Re: Techie query.
- From: "pmj" <post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 09:34:30 GMT
"Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°5 +" <flyingnun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3kul68F105vuiU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<snip>
> 1 save ZA and AVG executable files on my 64Mb camera xD card.
While you're at it, go & get the latest (up-to-date) Versions of the
ZoneAlarm & AVG Install Files - that will save you having to Install
them & then Update them.
The (original) Install Files that you have at the mo are likely to be
(at least) several Months out of date?
> 2 save all my OE source data at http://yousendit.com and save the
> access URL they send me on the xD card as well
Yes, if you *really* want Access to all your old (& Current) OutLook
Express Mails before having got the LAN (Local Area network) up &
running, between the old PC & the new PC.
Once you have the LAN up & running, you can transfer stuff like that
in seconds.
You can just "Explore" the Drives & folders on your other PC, from the
new PC & transfer (Copy or Move) anything that you need, from one to the
other.
> 3 Connect new pooter to monitor, keyboard and mouse - check it is
> working OK
Yep!
That's prolly the most important bit!
:-)
> 4 connect my card reader to a USB port and install drivers
> (if XP doesn't do so)
WinXP will almost certainly recognise any card reader or camera - & it
has Drivers for them built-in & it will Install them, so that they
appear as extra "Drives" in (windoze) Explorer.
> 5 upload ZA, AVG and yousendit recovery URL to new pooter.
> 6 install ZA and AVG
Make sure you use the latest Install File (from the ZA/AVG Website)
> 7 install BBmodem drivers and modem.
> 8 connect to net and update AVG - ZA should be OK but check updates
> for that as well
Remember that the WinXP (SP2) built-in Firewall comes Enabled by Default
(in WinXP SP2), so you may need to turn that off Manually, if ZoneAlarm
doesn't do it for you.
> 9 goto Windows update and check for critical updates there.
Since you will have WinXP SP2 on the new PC my (own, personal) opinion
is that you prolly won't need to do that *straight away* - wait a bit,
until you know the basic System is working OK & you can find your way
around it, before piling on loads of "windoze Updates".
> 10 recover my OE source data from yousendit and place in handily
> placed new folder
> 11 open OE6 and direct it to that new folder - will that w*rk
> I wonder?
Yep.
It should do.
But it may well be a good idea (when you first Open up OE on the New
Installation) to *not* complete the "New Account" Wizard thingy which
Pops up as soon as you Open OE - just cancel out of it & Set your normal
OE Settings up (including telling it *not* to Automatically Check for
new Mail when it Opens & every<x> Minutes - cos all those things
happening all at once on a new System will lead to confuzzlement, with
loads of Dialog Boxes (& possible Error Messages all Popping up at once.
& get the Store Root Folder pointed to the right Place, *before* Setting
up all the Accounts.
> 12 after all that - if it's still working, connect network cable,
> boot up old machine and try to set up the network - that's where
> the fun begins - remember no monitor on old machine.
Yep.
I'm still not certain whether or not it's best to Boot the New Machine
up first & *then* Boot the old one up, or Boot the Oold one up first
& then Boot up the New one...
It won't normally matter, after the first time, but the first time they
both "see" each other, there are bound to be some Prompts on one or
other (or both) of the Machines & with only one Monitor & Keyboard, you
won't be able to see all the Prompts & answer them.
> NB I shall have made certain that ther will be no software starting
> at boot up that needs a prompt from me,
A *very* good idea!!!
& that's (one of the many) reasons for getting used to the new machine
& Setting it up, before you try to Connect the old one to it.
>... and VNC server will be set to run at start up - password already
> having been decided and set.
You've really thought this all through, haven't you?
:-)
& have you got the ZA (on the old Machine) Set to allow the Connections
to (& from) the VNC on it?
> Now someone tell me all the things I've missed out please. :( .
You don't appear to have missed out much!
:-)
BTW - Don't forget to Save (ready for Transfer) your OutLook Express
AddressBook (.WAB) File.
& your Favorites Folder - you can Zip that up, so it takes up much less
room, &/or Export it from Internet Explorer to a "Bookmark.htm" File.
--
pmj
.
- References:
- Re: Techie query.
- From: pmj
- Re: Techie query.
- From: Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°5 +
- Re: Techie query.
- From: Jeff Gaines
- Re: Techie query.
- From: Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°5 +
- Re: Techie query.
- Prev by Date: Re: Thank you NTL
- Next by Date: Re: Techie query.
- Previous by thread: Re: Techie query.
- Next by thread: Re: Techie query.
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
