At Tue, 6 Mar 2018 20:56:01 -0500 Shel Horowitz <shel at principledprofit.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks for all the advice on buying a computer. My Lenovo 320 arrived this > afternoon. I was able to run Edge, install Chrome, and purchase MS Office > (for $58âwow! And this is not a pirate copy). > > But I cabled the two laptops together with a blue Ethernet cable, set up a > home network and can't get them talking together yet. I can't figure out > how to find the IP address of the PC which I might need according to one > set of instructions. But the help file hasn't been updated and talks about > Win 7. I'm running 10. You cannot use a *standard* Ethernet cable between two *computers*. You either need to get a special cable (whatever the Ethernet term for "null modem" cable is) OR you new two regular Ethernet cables and an ethernet switch -- your typical broadband router (wireless or not) will include a 4 port switch and you can use that, > > What I want to do is a selective backup of some of my documents and all of > my music. What's the best way to do this? > > Shel Horowitz - "The Transformpreneur"(sm) > ________________________________________________ > Watch (and please share) my TEDx Talk, > "Impossible is a Dare: Business for a Better World" > *http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11809 > <http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11809>** > <http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11809>* > (move your mouse to "event videos") > > Contact me to bake in profitability while addressing hunger, > poverty, war, and catastrophic climate change > > Twitter: @shelhorowitz > > * First business ever to be Green America Gold Certified > * Inducted into the National Environmental Hall of Fame > > http://goingbeyondsustainability.com > http://transformpreneur.com > mailto:shel at greenandprofitable.com * 413-586-2388 > Award-winning, best-selling author of 10 books. Latest: > Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World (co-authored with Jay Conrad Levinson) > > _________________________________________________ > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services heller at deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services