Connecting Win 2000 laptop to Win 2000 PC

  • Thread starter Thread starter John Orrett
  • Start date Start date
J

John Orrett

Hi there; a friend of mine has both a PC and a work laptop, and wanted to
connect them together to share files etc. He has bought a NIC card for the
PC and the laptop already has a PCMCIA card in it. When he connects the two
together with a crossover cable, he cannot log on to either machine, as his
password is not recognised. (I am not sure if he has the same password for
both, or even any passwords at all).
Does both the PC and laptop have to be configured to accept the networking
beforehand. I am not sure whether TCP/Ip is installed on both machines.
Also, does he need to set up both machines for full administrator access?
Any clues, help etc gratefully received.
Thanks
John
 
John Orrett said:
Hi there; a friend of mine has both a PC and a work laptop, and wanted to
connect them together to share files etc. He has bought a NIC card for the
PC and the laptop already has a PCMCIA card in it. When he connects the two
together with a crossover cable, he cannot log on to either machine, as his
password is not recognised. (I am not sure if he has the same password for
both, or even any passwords at all).
Does both the PC and laptop have to be configured to accept the networking
beforehand. I am not sure whether TCP/Ip is installed on both machines.
Also, does he need to set up both machines for full administrator access?
Any clues, help etc gratefully received.
Thanks
John
Click to expand...

Create an identical user account with an identical password on the second
PC.

As an FYI, TCP/IP is the default protocol in Windows 2000.
 
Rob Elder said:
Create an identical user account with an identical password on the second
PC.

As an FYI, TCP/IP is the default protocol in Windows 2000.
Click to expand...

Many thanks Rob, I'll pass on the info to my friend tomorrow. As a matter of
interest, one of the Microsoft support sites stated that TCP/IP is not
installed as default on Win 2000. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=230082
Best wishes
John
 
That KB article is talking about TCP/IP *forwarding* - a different animal,
and not relevant to your purposes. TCP/IP is indeed installed by default.
 
Back
Top