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can I hook my laptop to my desktop, and be able to get online with both?
exactly how do I go about doing so if possible? Ithe laptop has win98 SE and the desktop has winXP home...thanks |
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It depends on the hardware capabilities of your laptop.
I'd go with a wireless router and a wireless laptop adaptor card (if the laptop has a card port) so you could retain the mobility of the laptop; however, if your PC has a NIC port, you could use a cable which would also save you a few bucks. Go to buy.com (for example) and search on: "wireless router" and "wireless card laptop." -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "breezyyb" wrote in message ... can I hook my laptop to my desktop, and be able to get online with both? exactly how do I go about doing so if possible? Ithe laptop has win98 SE and the desktop has winXP home...thanks |
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I dont want the computers to be hooked up together all the time, just to
get a few games on the laptop, as it has no CD rom drive....could I do it that way? "Ron Badour" wrote: It depends on the hardware capabilities of your laptop. I'd go with a wireless router and a wireless laptop adaptor card (if the laptop has a card port) so you could retain the mobility of the laptop; however, if your PC has a NIC port, you could use a cable which would also save you a few bucks. Go to buy.com (for example) and search on: "wireless router" and "wireless card laptop." -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "breezyyb" wrote in message ... can I hook my laptop to my desktop, and be able to get online with both? exactly how do I go about doing so if possible? Ithe laptop has win98 SE and the desktop has winXP home...thanks |
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What hardware does the laptop have (modem, NIC, card port, USB port)?
Do you want to get on the internet with the laptop and if so, does it have a modem? If so, why does it have to be connected to the desktop? Or, are you just interested in getting some games and transferring them to the laptop? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "breezyyb" wrote in message ... I dont want the computers to be hooked up together all the time, just to get a few games on the laptop, as it has no CD rom drive....could I do it that way? "Ron Badour" wrote: It depends on the hardware capabilities of your laptop. I'd go with a wireless router and a wireless laptop adaptor card (if the laptop has a card port) so you could retain the mobility of the laptop; however, if your PC has a NIC port, you could use a cable which would also save you a few bucks. Go to buy.com (for example) and search on: "wireless router" and "wireless card laptop." -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "breezyyb" wrote in message ... can I hook my laptop to my desktop, and be able to get online with both? exactly how do I go about doing so if possible? Ithe laptop has win98 SE and the desktop has winXP home...thanks |
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My impression is that he wants to run CD-based games on the laptop, using
the CD drive on the desktop. The kind of games where you have to have the CD inserted and accessible. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP -- Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... What hardware does the laptop have (modem, NIC, card port, USB port)? Do you want to get on the internet with the laptop and if so, does it have a modem? If so, why does it have to be connected to the desktop? Or, are you just interested in getting some games and transferring them to the laptop? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "breezyyb" wrote in message ... I dont want the computers to be hooked up together all the time, just to get a few games on the laptop, as it has no CD rom drive....could I do it that way? "Ron Badour" wrote: It depends on the hardware capabilities of your laptop. I'd go with a wireless router and a wireless laptop adaptor card (if the laptop has a card port) so you could retain the mobility of the laptop; however, if your PC has a NIC port, you could use a cable which would also save you a few bucks. Go to buy.com (for example) and search on: "wireless router" and "wireless card laptop." -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "breezyyb" wrote in message ... can I hook my laptop to my desktop, and be able to get online with both? exactly how do I go about doing so if possible? Ithe laptop has win98 SE and the desktop has winXP home...thanks |
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I would have never come to that conclusion, Gary :-)
Oh breezyyb, how about telling us exactly what you want to do? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... My impression is that he wants to run CD-based games on the laptop, using the CD drive on the desktop. The kind of games where you have to have the CD inserted and accessible. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP -- Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... What hardware does the laptop have (modem, NIC, card port, USB port)? Do you want to get on the internet with the laptop and if so, does it have a modem? If so, why does it have to be connected to the desktop? Or, are you just interested in getting some games and transferring them to the laptop? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "breezyyb" wrote in message ... I dont want the computers to be hooked up together all the time, just to get a few games on the laptop, as it has no CD rom drive....could I do it that way? "Ron Badour" wrote: It depends on the hardware capabilities of your laptop. I'd go with a wireless router and a wireless laptop adaptor card (if the laptop has a card port) so you could retain the mobility of the laptop; however, if your PC has a NIC port, you could use a cable which would also save you a few bucks. Go to buy.com (for example) and search on: "wireless router" and "wireless card laptop." -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "breezyyb" wrote in message ... can I hook my laptop to my desktop, and be able to get online with both? exactly how do I go about doing so if possible? Ithe laptop has win98 SE and the desktop has winXP home...thanks |
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very sorry it has taken so long to reply...what I would like to do is hook
the 2 computers together and try and get the laptop online. what does it have?? its got a PMCIA card and thats it, its set up for dialup and I have cable. it doesnt have a cd rom. I would like to get a few games on it that are already on my desktop, like gamehouse,solitaire,etc....I guess transferr them would be a better term. and about getting it online, I guess I just wanted to know if you can do that sort of thing...so thats not at the top of the list for me...I dont know if I know what to do or what to hook together with what cords..serial port,com port...I am just a bit befuddled. so I hope this answered all the things you asked, (and I had left out in the begining!! sorry) I hope to hear from someone soon, but its not an emergency...whenever you guys have the time!! thanks again!! breezyyb~~pennie "Ron Badour" wrote: I would have never come to that conclusion, Gary :-) Oh breezyyb, how about telling us exactly what you want to do? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... My impression is that he wants to run CD-based games on the laptop, using the CD drive on the desktop. The kind of games where you have to have the CD inserted and accessible. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP -- Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... What hardware does the laptop have (modem, NIC, card port, USB port)? Do you want to get on the internet with the laptop and if so, does it have a modem? If so, why does it have to be connected to the desktop? Or, are you just interested in getting some games and transferring them to the laptop? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "breezyyb" wrote in message ... I dont want the computers to be hooked up together all the time, just to get a few games on the laptop, as it has no CD rom drive....could I do it that way? "Ron Badour" wrote: It depends on the hardware capabilities of your laptop. I'd go with a wireless router and a wireless laptop adaptor card (if the laptop has a card port) so you could retain the mobility of the laptop; however, if your PC has a NIC port, you could use a cable which would also save you a few bucks. Go to buy.com (for example) and search on: "wireless router" and "wireless card laptop." -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "breezyyb" wrote in message ... can I hook my laptop to my desktop, and be able to get online with both? exactly how do I go about doing so if possible? Ithe laptop has win98 SE and the desktop has winXP home...thanks |
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Do you have a broadband connection for the Desktop? DSL or Cable? If so, do
you only have a simple modem with one single LAN outlet that connects to your desktop machine, or are there more than one outlet. DSL/Cable modems come in three basic flavors: Modem-only: One single LAN (ethernet) outlet that you connect directly to the computer, to a network switch or to a network router. Modem + Router: As the name implies, it includes the modem and more than one LAN (ethernet) outlet that you can use to connect to more than one machine, switch(es) or more router(s). Modem + Router + Wireless: All of the above plus additional wireless capability for the router. Which do you have? Or does your XP desktop only have a dial-up connection? It would be easier to start from where you are than to enumerate all of the possibilities that are out there. Also, does your laptop have a LAN port (looks like telephone port only wider)? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP -- Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "breezyyb" wrote in message ... very sorry it has taken so long to reply...what I would like to do is hook the 2 computers together and try and get the laptop online. what does it have?? its got a PMCIA card and thats it, its set up for dialup and I have cable. it doesnt have a cd rom. I would like to get a few games on it that are already on my desktop, like gamehouse,solitaire,etc....I guess transferr them would be a better term. and about getting it online, I guess I just wanted to know if you can do that sort of thing...so thats not at the top of the list for me...I dont know if I know what to do or what to hook together with what cords..serial port,com port...I am just a bit befuddled. so I hope this answered all the things you asked, (and I had left out in the begining!! sorry) I hope to hear from someone soon, but its not an emergency...whenever you guys have the time!! thanks again!! breezyyb~~pennie "Ron Badour" wrote: I would have never come to that conclusion, Gary :-) Oh breezyyb, how about telling us exactly what you want to do? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... My impression is that he wants to run CD-based games on the laptop, using the CD drive on the desktop. The kind of games where you have to have the CD inserted and accessible. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP -- Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... What hardware does the laptop have (modem, NIC, card port, USB port)? Do you want to get on the internet with the laptop and if so, does it have a modem? If so, why does it have to be connected to the desktop? Or, are you just interested in getting some games and transferring them to the laptop? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "breezyyb" wrote in message ... I dont want the computers to be hooked up together all the time, just to get a few games on the laptop, as it has no CD rom drive....could I do it that way? "Ron Badour" wrote: It depends on the hardware capabilities of your laptop. I'd go with a wireless router and a wireless laptop adaptor card (if the laptop has a card port) so you could retain the mobility of the laptop; however, if your PC has a NIC port, you could use a cable which would also save you a few bucks. Go to buy.com (for example) and search on: "wireless router" and "wireless card laptop." -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "breezyyb" wrote in message ... can I hook my laptop to my desktop, and be able to get online with both? exactly how do I go about doing so if possible? Ithe laptop has win98 SE and the desktop has winXP home...thanks |
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The easy way to transfer games is to use a memory stick providing your
laptop has a USB port. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "breezyyb" wrote in message ... very sorry it has taken so long to reply...what I would like to do is hook the 2 computers together and try and get the laptop online. what does it have?? its got a PMCIA card and thats it, its set up for dialup and I have cable. it doesnt have a cd rom. I would like to get a few games on it that are already on my desktop, like gamehouse,solitaire,etc....I guess transferr them would be a better term. and about getting it online, I guess I just wanted to know if you can do that sort of thing...so thats not at the top of the list for me...I dont know if I know what to do or what to hook together with what cords..serial port,com port...I am just a bit befuddled. so I hope this answered all the things you asked, (and I had left out in the begining!! sorry) I hope to hear from someone soon, but its not an emergency...whenever you guys have the time!! thanks again!! breezyyb~~pennie "Ron Badour" wrote: I would have never come to that conclusion, Gary :-) Oh breezyyb, how about telling us exactly what you want to do? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... My impression is that he wants to run CD-based games on the laptop, using the CD drive on the desktop. The kind of games where you have to have the CD inserted and accessible. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP -- Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... What hardware does the laptop have (modem, NIC, card port, USB port)? Do you want to get on the internet with the laptop and if so, does it have a modem? If so, why does it have to be connected to the desktop? Or, are you just interested in getting some games and transferring them to the laptop? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "breezyyb" wrote in message ... I dont want the computers to be hooked up together all the time, just to get a few games on the laptop, as it has no CD rom drive....could I do it that way? "Ron Badour" wrote: It depends on the hardware capabilities of your laptop. I'd go with a wireless router and a wireless laptop adaptor card (if the laptop has a card port) so you could retain the mobility of the laptop; however, if your PC has a NIC port, you could use a cable which would also save you a few bucks. Go to buy.com (for example) and search on: "wireless router" and "wireless card laptop." -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "breezyyb" wrote in message ... can I hook my laptop to my desktop, and be able to get online with both? exactly how do I go about doing so if possible? Ithe laptop has win98 SE and the desktop has winXP home...thanks |
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hi again..ok, upon looking at the laptop, it has no USB port...(GASP!)...all
it has is the PMCIA card which I assume should have some sort of wire/cord attached. my desktop has the modem and router that Mr. Terhune described. we are hooked up to with our cable company... I do really apologize for not giving all this info to start with...I thought it would just be a matter of hooking up a serial port cable and off I would go!! wow! but thanks again for taking the time...breezyyb "Ron Badour" wrote: The easy way to transfer games is to use a memory stick providing your laptop has a USB port. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "breezyyb" wrote in message ... very sorry it has taken so long to reply...what I would like to do is hook the 2 computers together and try and get the laptop online. what does it have?? its got a PMCIA card and thats it, its set up for dialup and I have cable. it doesnt have a cd rom. I would like to get a few games on it that are already on my desktop, like gamehouse,solitaire,etc....I guess transferr them would be a better term. and about getting it online, I guess I just wanted to know if you can do that sort of thing...so thats not at the top of the list for me...I dont know if I know what to do or what to hook together with what cords..serial port,com port...I am just a bit befuddled. so I hope this answered all the things you asked, (and I had left out in the begining!! sorry) I hope to hear from someone soon, but its not an emergency...whenever you guys have the time!! thanks again!! breezyyb~~pennie |
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