It's not clear what exactly you mean. Generally, you don't connect two computers together using a USB cord. You can use a "cross-over ethernet cable" to connect the network jack of one computer to another computer. This allows transferring files and/or sharing an internet connection. If you have a wireless router you can enable Windows "File and Printer Sharing" on each computer and transfer files that way. Please provide more details of what you're trying to accomplish by connecting the computers together with a USB cable, and we may be able to give you a more specific answer.
IF your laptop doesn't run (turn on)....it is often possible to
start the laptop be using a USB cord to "start up/BOOT" from another device...An external drive might have the software to initiate the laptop to BOOT. IF your laptop does start...then the USB cord ( or what it is "attached" to may be the problem. The USB cord attached to your laptop ONLY doesn't have any bearing on the laptop "until" it is attached/plugged into another device.
that won't work unless the laptop bios has a booter in the goot preferences, never seen one in my 20 years tho
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Your question is not totally clear. I will take a guess you are trying to use your laptop's wireless to connect to the internet; and, then want to use that connection on your desktop.
You can do this using a bridged usb to usb cable and using ICS to share the connection your laptop.
DO NOT use an A to A usb cable! Might blow the usb ports.
Here is a link to an article on connecting your computers: Connecting Two PCs Using USB USB Cable Hardware Secrets
And, here is an article on ICS (internet connection sharing in Windows: Using ICS Internet Connection Sharing Windows Help
You will need to some reading; and, maybe, some trial & error.
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