LLgold_QS11five.fm Page 1 Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:42 PM quick start LapLink gold version 11.5 LLgold_QS11five.fm Page 2 Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:42 PM LapLink Gold Quick Start Guide Copyright Notice No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any human or computer language, in any form or by any means, without the express written permission of LapLink Software, Inc., 10210 NE Points Drive, Suite 400, Kirkland, WA. 98033. Trademarks LapLink, the LapLink logo, SpeedSync, and SmartXchange are trademarks or registered trademarks of LapLink Software, Inc. Acrobat and the Acrobat logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated or its subsidiaries and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Patents SpeedSyncTM U.S. Patent Number 5,446,888 This software may contain one or more of the following licensed products: RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm. Copyright © 1991­2, RSA Data Security, Inc. Created 1991. All rights reserved. ZLIB general purpose compression library, 1.0.4. July 24, 1996. Copyright © 19951996 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler. LapLink® Gold © 1986­2003 by LapLink Software, Inc. All rights reserved 10210 NE Points Drive, Suite 400 Kirkland, WA. 98033 LapLink® Gold Quick Start Guide © 2003 LapLink Software, Inc. Printed in U.S.A. MN-LGDQSX-11.5-US 2 LLgold_QS11five.fm Page 3 Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:42 PM 3 Contents Welcome to LapLink Gold 6 What's new in LapLink Gold 8 Installing LapLink Gold 10 Setting up LapLink Everywhere 12 14 Getting started: setting security and allowing others to connect Deciding how to connect 16 Connecting to another computer 18 Connecting by cable 20 Controlling a remote computer 22 Transferring files and printing over a LapLink connection 24 Talking over a LapLink connection: Text Chat and Voice Chat LapLink License Agreement 28 26 3 LLgold_QS11five.fm Page 4 Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:42 PM LapLink Gold Quick Start Guide 4 LLgold_QS11five.fm Page 5 Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:42 PM 5 Dear LapLink Customer: You may be a first-time LapLink user or one of the dedicated users who have followed LapLink from earlier versions. Either way, you are sure to benefit from the significant improvements and refinements we have built into LapLink Gold version 11.5. It is now even simpler to connect and begin using file transfer, synchronization, and remote control. The "Connect Over" menu has been shortened to offer quick access to the kinds of connections you are most likely to make: modem, LAN, cable. To this list we have added our new easy Internet connection method using the LapLink Everywhere network. This connection is available worldwide, from any computer or device with an Internet connection, regardless of firewall or router configurations. The purchase of LapLink Gold 11.5 entitles you to unlimited use of LapLink Everywhere for a full 30 days. You can use all of the LapLink Everywhere services--e-mail, file, forms, and remote desktop access--from any browser-enabled device in the world including phones, PDAs, Internet café's, and so on. If you connect over a USB cable, you will appreciate the effort we put into USB cable connections. In previous versions, we used the Microsoft networking model. Unfortunately, this required the installation of software drivers and resulted in complexities no customer should have to deal with. We have now written our own direct-connect USB software, and it works just like the LapLink of years past: Just plug in the cable and, bingo, you hear our connection sound and the connection opens automatically! Moreover, this new software supports USB 2.0, for transfer speeds up to 40 megabytes per second! For ease of use, flexibility, and power, we believe this is the best LapLink we have released to date. Finally, many of our longtime customers know we have recently experienced difficult times. Rest assured, those days are now past, and a new company called "LapLink Software" is ready to support you and create more amazing remote access and synchronization products. Please do let us know how we are doing and what new capabilities you would like to see in future versions or products. Please email your ideas to "Feedback@LapLink.com". Best regards, President LapLink Software, Inc. Fast Easy Access Everywhere 5 LLgold_QS11five.fm Page 6 Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:42 PM LapLink Gold Quick Start Guide Welcome to LapLink Gold 11.5 With LapLink® Gold's award-winning remote control, file transfer, and chat features, you can access email, files, and office network resources when you're on the road, work with computer users at other locations, schedule file transfers, print documents to a remote printer, and more. LapLink offers you a variety of reliable, easy-to-use options for connecting; simply choose the option that is appropriate for the resources available on your computer and the computer you want to connect to. To learn more about LapLink, see the online user's guide and Help. Whether you're on the road, at home, or in the office, LapLink Gold lets you work faster, easier, and smarter than ever by providing safe and reliable remote access. · For more information about connecting to another computer, see page 16. Using LapLink Gold to connect to another LapLink computer is easy. Depending on the resources available on your computer and the computer you want to connect to, you can connect using: · a modem · a LapLink serial, parallel, or Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable · a wireless connection, including Fast Infrared (FIR) connection · the Internet, with or without the LapLink Everywhere service · a local (IPX) network, such as Novell · a TCP/IP network · a CAPI/ISDN 2.0 device · LapLink Everywhere is fee-based service. With the purchase of LapLink Gold 11.5, you are entitled to use this service for 30 days without charge. Once you're connected, you're ready to use LapLink's powerful features. · Remote Control lets you use your computer to perform tasks on another computer. · File Transfer lets you move and copy files between computers, specify how files should be moved and copied, and synchronize the files in folders on two computers automatically. · Print Redirection lets you print a remote document at your site or use a remote printer to print a local document. · Text Chat and Voice Chat let you communicate with other users by exchanging text messages or talking over a connection between two sound-enabled computers. · File synchronization simplifies the repetitive tasks necessary to keep files updated when you use two computers. You can even schedule synchronizations to run unattended. 6 LLgold_QS11five.fm Page 7 Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:42 PM Welcome to LapLink Gold 11.57 Learning more about LapLink Gold: online user's guide and Help You can learn about LapLink Gold through the online user's guide and Help. The online user's guide is available in Adobe Acrobat format on the LapLink Gold CDROM. Adobe Acrobat is also available on the LapLink Gold CD-ROM. To view the online user's guide: 1 Display the LapLink Welcome screen by inserting the LapLink Gold CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive. 2 Click View Documentation on the LapLink Welcome screen. 3 The guide immediately opens in Acrobat Reader. LapLink Gold also features an online Help system to assist you as you use LapLink. Help is available through the LapLink Help menu, including: Searchable Help documentation Browse Help, and use the Help Index and Find features to search for specific information. On the LapLink Help menu, click Help Topics. Troubleshooters Specify the problem you are having, and troubleshooters walk you through a series of possible solutions. In Help, double-click the Troubleshooting book. Quick Steps Quick Steps appear when you open a dialog box in LapLink and give you information to help you complete the dialog box. What's This Help Use the What's This Help to get information about dialog box items. Click the question mark in the upper right hand corner of the dialog box, and then click the item you want help with. F1 Help To get immediate help for an item on a menu, highlight the menu item and press the F1 key. · To download LapLink documentation from the Web, go to www.laplink.com/ products/llGold/ docs.asp · To download Adobe Acrobat Reader from the Web, go to www.adobe.com Getting help with LapLink Everywhere Once you have logged on to the LapLink Everywhere site (www.mylaplink.com), you can get answers to the most frequently asked questions by clicking the Help tab on the main window. On the host computer, you can access Help by double-clicking the LapLink Everywhere icon in the system tray and opening the Help menu. Getting more information about LapLink Visit LapLink Technical Support at www.laplink.com/support/. Visit www.laplink.com/world/ for international support. 7 LLgold_QS11five.fm Page 8 Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:42 PM LapLink Gold Quick Start Guide What's new in LapLink Gold 11.5 Ease of use was again a top priority in creating this version of LapLink Gold. Once complicated by network considerations, USB connections are now as easy as those over serial and parallel cables; and file-transfer speeds, using USB 2.0, are the fastest ever. The addition of the LapLink Everywhere service means that you can now connect securely over the Internet, without having to worry about firewalls and other security considerations. LapLink Everywhere connections are unique: you can use them to establish traditional LapLink-to-LapLink connections; or you can read e-mail, transfer files, and perform other tasks from any device with which you can browse the Internet, including cell phones, PDAs, and public access computers like those found in libraries and Internet cafés. Improved USB connections In earlier versions, USB connections were similar to network connections, requiring the use of a network driver. Now you can make a direct connection over a LapLink USB cable just as you would over a LapLink serial or parallel cable, without the hassle of configuring your computer for a network connection. Just attach a LapLink USB cable to two computers running LapLink Gold, version 11.5, and a connection opens automatically. You can benefit from this improved USB connection using the LapLink USB cable (version 1.1) included with LapLink Gold 11.5. Or you can purchase a new cable and benefit from the increased speeds of USB 2.0 (as fast as 40 megabytes per second). For details, go to www.LapLink.com. (To achieve these speeds, computers at both ends of the cable must be set up for USB 2.0.) Easy Internet connections Making a LapLink connection over the Internet can be daunting if either computer is located behind a firewall. By adding the LapLink Everywhere connection, LapLink Gold provides an easy and seamless way to navigate personal and corporate firewalls without compromising security. Firewalls are set up to protect against unwanted incoming connections. LapLink Everywhere connections, however, are established as outgoing connections to the LapLink Everywhere Center, even through data can flow freely in both directions. Firewall configuration is no longer necessary, and no security holes are created in your existing security configuration. LapLink Everywhere is a fee service. With the purchase of LapLink Gold 11.5, you are entitled to try this service free for 30 days. When opening your account, you go to the secure LapLink Everywhere server and set up a unique user name and password. Then you download the small LapLink Everywhere program and install it. After that, just running LapLink Gold on your computer allows secure connections from other LapLink Gold computers over the Internet. 8 LLgold_QS11five.fm Page 9 Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:42 PM What's new in LapLink Gold 11.59 LapLink Everywhere connections The LapLink Everywhere Center maintains incoming connections from home or office. This allows users to link to their home and office computers through the Center. A LapLink Everywhere connection starts as an outgoing connection from a home or office computer to the LapLink Everywhere Center. Firewalls control incoming connections while allowing LapLink Everywhere and other outgoing connections. All data passing over these connections is protected by encryption. Connecting from a Web browser There may be times when you want a file or an e-mail message from your home or office desktop but setting up your laptop and running LapLink is not convenient or feasible. For such situations, you can leave the LapLink Everywhere program running on your desktop and connect from a PDA or any other device that can surf the Internet. You can open a connection from almost any browser, even in libraries and Internet cafés. Working within a Web browser on your Internet device, you can p ...