Sony PCG-FRV25 VAIO User Guide - Page 28

Connecting VAIO computers, Network and Internet Connections

Page 28 highlights

Connecting VAIO computers When you connect two VAIO computers, you can use one computer to edit, copy, or delete files on the other computer. You can also print from a printer attached to either computer. To connect VAIO computers 1. Plug one end of the i.LINK cable into the i.LINK port on each computer. 2. Click Start on the Windows® taskbar, and click Control Panel. 3. Click Network and Internet Connections, and click Set up or change your home or small office network. The Network Setup Wizard appears. Network Setup Wizard 4. Follow the on-screen Network Setup Wizard instructions. 5. When you are prompted, type in a unique computer name for each computer. You will use this unique name to differentiate the two computers once they are networked together. The Workgroup name should remain the same for the two networked computers. 6. When you finish the Network Setup Wizard on-screen instructions, click Start on the Windows® taskbar and click My Computer. 7. Click My Network Places in the Other Places menu. The My Network Places window appears. 8. Click View workgroup computers in the Network Tasks menu. Computers networked under the same workgroup name are displayed in this window. Connecting Another Com puter Page 28

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124

Connecting VAIO computers
When you connect two VAIO computers, you can use one computer to edit, copy, or delete files on the other computer. You
can also print from a printer attached to either computer.
To connect VAIO computers
1.
Plug one end of the i.LINK cable into the i.LINK port on each computer.
2.
Click
Start
on the Windows
®
taskbar, and click
Control Panel
.
3.
Click
Network and Internet Connections
, and click
Set up or change your home or small office network
. The
Network Setup Wizard
appears.
Network Setup Wizard
4.
Follow the on-screen
Network Setup Wizard
instructions.
5.
When you are prompted, type in a unique computer name for each computer. You will use this unique name to
differentiate the two computers once they are networked together.
The Workgroup name should remain the same for the two networked computers.
6.
When you finish the
Network Setup Wizard
on-screen instructions, click
Start
on the Windows
®
taskbar and
click
My Computer
.
7.
Click
My Network Places
in the
Other Places
menu. The
My Network Places
window appears.
8.
Click
View workgroup computers
in the
Network Tasks
menu. Computers networked under the same
workgroup name are displayed in this window.
Connecting Another Computer
Page 28