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Old 11-20-2007   #2 (permalink)
Bob Hobden


 
 

Re: Home Network- Syncing files?


"Bob Hobden" wrote
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>I have a....
> PC running Window XP Home. 1Gb ram. 250Gb HD connected via Ethernet cable
> to a broadband wireless router
> and a Laptop running Windows Vista Home Premium. 2Gb ram. 130Gb HD
> connected by wireless.
>
> I've set up the Network and both can use the printer attached to the PC
> and both can see each others "My Documents" but I can't find how I can get
> them to sync "My Documents" so I can work on either to change etc files on
> both.
> Anyone know if/how this can be done?
>
> Seems it might be easy if both were running Vista but I don't want to
> upgrade the PC.
>
Seeing as nobody has replied perhaps I had better tell what I've found with
a little help from a friend...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...o/synctoy.mspx

A small free program from Microsoft called "SyncToy" that does exactly what
I wanted to do. Sync file between my Vista Laptop and my XP PC. It doesn't
just work for digital photos it works for all files as far as I can see.

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Regards
Bob Hobden



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