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hi all heres some newbie questions about getting games onto the nc10……
How do i set up my desktop so that i can use my dvd drive as if it is connected to my nc10?
Also…
for example red alert 2, does this always need a cd/dvd drive to play? or is it easy to get a no cd patch??
thanks in advance for your help
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firstly make sure you have a network cable that will fit into your desktop and your sammy.
then after connecting one end of the cable into the sammy and the other into the desktop, make sure both machines are up and running.
Then on the Sammy, goto start > control panel > network connections
Right click on the wired network connection (should show as Marvell Yukon) and goto Properties.
In the window that pops up scroll down to TCP/IP, and double click it.
Set the sammy IP to 192.168.0.1 (you can set your own ip address but make a note of it as you will need it for configuring the desktop) and subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 – leave gateway blank.
Click ok and then ok again – you may have to reboot.
Do similar on the desktop, but this time, set the ip to 192.168.0.2 (or 1 more than whatever you selected yourself), subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and then the gateway as 192.168.0.1 (or whatever you set your ip as on the sammy.
Click ok and then ok again – you may have to reboot.
once both machines are rebooted, on the desktop, open My Computer and right-click on your dvd drive and select Sharing And Security. If you understand the risk of sharing, then click the message that pops up.
On the next window, click on “Share this folder on the network” and select a share name – i left it as the default. I also selected to allow users to change the data on the drive as I wanted to transfer stuff between my sammy and my compaq.
Click ok.
Back on your sammy, goto your desktop – you should hopefully have a network neighbourhood icon – click it.
Your new shared folder should show up – if you’ve done it correctly….