How do i connect my desktop XP to laptop vista?

Question

I want to put my files from my computer onto my laptop, I have no other way of doing so except using the internet on my laptop I set up a ah hoc thing but i dont know how to access it on my computer im so confused please help

Answer 1

Hi,

I have never worked with an ad-hoc network but i guess its the same as a normal network, so first we need to setup a network and then setup file sharing.

To setup a network then on the xp machine click on;

start

my computer

in the left hand navigation click my network places

again in the left hand navigation click on setup a home or small office network, follow the wizard and leave everything as default.

Then you need to setup the network on the vista machine, now i will warn you that i'm not sure how to do this on vista but i think that you have to click;

start

network

then properties or something like this, then it should give you a network name, change the name to the same as the xp machine so it should be MSHOME if you kept the default.

Once you have setup the network on both pc's then restart them.

Now to setup file sharing.

Go on to the xp machine and go to my documents, create a new folder and call it what you like, then right click it and click on sharing, give it a name and click ok. The folder is then shared on the network.

Any files which you place in it will be shared between the two pc's.

Now what you need to do is go onto the vista machine and click;

start

network

view full map

this will show all the other pc's on the network, double click the icon for the xp machine, then in the folder which opens you will see the folder which you shared, right click it and click map network drive, this will place a shortcut in my computer so that its easy for you to access.

Hope this helps, if you have any problems then e-mail me and i will try to help.