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Old 20th Nov 2005, 18:23
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rotorcraig
 
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Windows XP comes with a feature called "Internet Connection Sharing". That's what the second method is referring to.

You need to connect the two PCs with a network cable.

Then you need to run the "Network Setup Wizard" on both PCs - you will find it in Control Panel.

On your existing home PC (with the broadband modem) select the Server option - the narrative says something like "this PC is directly connected to the internet and others can share it's connection".

On the new laptop PC select the Client option - the narrative says something like "this PC is not connected to the internet, but shares another PCs connection".

There are some good pages on the web that describe how to do this in more detail, but you seem very sure that you're not interested in reading them so I shan't post the links

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