Cross cabling two desktops , one old, one very new

bsod

how do you intend using adobe from the new desktop, connect a cable, then what

if you're paranoid, plug ethernet cable into router, unplug internet cable, xp machine is no longer on the net.

pleasegetoutmore

Fightsback wrote: »

Image the XP drive and run it a Virtual Machine on your new PC.

Google will provide all the answers to questions posed by that statement.

Thanks , so literally connect a cable between the two and follow above...?

pleasegetoutmore

bsod wrote: »

how do you intend using adobe from the new desktop, connect a cable, then what

if you're paranoid, plug ethernet cable into router, unplug internet cable, xp machine is no longer on the net.

I would have thought connecting a cable from one machine to the other machine, that the Xp/ programmes would show up on the new pc desktop, hence then use adobe cs5.... That was my thinking

victor2

pleasegetoutmore wrote: »

I would have thought connecting a cable from one machine to the other machine, that the Xp/ programmes would show up on the new pc desktop, hence then use adobe cs5.... That was my thinking

Sadly, you cannot do that. As already suggested, your best bet is a virtual machine on the new PC. The old PC would not come into that scenario at all, once the virtual machine is set up.

Or, just clean up the old PC and use it to only run CS5.

pleasegetoutmore

So the virtual machine scenario, do I need to connect Xp to the Internet , and then go through the virtual machine process re fightbacks post..?

bsod

virtual machine scenario is a whole different ball game, which doesn't involve leads, google it.

I'd just find a free alternative to photoshop, or install it on the new machine

pleasegetoutmore

bsod wrote: »

virtual machine scenario is a whole different ball game, which doesn't involve leads, google it.

I'd just find a free alternative to photoshop, or install it on the new machine

Can I install it on the new machine ...from the old desktop

tavernman

pleasegetoutmore wrote: »

Can I install it on the new machine ...from the old desktop

Re-install from the disk you have ....

Big_Graeme

Why not just install CS5 on the new machine and transfer the licence?

Geodark

Big_Graeme wrote: »

Why not just install CS5 on the new machine and transfer the licence?

Exactly, why complicate things. Re-install on the new machine and transfer the licence