Re: how to connect puters via crossover cable!?

can't thank you enough. I took the puter to my tech lab at university and
they fixed it right up! Your suggestions helped me tremendously! thank you so
much! Wish the info you relayed to me in this message had been apart of Win
XP help, contents, or on the online support. I looked every where for answers
and was unable to locate them. Feel fortunate to have you enlighten me.
Thanks again!

Later Days,
Brian

"NobodyMan" wrote:

> Hold the presses. Are you saying that at least one of these computers
> used to be part of a Domain? If so, you have a whole new set of
> problems.
>
> 1. You said you took your computer off the domain and made it part of
> a workgroup. This is why you can't access your old user profile, as
> it is a domain profile and when you moved it to a workgroup you
> created a workgroup user profile. Even if they have the same logon
> name, they don't share the same folder structure in Documents and
> Settings. Further, your local account doesn't have the SID necessary
> to access the domain account; an administrator will have to take
> ownership of that folder tree and give you permissions to access it.
>
> 2. If you are getting domain errors when attempting to rename your
> computer, you are trying to add it to the domain you are no longer
> cabled into. When you go into the Change Computer Name box under
> System properties, make sure the Workgroup radio button is selected
> and NOT the Domain radio button.
>
> 3. This is also why you are getting the trust relationship errors.
> It has to do with you still trying to contact the Domain controller.
> I seriously doubt you have attempted to move your computer to a
> workgroup correctly.
>
> 4. Once you move your computer to a workgroup, you won't have the
> option to logon to a domain. That box will be gone from the logon
> window. The only way to get it back is to rejoin the computer to the
> domain.
>
> 5. Given the multitude of problems you are having, I would stop
> trying to do this on your own. Seek out help of somebody you know who
> knows lots about networking and ask them for help. Ask them to work
> directly on your computer, so they can SEE what is wrong and not rely
> on words.
>
> On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:21:02 -0700, Wheels
> <Wheels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Thanks for the insight. I have different computer names for each computer. So
> >I tried to rename my computer (XP pro) and got an error ("Computer Name
> >Changes") that said,
> >
> >"The following error occurred attempting to rename the computer to "Wheels":
> >The Specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted."
> >
> >I don't know what this means.
> >
> >On another note (related possibly?) I'm logged in to my computer as an
> >administrator and have tried to create a power user account. I get an error
> > message (User Accounts pop up) though which says,
> >
> >"The user could not be added because the following error has occurred:
> >The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain
> >failed."
> >
> >
> >Again, I don't know what this means, but it might explain some other
> >difficulties I ran into yesterday when I went to System Properties--Computer
> >Name--Change-- and changed the setttings from the given domain to a
> >workstation (to match that of my older laptop). What resulted was upon
> >booting the computer up I was unable to select the option to log into a
> >domain, therefore I couldn't access any of my files in my account and
> >whatnot. It was very frusterating and I ended up doing a system restore.
> >
> >It seems like I my computer should be configured differently.
> >
> >Any help is greatly welcomed and would be appreciated. I don't know what the
> >hell I'm doing when it comes to networking, domains and all this stuff. It's
> >a language I do not understand.
> >
> >thanks in advance,
> >Brian
> >
> >PS thanks to everyone who posted replies to this thread. It's nice to get
> >such detailed feedback.
> >
> >"Ron Martell" wrote:
> >
> >> Wheels <Wheels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hi I'm having difficulties connecting my new laptop to my old. I have win xp
> >> >pro on the new one and win 2000 pro on the older. I bought a serial cable and
> >> >tried going this route, but it turned into a big headache. So I called a shop
> >> >and they told me to buy a crossover cable. I did so and now I don't know how
> >> >to use it. Any insight woould be appreciated.
> >> >
> >> >By the way, I tried using the File and Setting Transfer wizard to do this,
> >> >but using a cross over cable is not an option, and it seems impossible to use
> >> >this software going this route. How do I get this to work properly so that I
> >> >can use my cross over cable?
> >> >
> >> >Or should I go back to using the serial cable?
> >>
> >> You need to configure a two computer peer-to-peer network.
> >>
> >> Configure the TCP/IP Protocol to use fixed i.p. addresses in the same
> >> subnet. Use 192.168.000.010 and 192.168.000.020 for example.
> >>
> >> Make sure the Workgroup name (Control Panel - System - Computer Name)
> >> is the same on both computer but that the Computer name is different.
> >>
> >> If you do not use the same user name on both computers then you need
> >> to set up your user name for the Windows 2000 computer on the XP
> >> Machine and vice-versa.
> >>
> >> Connect the network cable and reboot both machines. You should now be
> >> able to see the "Shared" folder on the XP machine from the Windows
> >> 2000 machine using Windows Explorer. You can then use the FASTW to
> >> save the data to that shared folder.
> >>
> >> Good luck
> >>
> >>
> >> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> >> --
> >> Microsoft MVP
> >> On-Line Help Computer Service
> >> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
> >>
> >> In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
> >> http://aumha.org/alex.htm
> >>
>
>
>
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