It ran for 4 hours last night, and successfully moved almost everything. I
need to look into a few issues, like CD Copies by Roxio. I need to look
into drivers, maybe. Cannon's "splices", to make panoramic views just runs
like I had installed it here, as do all the Microsoft applications - Word,
FrontPage, etc. I highly recommend Laplink's PCmover. It also moves
applications from XP to Windows 7 - something Microsoft won't do.
"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
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In news:hiijmv$3fn$1@news.eternal-september.org,
mike typed on Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:48:01 -0800:
> Paul H wrote:
>> Has anyone used the $29.95 "Laplink for netbooks" to move selected
>> applications from an older XP to a netbook also running XP? I have
>> an old (2002) HP laptop that I want to retire, but have kept because
>> it has 5 or 6 irreplaceable applications that I either downloaded or
>> have lost the CDs. TIA, Paul
>
> There's a free download of a program that attempts to do what you
> want. It attempts to sort out registry issues. Any copy protection
> system worth its salt will obfuscate at least some of what it's doing
> to prevent piracy.
> I've used it on some programs. I've NEVER had it work on any M$
> product.
> http://www.soft32.com/Download/free-trial/McAfee_Uninstaller/4-124366-1.html
>
> This is a time-limited trial that will NOT reinstall later.
> Do an image backup of your system, run the uninstaller, restore the
> backup when you're done.
Another option is both Paragon and Acronis True Image has products that
allows you to move Windows, applications, and data to another computer.
I believe Paragon's is called Adaptive Restore. I don't recall what
Acronis True Image calls theirs.
--
Bill
Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 2 of 3 - Windows XP SP3