Posted by Luke Douglas (1 messages posted)

Direct cable networking can be tricky. I suspect that you do not have the host setup properly. You have to add the user name and password that you will allow access via the incoming connections. This must match the login user name and password that either is logged into the guest computer or at the very least, you manually type in when you connect. In addition, you must ensure that there are shared resources on the host, such as a folder. If not, then there will be nothing to share and it won't show up on your guest computer. There are differences between Win98, WinNT and WinXP. I found that XP was fairly simple, once you did all of the configuration changes. I used the network mapping to map directly to the host folder I wanted to share and it connected with no problem.

On Thursday, November 15, 2001 at 10:04 pm, Dina wrote:
>I have a question about Why
>can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?:

>
>
>I cannot seem to get my laptop with ME and my PC with XP to share folders. I get
>the connection going (direct cable) with my laptop as the host. I need to retrieve
>schoolwork from it, and burn it onto CD's.
>
>I have My Docs and C drive set up to share with full access to no avail. The folders
>do not show up on my PC.
>
>Has anyone out there encountered this problem? Does anyone have any idea on how to
>rectify it?
>
>Sincerely,
>Dina

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Question about 'Why can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?' (Dina: Thursday, November 15, 2001 at 10:04 pm)

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Question about 'Why can't I get the Direct-Cable Connection to work?' (Dina: Thu, Nov 15, 2001, 10:04 pm)

Windows xp fails with Direct cable connection (Tim Carpenter: Thu, Nov 22, 2001, 6:54 am)

re: Windows xp fails with Direct cable connection (Chuck: Fri, Feb 1, 2002, 11:15 pm)

Me too can't get XP & 98 to talk even when connected (Kathleen: Thu, Feb 7, 2002, 9:01 pm)

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You dont have to map the drive (Shawn: Sat, Aug 16, 2003, 8:00 pm)

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