PC to PC Serial Ports in XP

[Kotuku84]

I am running Windows XP Pro on this PC and XP Home on other PC.

XP seems to say I can link these 2 for file swapping ( if nothing else )
using Serial Ports,
So,
I tried to follow the steps
.... ... [ and "yes" it does mention "using Serial Port" ]
and get "nearly to end" but was hoping for some support
info before I continue ... ...
=and=
what cable-pin-to-pin do I use please ?

Start
Control Panel
Network Connections
Create a New Connection
Set up and Adv Connection ( using serial Port )
Connect driectly to another Computer
Appreciate guidance and/or direction to any docs that discuss this please ?

Thank you, Frank

 

[nass]

I am running Windows XP Pro on this PC and XP Home on other PC.

XP seems to say I can link these 2 for file swapping ( if nothing else )
using Serial Ports,
So,
I tried to follow the steps
... ... [ and "yes" it does mention "using Serial Port" ]
and get "nearly to end" but was hoping for some support
info before I continue ... ...
=and=
what cable-pin-to-pin do I use please ?

Start
Control Panel
Network Connections
Create a New Connection
Set up and Adv Connection ( using serial Port )
Connect driectly to another Computer
Appreciate guidance and/or direction to any docs that discuss this please ?

Thank you, Frank

What do you want to achieve connect both of them and share files and folder
or just trnasfer files/folders?

Using the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard in Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_november12.mspx
Moving Files and Settings to a New PC
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/getstarted/bott_fstw.mspx

How to use the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard" in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/293118
How to use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard with a wizard disk in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306187/

HTH,
nass