2007-07-24 04:33:07 · 8 answers · asked by sky 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
You can't just hook it up.
What you can do, is expanding your laptop with the monitor of your desktop.
If you want to work from your laptop on your desktop, you can always use remote desktop.
2007-07-24 04:36:28 · answer #1 · answered by Jay 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can connect over LAN, or use a crossover cable to connect the two direclty.
Crossover Cable (least effective)
Can be bought at electronics store
Plug into the network connector on each machine.
LAN (most effective)
Buy a hub or router (built in hub) from electronics store.
connect internet to the hub/router
connect both machines to the hub/router
make sure the Workgroup is the same on both computers
---right click My Computer.. choose Properties... Computer Name...
There is a folder called Shared Documents in My Computer. Anything you want to share with the other machine, put here.
2007-07-24 04:37:41 · answer #2 · answered by TNguy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
u have to be more specific.. u wanna use the same monitor for both?
get a kvm switch
if you wanna control 1 pc from the other, get something like timbuktu and network them. which shows the other pc's desktop on screen
or if you just want to share drives, enable sharing and use a RJ45 cross over cable.
2007-07-24 04:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by junglejungle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can network both of them and share all your files on the desktop this would work but the only problem is that you might not be allowed to view the windows folder
2007-07-24 04:38:39 · answer #4 · answered by big tymer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Huh?
You can file share between the two by establishing a local area network between them. For that you can go wired Ethernet or wireless the easiest.
If you want to somehow combine the two into a single computer, you can't do that.
2007-07-24 04:37:32 · answer #5 · answered by Fester Frump 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.realvnc.com/
all details to install and set it up are on the site.
once thats done just remote into your desktop via your laptop
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2007-07-24 05:10:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You can do it using PcAnywhere (not free), TightVNC (free) etc etc...
2007-07-24 05:21:06 · answer #8 · answered by Yellow Dice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋