<p>Well, the Dell system arrived yesterday, several days earlier than promised (was supposed to ship on the 8th with 3-5 day shipping; instead shipped on the 4th and arrived on the 9th). My husband spent about 45 minutes setting it up and it’s running the internet just fine (as you can see!) but I haven’t moved over the files yet.</p>
<p>Congrats on your new toy!</p>
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<p>How do you move files from one computer to another? Is it possible to move the “favorites” in internet explorer?</p>
<p>And is subscribing to anti-virus softwares a must(I find it expensive to pay year after year)?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>We (husband and son) rearranged computers right after Christmas when our youngest son got a new computer. They spent a couple of hours moving files. The biggest thing was the pictures. We had years worth of vacation pictures on one computers hard drive. Feels good to now have them on CDs (dvd’s?) as well as on another computer’s hard drive.</p>
<p>Somehow my husband did move all my favorites too but the order was changed to alphabetical so I’ve had to move them again to the order that I want. We have AVG for an anti-virus protector. We also downloaded that for a laptop. Our tech guy at work suggested it.</p>
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There are several different ways - </p>
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<li><p>Cable the old computer to the new one and transfer via the network.</p></li>
<li><p>Copy files to DVD or CD and then transfer to the new computer. You also end up with backup on the removeable media.</p></li>
<li><p>Get an external hard drive and use it as a go-between. You also end up with backup on the external drive.</p></li>
<li><p>Get a 4G or so USB flash drive and use it to transfer the files.</p></li>
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<p>With any of the above methods first zip the files together to a size that’ll fit the method being used - i.e. if using a 4G USB memory stick, make sure the zip is no larger than 4G. You might be surprised at how much you can fit in something like 4G. </p>
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I haven’t tried it but if you look under ‘Documents and Settings’ you’ll see a ‘Favorites’ folder. it seems that if you copy this folder from old to new you’d end up with the same favorites.</p>
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It’s a must to subscribe to updates to be safe. If you’re on a college network, they usually require it. There are some free A/V apps out there though that don’t charge for updates. If you’re at a college, they most likely recommend and might provide the A/V software.</p>
<p>My husband insists that we need Microsoft Publishing software. Our computer is 6 years old. Do the new computers have software that is equal to Microsoft Publishing? To buy it for our old computer, think it costs around $300–so maybe just buy a new computer?
Thanks for any help.</p>
<p>Actually, we have a home wireless network and the old computer sort of runs (well, it limps and walks) so we’ll just make the old files public on the network and then copy them to the new ones.</p>
<p>I consider antivirus software essential. I’ve fixed one computer post-virus in the past and $40/year seems like a bargain.</p>
<p>Microsoft Publisher 2003 is readily available very cheaply (around $50) and would probably run just fine on a six year old computer. I don’t think the differences between 2003 and 2007 are significant.</p>
<p>^^ Yup - a wireless network connection would work just as well as would any combo of wireless/wired through a hub (a typical home broadband device).</p>
<p>UriA: interesting pictures! If you may divulge, how did you get a OLPC and what do you do with it? Would you recommend that Haier screen?</p>