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| grooviebeats |
Ok here is my story see if you can help.
I have a sony viao laptop that is 4 years old. The burner dont work. It reads cds, plays cds but you cant burn anything to the cd. Ive tried to uninistall the nero software and reinstall it did not work. I deleted the cd driver and reinstalled it, that didnt help. I bought a cd cleaner and that didnt work.
so my gf's mom and dad moved out of the country and gave us their old hp desk top. It has a working cd burner. I want to network my laptop with the desk top. I tried to do it thru the my network icon on my laptop but it messed up my wireless connection and all kinds of crap it took me 2 days to get it working right again and i still dont have a network.
The desk top has no t1 line only phone and usb connections and it has windows 200o i think. My laptop has usb,t1, and phone connections. Is there a way for me to link them to one another so i can move files from the laptop to the desk top so i can burn some cds? Or am i screwed? |
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| jdat |
First of all it's not T1 line it's an ethernet port.
I suggest you go out and buy a network card for the desktop you can get them for like 20 bucks or so. |
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| grooviebeats |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
First of all it's not T1 line it's an ethernet port.
I suggest you go out and buy a network card for the desktop you can get them for like 20 bucks or so. |
t1 ethernert whatever shows you how pc smart i am.
The network card is that wireless? and would that require me to take the desktop apart to install pr just plug in to a usb slot? |
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| jdat |
| quote: | Originally posted by grooviebeats
t1 ethernert whatever shows you how pc smart i am.
The network card is that wireless? and would that require me to take the desktop apart to install pr just plug in to a usb slot? |
You can get a regular network card ( with the ethernert port ) which would require you to open the computer case, but I do think there might be some usb cards like that.
Or you could get a wireless usb adapter.
I'll post product links later to give you a better idea. |
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| grooviebeats |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
You can get a regular network card ( with the ethernert port ) which would require you to open the computer case, but I do think there might be some usb cards like that.
Or you could get a wireless usb adapter.
I'll post product links later to give you a better idea. |
sweet thanks
its not to hard to do is it. I a non-pc savvy person should be able to make it work?
also since you seem to know what you are talking about how impt is it to beef up my wireless security? Im having a tuff time installing the wap or wep stuff for my wireless router. I was thiniking if someone wants your stuff they will find a way to get it right. |
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| washout |
| your network must be gay bro. |
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| grooviebeats |
| quote: | Originally posted by washout
your network must be gay bro. |
wise guy eh? |
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| washout |
| quote: | Originally posted by grooviebeats
wise guy eh? |
eh long weekend. |
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| grooviebeats |
| quote: | Originally posted by washout
eh long weekend. |
yeah |
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| Dervish |
What operating system are you using (on both bcomputers)? It is easyer to do some than others.
Also it is possible that both the laptop and desktop have lan ports buit in check that before buying new stuff. |
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| grooviebeats |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dervish
What operating system are you using (on both bcomputers)? It is easyer to do some than others.
Also it is possible that both the laptop and desktop have lan ports buit in check that before buying new stuff. |
i have windows xp on the laptop and windows 2000 on the desktop my laptop has all kinda of ports but the desktop only has usb ports and phone line. It also and a serial port in the front but i dont know what the hell that is. |
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| JoeHell |
The easiest way to transfer files between your 2 PCs is to do it with an USB key.
Even with a small sized key, you can split big files with Winrar multi-part archives option.
If you had better notions in computer, we could help you more, but here it's all I can suggest you. |
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