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On Monday 22 March 2010 17:05:12 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 03/22/2010 06:54 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> > On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Stroller |
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> > |
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> > <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> >> I was very impressed by Windows 7 recently. I installed it for a |
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> >> customer and it seems wonderful. I even considered trying it myself, but |
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> >> I realised that the inability to copy settings from one profile or |
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> >> machine to another is a *complete* deal-breaker to me. |
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> > |
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> > [OT] |
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> > |
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> > In Windows XP it was called "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard". It |
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> > could be run from the Windows install CD or maybe it was installed as |
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> > well. You ran it on the source machine, then on the target machine and |
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> > it did its magic. It even carried over individual apps settings for |
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> > supported products (microsoft, adobe, etc). Did they get rid of that |
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> > tool in later versions of Windows? |
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> No, it's still there (and improved). No idea why Stroller couldn't find |
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> it. |
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Hmm ... I have W7 on my new laptop. I booted it 3 times in as many months. |
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One of these times was to update the BIOS. All I can say its that I found it |
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enormously irritating because many things are not where I would expect to |
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find them (like defrag). There is however a search function - which is only |
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good if you already know the name of the executable. |
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TBH, I wouldn't pay money for it but as many OEM impose a MSWindows tax on |
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all of us I had no other option if I wanted to buy this particular laptop. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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