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Message: [QUOTE="Hogwylde, post: 436577, member: 24357"] I'm trying to use the direct cable computer to computer connection that's available with Windows. I'm running Win98 at home and i brought my new laptop home from work to try to transfer some stuff to it (It's running WinXP). It looked like a simple operation. Set my computer up at host and try to log on with my laptop. But, I get no response out of my home puter when the laptop trys to log on. I've set up home puter at shared drive and file access. And, anything else I could find to allow direct connection. After a little reading on the subject, there is a link to a website that offers a simple parallel port cable to do the job. Can't you just use a standard 25 pin parallel cable?? How about a null modem converter for it?? I've tried both and neither works. Is the only way to buy this special cable??? [/QUOTE]