Technical Help......again

I often use my PC now and a laptop...can someone please tell me how I can make my documents, pictures etc accessible to both machines?

I'm sure there must be a way.

Start. My Network Places. "Set up a wireless network for a home or small office". Or "Set up a home or small office network" if both computers are connected to your router with cables.

There is....it's FARKIN tricky. You have to network them, i.e. create a home network. If you go into network connections on the start menu, a thingy on the left says "set up a home network". Click on that and it will attempt to "walk you through."

Try it and then message back when it doesn't work.

You need a usb stick drive. You plug it in to your main computer, get Windoze to put the network settings on a file on the drive and then you plug it into the laptop.

You only need to attempt it approx 15 times before it might work. Once you have succeeded it will work for about a day and then for no known reason on Earth you will not be able to gain access to the files and folders on the other computer.

Of course you do have a wireless router don't you?

It's asking me for network name, security type and security key/passphrase
I don't know what that means

Really? I just rub my wee willy on it. Seems to work.

Batfink Begins wrote:Really? I just rub my wee willy on it. Seems to work.

Well yes, that seems to be your approach to any of life's conundrums and paradoxes.

Look, you're all supposed to make this easy for me, not confuse me more!

I've got a live box and I think it might be a router.

Batfink Begins wrote:Really? I just rub my wee willy on it. Seems to work.

Nah, tried that already.

doctorspin wrote:

Batfink Begins wrote:Really? I just rub my wee willy on it. Seems to work.

Well yes, that seems to be your approach to any of life's conundrums and paradoxes.

BULLSH!T... KNUT!!!!

Demelza wrote:It's asking me for network name, security type and security key/passphrase
I don't know what that means

Well done! You have messaged back rapidly when it very quickly didn't work. See, I was right; that's why I am entrusted with the nation's most dangerous madmen.

You either were meant to set a password in the "walk through" or your basic network on your router will have a password in it's security, either WEP or WPA. You probably have to get into your router settings which should be in the stuff that came when you were connected to broadband. If you have lost it you're semi-farked.

Good stuff this Windoze networking.

Demelza wrote:It's asking me for network name, security type and security key/passphrase
I don't know what that means

Make them up.

Batfink Begins wrote:

doctorspin wrote:

Batfink Begins wrote:Really? I just rub my wee willy on it. Seems to work.

Well yes, that seems to be your approach to any of life's conundrums and paradoxes.

BULLSH!T... KNUT!!!!

Merely an observation I have made based on the relatively limited experience of you activity on FB; although seeing the number of medals you have this would seem to be a good representative sample of your life.

doctorspin wrote:
Merely an observation I have made based on the relatively limited experience of you activity on FB; although seeing the number of medals you have this would seem to be a good representative sample of your life.

Oo err doctor. Didn't realise you were being serious. Think what you will sir.

BTW, one of the reasons you need security on your network is to stop a passer-by connecting to your network and signing up to all sorts of illegal porn sites which will look like it is you signing up. Also, if they connect they may be able to get access to the same files you are trying to to make accessible from each PC.

Batfink Begins wrote:

doctorspin wrote:
Merely an observation I have made based on the relatively limited experience of you activity on FB; although seeing the number of medals you have this would seem to be a good representative sample of your life.

Oo err doctor. Didn't realise you were being serious. Think what you will sir.

Deadly serious....KNUT

doctorspin wrote:
Deadly serious....KNUT

O....K Please don't rip me up any more, I'm fragile as it is.

Batfink Begins wrote:

doctorspin wrote:
Deadly serious....KNUT

O....K Please don't rip me up any more, I'm fragile as it is.

Shirley not! Batty-boy was the only forummer I would entrust in developing novel profanities sufficiently suitable for the FARKIN KNUTS who are my ex-employers.

doctorspin wrote:
Shirley not! Batty-boy was the only forummer I would entrust in developing novel profanities sufficiently suitable for the FARKIN KNUTS who are my ex-employers.

It's true - if you prick me, do I not bleed? if you tickle me, do I not laugh? I'd smell as sweet were I called something else.

That was scary. I lost internet connection then for over 5 mins.
Haven't got a clue what I did

Batfink Begins wrote:

doctorspin wrote:
Shirley not! Batty-boy was the only forummer I would entrust in developing novel profanities sufficiently suitable for the FARKIN KNUTS who are my ex-employers.

It's true - if you prick me, do I not bleed? if you tickle me, do I not laugh? I'd smell as sweet were I called something else.

Jeez, I'd get back to the rum if I were you.

Demelza wrote:That was scary. I lost internet connection then for over 5 mins.
Haven't got a clue what I did

What router have you got? That will usually be your 'network name'. It's mad how such a little thing works. All in lower case by the way.

Demelza wrote:That was scary. I lost internet connection then for over 5 mins.
Haven't got a clue what I did

Great stuff this networking isn't it?

doctorspin wrote:
Jeez, I'd get back to the rum if I were you.

No. I want you all to know that I nurse kittens, then play the harp, then spend the rest of the night helping the disabled and OAPs get across the street safely.

I don't think I'll bother thanks.
Fark it.

Demelza wrote:I don't think I'll bother thanks.
Fark it.

Well, OK. Let me know if you change your mind.