Connecting 2 pc's

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Larry Mauriello

I am thinking of connecting my old pc to my current 1. Not for much more
than archiving pics. & music and the like.
Also the old one has MS Office while I have Corel WP Suite on this one. My
pref. is WP.
Anyway I changed from an old Westel 2200 dsl modem to a 327w modem/router.
Both pc's have XP Pro. sp2 on them. The old one has a sm. HD and ltd. memory
(12Gig & 384mb)

W/tis new router came a wireless usb adapter. My ISP is Verizon (3MB DSL).
Based on what I read from Vz online help, I can follow directions to a
point.
My prob. is I have only 1 monitor (I have a 2nd keybd if needed). Basically
just looking to
make some use of the old PC (P4-450). Main pc is AMD64 2.2GB sys. w/2MB ram

I am new to setting up a network, if in fact this would be considered a full
network.
Any assistance is appreciated. TIA
 
There is a cable that will allow you to run two PC's, using one monitor, one
mouse, one keyboard, I have one and I think I got it online from
Tigerdirect.Com, it's actually a switch, you push the switch when you want to
change from one computer to another, this is the url:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/

Hope this helps,

Cheers mate
 
Cheers mate<g>.
I thought about tiger direct. Looking at it again made me realize I'd prob.
have to hook the mouse up as well.
Forgot about the rodent<g>. Anyway cable I saw that looked pssible was about
10". PC's are prob. 3' apart.

I wouldn't mind even if I didn't need to use the usb wireless adapter as the
modem/router can hold 4Enet cables.
Thanks again for the input.
 
G'day mate,

I think you may have looked at the wrong one, I found mine, and the switch
sits in the middle, and the cables are way longer than 3' mate, it's called:
KVM 2-Port Switch, Model Number: KVM-102, Try CNET.COM as well, and Google,
this is what you need, and yes you only use one mose, keyboard. monitor.
On a problem I have, perhaps you may know the answer, how do I get a
Replacement WIN XP Home Edition Disk, I have the Product Key, and where can I
download the WIN XP 6 or 7 recovery/startup disks, not sure of the correct
terminoligy.
 
Not sure I know what you mean re; XP 6 or 7. Do you mean Internet Explorer?
If you have a vlaid code, what happned to discs, broke? Maybe you'd have to
go to MS. Sorry

I will look into the cable switch. I work in a Network dept. so maybe I can
get somethig there. Would you know do I need to use the wirelss adapter or
can I use enet cable directly to modem?

G'day
 
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