Connecting an eMac to the internet

Please somebody help I can't authorize my eMac to play purchased items because i'm not connected to the internet but i have a vista notebook that has Built-in wireless internet and i'm just wondering if is is possible to connect it to the vista machine to get internet access on my emac (I don't care if this makes connecting on my notebook impossible ALL I WANT TO DO IS GET MY EMAC BACK ONLINE!) PS: MY ENTIRE LIBRARY IS ORIGINALLY FROM MY VISTA PC (Or if there is any other way to authorize my mac without internet help will be most appreciated)
Thanks in advance for any help guys/girls

How was the eMac connected to the net previously?
I had inferred from your posts that (a) the eMac has no Airport card of it's own and (b) there is no direct Ethernet connection to a modem or router where the eMac is currently located. In other words, the eMac location has changed since it was last connected to the net. Can you confirm that the only network access in the current setup is the WiFi signal being picked up by the Vista laptop?
Is the WiFi basestation / access point that feeds the laptop located nearby or is it offsite?
I do not have any flavor of Vista (interestingly, Dell still had WinXP available as an option at least as of this past summer), and networking Vista can be affected by whether it is Vista Home Basic, Home Extended, Business Basic, Business Advanced, or whatever names Microsoft is using for the confounded 6 different versions of Vista being marketed. There are unexpected changes in Vista from XP (e.g., filesharing logon requires an IP address in addition to username/password; see this link), making XP steps problematic for Vista.
You may have better luck finding a step-by-step guide at a Windows Vista support forum; check the website for the laptop's manufacturer (e.g., Dell Vista Community).
Your first step is to physically connect the eMac to the Vista laptop by running a crossover cable between the Ethernet ports on the two computers. None of the subsequent steps will work until the physical connection is in place and recognized by the Vista laptop. If the Vista laptop can auto-sense the Ethernet connection protocol as the eMac can (see Macs That Require an Ethernet Crossover cable), then a normal straight-through Ethernet cable should work. It's unknown to me if the eMac's sensing alone is sufficient to let a normal Ethernet cable work.
Both computers must be turned on for the connection to be recognized. The Vista laptop must have an active Wifi connection in addition to the wired Ethernet connection in order to see the Sharing tab to let you turn ICS on. You're looking for the Sharing tab on Control Panels > Network > Network and Sharing Center > Manage network connections > right-click on the Ethernet (not WiFi) connection. See Sharing an Internet Connection in Windows Vista.
See also the steps laid out under the "Connecting with Internet Connection Sharing" section of Setting Up—And Sharing—A Wireless Internet Connection.

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