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  1. April 17th, 2003, 05:04 AM #1
    eSmart
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    Exclamation networking 2 laptops using ME and 2000

    hi there to all tech savvies!

    i am trying to network 2 laptops using windows me and windows 2000 operating systems. both has nic card installed already and i am trying to connect them using a crossover patch cable.

    my question is how do i make the two communicate with each other?

    more power to you all...
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  2. April 17th, 2003, 06:15 PM #2
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    By patch cable, do you mean crossover cable?
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  3. April 18th, 2003, 12:32 AM #3
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    [color=#0000ff]If i'm not mistaken I think they run compleatly diffrent file systems and they both have to be either FAT-32 or NTFS or they will not be compatible and if at all posible run 98 or XP instead of ME because of many security problems, crashes, and over all slowness.
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  4. April 18th, 2003, 03:33 AM #4
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    crossover cable and not cross patch cable

    you are right redthefed, what i meant was crossover cable instead of just cross patch cable.

    and regarding your suggestion zigzag, my problems is that my laptop which is a compaq presario 14xl345 was designed to run windows me. i know i can install a different os but i just can't yet. i first need to back up some of the files first(and that's the reason why i want to network it to another laptop) because the hard drive needs to be replaced soon.

    i know someone out there has the solution to my problem...and that's why i will wait some more.
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