I posted this before but am not sure if it got sent. I have the same set-up
as Bob's but my problem is that, whereas my Vista laptop sees the files and
printer on my XP pc, the converse is not true: no laptop files appear in "My
Network Places" on my pc.
Also it takes minutes (!) for the printer to respond.
"Bob Hobden" wrote:
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> "Bob Hobden" wrote Quote:
> >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...
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> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...o/synctoy.mspx
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> 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.
>
> --
> Regards
> Bob Hobden
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