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cornedbeef007-groups
How do I see each PC from the other? Where do I look? I'm not too familiar
with the W'2000.
Don J
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Setup Home / Office network on each machine, and put them both in the
same Workgroup. Default MSHOME is OK.
Win XP Start | Network Connections and use "Make a new connection".
Win2K I'm not sure. See what WinXP does, and wing it.
You should then be able to view the "Shared" folder of each machine on
the other.
Good Luck.
BarryG
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TR Oltrogge
I recently purchased a new Windows XP laptop and wanted to move files fromDon J said:How do I transfer some files from a Windows XP system to a Windows 2000
system? The systems are connected to a Lynksys Router through a pair of
RJ45 (or is it RJ47?) cables.
Don J
an older Windows 98 laptop. Since both computers were using WiFi on a
network in my house I assumed they could talk to each other. In your
situation you have cables but the concept is the same. Each machine has a
unique internet (IP) address that you can figure out by starting a Command
Prompt and typing 'netstat -r' for the routing tables. The IP address of the
machine where you type the 'netstat -r' command will probably be something
like 192.168.1.xx. Do the same on the other machine and it will probably
show something like 192.168.1.yy. Now you want to use the FTP (File Transfer
Protocol) command on one of the machines to connect to an FTP server running
on the other machine. Using FTP 192.168.1.yy you can move *any* file from
one machine to the other. To get an FTP server running on the other machine
download WAR-FTPD after finding it thru Google. (I'll admit my mind is
really fuzzy about details at this point, but I had fun using this method to
move files.) It took me about an hour to configure WAR-FTPD. Also, files
moved this way get a new time-stamp so I used WinZip to pack many files into
one file, used FTP to transmit the one file, and used WinZip to unpack the
files on the other machine.
Most prople will probably say this is more trouble than it's worth and
simply recommend using a large USB flash drive to transfer your files. And
they're probably right! But, as I say, I had fun setting this up and proving
it works.
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cornedbeef007-groups
I recently purchased a new Windows XP laptop and wanted to move files from
an older Windows 98 laptop. Since both computers were using WiFi on a
network in my house I assumed they could talk to each other. In your
situation you have cables but the concept is the same. Each machine has a
unique internet (IP) address that you can figure out by starting a Command
Prompt and typing 'netstat -r' for the routing tables. The IP address of the
machine where you type the 'netstat -r' command will probably be something
like 192.168.1.xx. Do the same on the other machine and it will probably
show something like 192.168.1.yy. Now you want to use the FTP (File Transfer
Protocol) command on one of the machines to connect to an FTP server running
on the other machine. Using FTP 192.168.1.yy you can move *any* file from
one machine to the other. To get an FTP server running on the other machine
download WAR-FTPD after finding it thru Google. (I'll admit my mind is
really fuzzy about details at this point, but I had fun using this method to
move files.) It took me about an hour to configure WAR-FTPD. Also, files
moved this way get a new time-stamp so I used WinZip to pack many files into
one file, used FTP to transmit the one file, and used WinZip to unpack the
files on the other machine.
Most prople will probably say this is more trouble than it's worth and
simply recommend using a large USB flash drive to transfer your files. And
they're probably right! But, as I say, I had fun setting this up and proving
it works.
TOO HARD!!!
Just put the two machines in the same workgroup, and Share the whole
disk! You can then open the hard disk of machine 1 with explorer in
machine 2, and drag'n'drop files to your hearts content. No stuffing
around with ftp needed.
Good Luck.
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Nepatsfan
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The first thing you're going to have to do is create an account
on the W2K system that matches one on the XP machine. Same user
name, password and account status (e.g. both can be
administrators). To create a new account in W2K, right click My
Computer and select Manage from the menu. In the left hand pane
of Computer Management, double click on Local Users and Groups.
Right click on the Users folder and select New User from the
menu. In the New User dialog, enter a User name and password
that matches one on the XP machine. Uncheck "User must change
password at next logon". Check "Password never expires". Hit
the Create button. Log on at least once with this new user
account.
As has been pointed out, it helps if both computers are in the
same workgroup. On the W2K system, right click on My Computer
and select Properties from the menu. Click on the Network
Identification tab. Hit the Properties button. The default for
W2K is WORKGROUP. Change this to match your XP system which by
default is a member of the MSHOME workgroup. If you've changed
it on your XP machine, enter the correct workgroup name.
On the W2K system, create a folder to store the transferred
files. Right click on the folder and select Properties from the
menu. Click on the Sharing tab. Select "Share this folder". Hit
the permissions button. I believe the default is Everyone ->
Full Control. That should get the job done.
Reboot your XP computer. Go to My Network Places. Hopefully,
the folder you created on the W2K computer will appear in the
window. You can now open it and make the transfer.
If the folder doesn't show up in My Network Places on the XP
computer try this; Hit the Windows key and the R key at the
same time to bring up the Run box. Enter \\W2K\Folder in the
open box but substitute the name of your other computer and its
shared folder. Hit OK.
Finally, if you haven't done so already you might want to post
your question in the XP Networking newsgroup. It should be
available on your news server.
microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Good luck
Nepatsfan
Don J said:How do I transfer some files from a Windows XP system to a
Windows
2000 system? The systems are connected to a Lynksys Router
through a
pair of RJ45 (or is it RJ47?) cables.
Don J
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The first thing you're going to have to do is create an account
on the W2K system that matches one on the XP machine. Same user
name, password and account status (e.g. both can be
administrators). To create a new account in W2K, right click My
Computer and select Manage from the menu. In the left hand pane
of Computer Management, double click on Local Users and Groups.
Right click on the Users folder and select New User from the
menu. In the New User dialog, enter a User name and password
that matches one on the XP machine. Uncheck "User must change
password at next logon". Check "Password never expires". Hit
the Create button. Log on at least once with this new user
account.
As has been pointed out, it helps if both computers are in the
same workgroup. On the W2K system, right click on My Computer
and select Properties from the menu. Click on the Network
Identification tab. Hit the Properties button. The default for
W2K is WORKGROUP. Change this to match your XP system which by
default is a member of the MSHOME workgroup. If you've changed
it on your XP machine, enter the correct workgroup name.
On the W2K system, create a folder to store the transferred
files. Right click on the folder and select Properties from the
menu. Click on the Sharing tab. Select "Share this folder". Hit
the permissions button. I believe the default is Everyone ->
Full Control. That should get the job done.
Reboot your XP computer. Go to My Network Places. Hopefully,
the folder you created on the W2K computer will appear in the
window. You can now open it and make the transfer.
If the folder doesn't show up in My Network Places on the XP
computer try this; Hit the Windows key and the R key at the
same time to bring up the Run box. Enter \\W2K\Folder in the
open box but substitute the name of your other computer and its
shared folder. Hit OK.
Finally, if you haven't done so already you might want to post
your question in the XP Networking newsgroup. It should be
available on your news server.
microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Good luck
Nepatsfan
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Don J
How do I transfer some files from a Windows XP system to a Windows 2000
system? The systems are connected to a Lynksys Router through a pair of
RJ45 (or is it RJ47?) cables.
Don J
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system? The systems are connected to a Lynksys Router through a pair of
RJ45 (or is it RJ47?) cables.
Don J
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Don J
How do I see each PC from the other? Where do I look? I'm not too familiar
with the W'2000.
Don J
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with the W'2000.
Don J
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