On 9 Jan 2002, at 21:52, Dencer Brenda wrote:

> I apologize for my ignorance on this question, but can someone
> explain to me how it's possible to access my computer from a remote
> location?  I see ads that tell me it's possible, but I can't
> envision how that happens.  I have a dial up, but will be getting
> cable access soon.

  You have a telephone, right?  Whenever you want to make a call, you
follow certain procedures:  lift the receiver and dial.
  In order to receive a call, you have to be nearby and listening for
the phone to ring; when it does, you lift the receiver and try to
determine who's calling and whether you want to talk to them.  If the
voice on the telephone is speaking in Swahili or Italian, you
probably figure it's a wrong number and hang up.

  It's pretty much the same for your computer -- if you want to
connect to it from a remote location, it has to be standing by,
listening, and have a procedure (program) that knows what to do "when
the phone rings".
  The exact details of this procedure will change when you move from
dial-up to a cable modem.

> #2:  I saw an ad for the software and cable that will allow me to
> transfer files from my laptop to my desktop.  I update files on my
> laptop occassionally that are sometimes not easy to copy to a disk
> and transfer. The price for the software and cable was $55.  Does
> anyone know where I can get that equipment or failing that, does
> anyone have another suggestion?

  Recent versions of Windows support a "Direct Cable Connection", so
you should already have software for this job.

> Brenda Dencer

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