Is there a easy way of doing this i have a ethernet cable, can i just plug one end into the pc and one end into the laptop? and somehow access all my laptop files on there? or do i need something else? thanks in advance:)

i took a mates advice on plugging the ethernet cable directly into each of the network cards.... and clciked run typed in \\"name of my pc"\c$ but nowt happend just said it could not find network or something....??

a normal network cable won't work as its meant for a normal network. to connect them directly you would need a cross over cable and make sure they are both on the same network settings other than the ip adress, make the last number 1 digit different

or use a hub, might be able to do it with a USB cale but it would probably be slow.

As above, then run the windows network setup.

ahh ok thanks bengie! ill go shopping tomorow for one does this transfer all installed programs too?

nope

it just provides a link between the computers.