As others have responded... a "regular" USB cable will not work. I can only
assume that the "special" USB cables are somewhat like cross-over CAT-5
cables that allow PC's to "talk to each other." How that USB technology
works is unknown to me at the moment. And not something I intend to
investigate; I would just use my home network as the communication channel.

Lang


"austinmann" <austinmann@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How "special" does the USB cable have to be to use the File Transfer
> Wizard
> to move files from XP to Vista? Info talks about having to buy a
> "special"
> cable but wondering if a regular USB will work.