[Trainer-talk] Netbooks and transfers

[Chip Johnson]

Hi Jim,
My experience has been that programs generally work better with a fresh 
install rather than just copying folders from one machine to another. 
I'm sure office creates lots of entries in the system registry when it 
installs telling Windows what kinds of files it can open, etc. These 
wouldn't be present if you just copy from one PC to another. If you can 
find your serial number, maybe you can get another CD from Microsoft. 
There's a program available online called keyfinder which will give you 
your Office key. HTH.

Jim wrote:
> Howdy,
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> After a lot of careful research, I decided to purchase a netbook.  I bought
> one of the brand new Acer 1 computers, which seems like a pretty great
> machine, for the money.  My goal is not to replace my fully working and nice
> laptop.  It is to enhance it and to have a portable machine that is even
> easier to carry around than my laptop.  Upward mobility.
>
> Anyway, this has 160 gigs of memory, along with Windows XP.  I'd like to
> take most of the programs and files from an old Toshiba computer that I have
> and put them on this Netbook.  My Toshiba has been on its way out for a good
> year and a half and is mainly used as an internet machine because it's very
> slow and some of the programs don't work well.  .  I don't have a problem
> transferring actual files.  However, there are a few programs on it that I
> would also like to transfer.
>
> The main program is MS Office 2003.  I can not find the CDs for it, and even
> if I could, I don't have a CD drive on this netbook.  If I were to copy the
> actual folder with the program and put it in the "Programs" folder, would
> that work, and would the program run as it always does?  The copying of the
> folders and programs would be done to a thumb drive which I could then plug
> in to the netbook.  Something tells me that twhat I wat to do is easier said
> than done.  Am I right?
>
> Mainly, it would be nice to at least have MS word on here for word
> processing.  Anything else is bonus.
>
> I do have good audio on this machine.for its size.  I think it'll be a good
> media machine.
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> Thoughts?
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> Jim
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