ivan_1602

i was away from the computer, so i'm writing now, i tried your proposition yordan and it wasn't working, but never mind, i borrowed removable hard drive from my friend and now everything is ok ;)and the firewall's was off! but never mind now, and thank you

ok, the little LED's are working on laptop and on the comp, what means that the network card is working properly,and this is the result from cmd after putting the static ip like before.from XP :Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]© Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ping 192.168.10.2Pinging 192.168.10.2 with 32 bytes of data:Request timed out.Request timed out.Request timed out.Request timed out.Ping statistics for 192.168.10.2: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),from win 7:C:\Users\Ana>ping 192.168.10.1Pinging 192.168.10.1 with 32 bytes of data:Reply from 192.168.10.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128Reply from 192.168.10.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128Reply from 192.168.10.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128Reply from 192.168.10.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128Ping statistics for 192.168.10.1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0msit's look like they aren't conected, but i really don't know why!ok,yordan tell me the next step and thank you for helping me

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yordan help! i've tried with static ip adress and it's not working or i'm really stupid i've puted on XP comp IP adress 192.168.10.1 and on laptop 192.168.10.2, subnet is allocated automaticly, and default gateway stays empty. and the thing is that on XP, network is ok, and it's recognized. here is the screenshot of the laptop with win7 and it look like network is not recognized.and i'm sure that network card on laptop is working properly.

hehe, i know all that things, i've allready tried to connect them with static ip adress, but it didn't work, and i will forget that cross some guys were using that cable to connect xp and vista, and because of that i aksed and thank you for explenation i will try again with static ip adress, and if doesn't work i will come here again for some advice thank you yordan

can someone explain me step by step how to connect my laptop with windows 7 and my PC with XP SP3 via LAN cable, but with normal LAN cable, not with cros over cable!i was searching all over the internet and i couldn't find tutorial or something what would help me. all i found was how to connect them with router or wireless or something else,but i need to connect them with normal LAN cable because of file sharing and file transfer between them.i hope that someone will help me!sorry on my bad english thank you!