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From: "Charles W Vanasdalan" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Moving from Laptop to Desktop?
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 15:44:39 -0400
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Patricia,
You can so this through the serial ports, parallel ports or infrared ports. It must be the same port type on both computers. For serial and parallel connections Microsoft gives you a choice of four cables for setting up the connection.

1. Null-modem serial cable
2. Basic four-bit parrallel cables, including LapLink and Interlnk cables
3. DirectParallel cables for Extended Capabilities Port (ECP), and
4. Universal Fast parallel Cables

Microsoft further states the fastest performance will be achieved with the ECP cable, but that requires an ECP-enabled parallel port on both machines.

The actual connection is done through your Network and Dial-up connections folder on the host system (probably your desktop). You must have the Client for Microsoft Networks and the same protocol on both machines. You must also have File and Printer Sharing For Microsoft Networks service on the host system. Then open Make New Connection in the Dial-up Connections folder and follow the steps in the Network Connection Wizard.

I haven't tried this myself, but these are the basic steps from a Windows 2000 manual.

Chuck V.

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On 5/2/2001 at 9:18 AM maverik wrote:

>Is the lap link cable the same as a null modem cable? I missed seeing how
>this is done. I would be interested in how to set Windows up to do this.
>Which version of Windows?
>
>Patricia
>
>At 07:23 AM 5/2/01 +0100, you wrote:
>
>>As suggested by Lee , I use the Windows "Direct Cable Connection" to
>>transfer data from my desktop to laptop (and vice versa). You don't need to
>>purchase the Laplink program, the inbuilt windows DCC works fine, all you
>>need is the appropriate parallel cable (a "laplink cable" not a standard
>>parallel one). Another advantage is that the laptop will be a guest and the
>>desktop a server. This means you can access the resources of the desktop
>>from the laptop, so if you don't have a CD drive on the laptop you could
>>install from the TMG CD directly onto the laptop.
>>
>>
>>John Heckels
>>____________________________________________________________________________
>>__________________
>>John Heckels
>>
>>www.magpie60.freeserve.co.uk
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Lee Hoffman" <>
>>To: <>
>>Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 2:25 AM
>>Subject: Re: [TMG] Moving from Laptop to Desktop?
>>
>>
>> > Pam Wood Waugh wrote:
>> > >I'm wondering, -- I haven't moved everything to TMG yet, but when I do,
>> > >what do I need to do to be able to work on my database on my deskstop,
>>and
>> > >then move it to a laptop -- say, when I go on vacation a month from now?
>> > >Can I do this? T
>> > >
>> > >The laptop doesn't have a CDW on it, so how can I transfer info, and what
>> > >files do I need to transfer?
>> >
>> > First, install TMGW on your laptop. Then when you want to move your data
>> > to the laptop, do a normal backup of your data. Then using whatever media
>> > that you have in common (floppy disks, Zip disks, CD drive, etc.), do a
>> > Restore of that backup file (*.SQZ). Another method is to directly
>>connect
>> > your desktop and laptop, and just move the *.SQZ file from the desktop to
>> > the laptop (the Laplink program and also Windows direct connect methods
>>are
>> > two of these methods).
>> >
>> > Then after you return from the trip, reverse the operation.
>> >
>> > Hope this helps -
>> >
>> > ----------
>> > Lee Hoffman/KY
>> > E-mail:
>> > TMG Tips: <http://www.tmgtips.com>;
>> > My website: <http://www.tmgtips.com/lhoffman>;
>> > --------------
>> > A user of the best genealogy program, The Master Genealogist (TMG)
>> >
>> >



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