chrisfitton
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Registered: 6th Jul 01
Location: Kelsall between Northwich and Chester
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Ill soon have a laptop and was wondering if i get a USB cable A-A so it connects laptop to desktop pc, can i send stuff from desktop to laptop via USB?
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drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
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yeah you can, windows has the software built in to do it.
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chrisfitton
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Registered: 6th Jul 01
Location: Kelsall between Northwich and Chester
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cheers mate. I was just wondering before i bought a usb cable
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John_C
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Registered: 5th Mar 03
Location: South east, Bromley
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prob won't work
network cable much better 
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Recaro1
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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I would use a network cable aswell.
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l33t corsa
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Registered: 14th Aug 01
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Yeah you can do it.
If both computers have a network connection just use a crossover cable.
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CRB 553
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Registered: 5th Apr 02
Location: NE Drives: Punto GT
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it will need to be a crossover cable to work between the two, standard network cable wont work...
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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you can't directly connect 2 computers with a USB cable, you need a special cable which has an adaptor unit built in to do it. Can't remember how much they cost, but like the others say your best using a proper network card & a crossover cable
[Edited on 19-10-2003 by PaulW]
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Proper network with crossover cable also requires a network card in each machine.
Some USB wires offer the capability of moving files but thats about all you've got - no proper sharing, you would find it very difficult if not impossible to share an internet connection etc.
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