Re: Linking laptop to home PC
"JD" <JD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Got a PC running XP and linked to the net via broadband. Want to link my
> dell
> latitude laptop to it to share files. Got a cross-over cable and plugged
> it
> in. Ran network set-up wizard on the PC. Went to run it on the laptop and
> it
> said it belongs to a domain and can't do it. I use it for freelance
> writing
> and it's been added to a domain that I work at regularly in house.
>
> All I want to do is link the two computers. Anyone any ideas. BTW try not
> toget too heavy on the IT. It took me ten minutes to work out how to type
> in
> a question on this site. TAPS.
>
> Cheers
>
> JD
Your laptop has XP Home. Home cannot join a domain, only a workgroup. You
can either create a workgroup for the two computers, or upgrade the Latitude
to XP Pro.
Bobby
.
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