Okay, I've been trying this for about 3 hours now...I can get the two WinXP Computers 
to make the connection and connect at 115.2 KB/sec over a serial port on COM 1...the 
computer I'm writing on right now is the host and the other is just an older WinXP 
box I want to take files from...they're connected but I can't map network drives 
or get anything to show up in Network neihborhood....additionally...I have the user 
account on that computer setup on this one so I'm not just some guest with no rights...I'm 
an admin connected and still on either computer I see nothing...hear nothing...I 
can ping either computer...I've tried switching them up as host and client...I've 
tried booting this multi-boot system down into win98 to get it to work...because 
I used to use this cable between two Win98 Machines...why is WinXP Being such a retard?







On Friday, September 10, 2004 at 1:06 pm, George Hooper wrote:

>There are many configurations of parallel cables; they can be wired differently 
and 

>look identical.  You need an INTERLINK cable as described here:

>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;142324

>If you're not sure what you have, test it with an ohm meter.

>If you're using a serial cable, it must be the null-modem variety.  (some of the 

>connections are switched)  You can supposedly use a USB cable too.

>

>

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