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

[Guest]

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

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[Guest]

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CD-R drive...how outdated!)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

 

[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.