Chris
December 9th 03, 10:09 AM
Depends on the OS's. I did the same with my two
computers, but it was XP with 98se. If you have 95/98/ME
on the old system, they require netBEUI. That has to be
manually installed on the XP machine. There is a
knowledge base article on how to do it.
Good luck!
>-----Original Message-----
>I am trying to connect my new computer to my original
via
>a home network. The Network cards are OK and my cross
>over cable is connected yet when I run the wizard it
says
>that no connection is there i.e the wire is not
>connected. I have two cables both of which do not work.
I
>am a definite novice at this, can anyone help??
>.
>
computers, but it was XP with 98se. If you have 95/98/ME
on the old system, they require netBEUI. That has to be
manually installed on the XP machine. There is a
knowledge base article on how to do it.
Good luck!
>-----Original Message-----
>I am trying to connect my new computer to my original
via
>a home network. The Network cards are OK and my cross
>over cable is connected yet when I run the wizard it
says
>that no connection is there i.e the wire is not
>connected. I have two cables both of which do not work.
I
>am a definite novice at this, can anyone help??
>.
>