topic Direct Cable Connection in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/direct-cable-connection/m-p/1592#M96069 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I wonder if anyone can help with a little problem thats had me stumped for last two days.... Im trying to connect my Vaio Laptop to my mates PC via direct cable connection, I've run the new connection wizard on the PC and the Vaio, except the option to 'connect directly to another computer' is greyed out on the Vaio<BR />Ive followed microsofts instructions to the 'T' , (<A href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814982" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814982</A>) even though some of the steps carried out with the wizard MS didnt cover !!!!..<BR />So any help would be appreciated as to why the Vaio only gives the choice of accepting incoming connections only and not connect directly to PC.. both systems are xp home. using a CAT5 UTP cable...<BR />Thankx..<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:35:02 GMT Blkadda2005 2006-03-24T14:35:02Z Direct Cable Connection https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/direct-cable-connection/m-p/1592#M96069 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I wonder if anyone can help with a little problem thats had me stumped for last two days.... Im trying to connect my Vaio Laptop to my mates PC via direct cable connection, I've run the new connection wizard on the PC and the Vaio, except the option to 'connect directly to another computer' is greyed out on the Vaio<BR />Ive followed microsofts instructions to the 'T' , (<A href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814982" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814982</A>) even though some of the steps carried out with the wizard MS didnt cover !!!!..<BR />So any help would be appreciated as to why the Vaio only gives the choice of accepting incoming connections only and not connect directly to PC.. both systems are xp home. using a CAT5 UTP cable...<BR />Thankx..<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:35:02 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/direct-cable-connection/m-p/1592#M96069 Blkadda2005 2006-03-24T14:35:02Z Re: Direct Cable Connection https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/direct-cable-connection/m-p/1593#M96070 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Have you tried disabling Norton?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:50:21 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/direct-cable-connection/m-p/1593#M96070 kee-lo_ 2006-03-24T19:50:21Z Re: Direct Cable Connection https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/direct-cable-connection/m-p/1594#M96071 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I take it you're using a cross-over cable rather than a standard network cable<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:36:01 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/direct-cable-connection/m-p/1594#M96071 munkie 2006-03-25T15:36:01Z Re: Direct Cable Connection https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/direct-cable-connection/m-p/1595#M96072 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>....Norton not installed ( Thats one AV I'd like to keep away from my system lol).. all AV software disabled..<BR /><BR />Also I'm using the correct cable.. <BR /><BR />even installed NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol even though its not needed as they are both running XP home....<BR /><BR />I have no probs with my Dell laptop at home connecting to my sony.. and dell is running win98se!!... <BR /><BR />Ive come back to the conclusion that windows sucks! think Ill go back to Linux..<BR />Thanks for your help all the same people...<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:02:30 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/direct-cable-connection/m-p/1595#M96072 Blkadda2005 2006-03-25T18:02:30Z