Using F.A.S.T to Xfer files from winME to WinXP home SP2 via cross

[arachniac]

Been beating myself over the head all afternoon ... can't get my old Win ME
laptop and Win XP desktop to connect via crossover cable. Am I missing
something? Also, have no floppy drive on XP machine ..so how do I create a
F.A.S.T wizard disc to put on my old PC??? When tried to connect, XP machine
was trying to dial out...

Easiest, and fastest methods preffered, need to re-do and print out business
cards, which are on old computer!!

Thanks!!
JP

[Wesley Vogel]

File & Settings Transfer Wizard
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
arachniac > hunted and pecked:
> Been beating myself over the head all afternoon ... can't get my old
> Win ME laptop and Win XP desktop to connect via crossover cable. Am
> I missing something? Also, have no floppy drive on XP machine ..so
> how do I create a F.A.S.T wizard disc to put on my old PC??? When
> tried to connect, XP machine was trying to dial out...
>
> Easiest, and fastest methods preffered, need to re-do and print out
> business cards, which are on old computer!!
>
> Thanks!!
> JP

[arachniac]

Wesley,
In re-reading that link ( read it many times today ....) it lacks hints on
lots of issues, like ... you can't select a "crossover cable" as a direct
connect cable, only serial or Parallel. I have no floppy drive ...so how can
I create a wizard disc? (only drive choices it gives me are media reader
drives - I do have a 128 mb Sony Memory Stick if that'll work - not even a
CD-R drive...how outdated!)

Also, while on the subject .... I gave up on this beast for a while and
tried to get my Win XP machine to use printer attached to other networked
computer, recognizes printer, driver is updated for win XP mach, but I always
get the "StartDocPrinter call was not issued" ... no matter what I try to
print (including a notepad file) I'm trying to print to a Lexmark X6150 ....
in case you have any thoughts on that, as well!

Thanks,
Jp

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> File & Settings Transfer Wizard
> http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In ,
> arachniac > hunted and pecked:
> > Been beating myself over the head all afternoon ... can't get my old
> > Win ME laptop and Win XP desktop to connect via crossover cable. Am
> > I missing something? Also, have no floppy drive on XP machine ..so
> > how do I create a F.A.S.T wizard disc to put on my old PC??? When
> > tried to connect, XP machine was trying to dial out...
> >
> > Easiest, and fastest methods preffered, need to re-do and print out
> > business cards, which are on old computer!!
> >
> > Thanks!!
> > JP
>

[David Candy]

Crossover cables are network. And XP does not care if it's a crossover =
or is through a hub - in fact it can't tell. You treat it like any oher =
network connection. Direct cable is different.

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> print (including a notepad file) I'm trying to print to a Lexmark =
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> in case you have any thoughts on that, as well!
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> Thanks,
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> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
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>> File & Settings Transfer Wizard
>> http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm
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>> --=20
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
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>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>=20
>> In ,
>> arachniac > hunted and pecked:
>> > Been beating myself over the head all afternoon ... can't get my =
old
>> > Win ME laptop and Win XP desktop to connect via crossover cable. =
Am
>> > I missing something? Also, have no floppy drive on XP machine ..so
>> > how do I create a F.A.S.T wizard disc to put on my old PC??? When
>> > tried to connect, XP machine was trying to dial out...
>> >=20
>> > Easiest, and fastest methods preffered, need to re-do and print out
>> > business cards, which are on old computer!!
>> >=20
>> > Thanks!!
>> > JP
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