Setting Up a New Computer (Page 2): I have encountered countless installations of office office professional etc. etc. and I have never experienced this or seen this before. Where did...

riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas

elliott937 wrote:

Microsoft? Shame on them. I bought a second ... (show quote)

I have encountered countless installations of office office professional etc. etc. and I have never experienced this or seen this before. Where did you buy it from.
Bruce

elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

I bought it, for $150, from our school store at Webster University. One week later, I saw it offered by Amazon for $100.

Wish me luck, I'm going to move over to the back-up iMac I bought, to back up this one. It's Sunday, perhaps the Sunday crew are not as sales-driven.

riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas

elliott937 wrote:

I bought it, for $150, from our school store at Webster University. One week later, I saw it offered by Amazon for $100.

Wish me luck, I'm going to move over to the back-up iMac I bought, to back up this one. It's Sunday, perhaps the Sunday crew are not as sales-driven.

I wish you luck brother I think you’ll be fine. By the way I also purchased a couple of windows 10 professional installs in office professional installs from our school or university bookstore they used off room and desk then they offered you an envelope with a download link to the third-party provider I didn’t have any problems with any of them but who knows things of changed good luck brother.
Bruce

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Najataagihe wrote:

Quick tip:

Pop open the PC's case and point a small room fan at the motherboard.

Plug the fan into a different outlet (preferably on a different circuit, but not absolutely necessary).

Have fun!

Part of the problem is the location. I have it in a computer rolltop desk. Ordinarily, getting hot isn't a concern, but with both hard drives running, in addition to the C drive, it tends to heat up. I think I might have to remove the CPU heat sink to get at the fan header, and I'd rather not do that. Adding a fan to the desk itself might be a better idea. I could also remove the plastic front of the computer to let more air in.

joanloy Loc: St. Louis, MO

jerryc41 wrote:

Setting up a new computer is both good and bad. I... (show quote)

I used Zinstall to transfer everything (including programs) from my old PC to the new one. I connected the 2 PC's with an ethernet cable, let it run over night, and it was finished in the morning. It was almost perfect; only a few things that I needed to fix. It was really worth the cost.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

jerryc41 wrote:

Part of the problem is the location. I have it in a computer rolltop desk. Ordinarily, getting hot isn't a concern, but with both hard drives running, in addition to the C drive, it tends to heat up. I think I might have to remove the CPU heat sink to get at the fan header, and I'd rather not do that. Adding a fan to the desk itself might be a better idea. I could also remove the plastic front of the computer to let more air in.

Years ago, when we transplanted from NJ to NC for 13 years, I purchased a new beautiful oak roll top desk for my computer. I learned to hate it. It looked beautiful, but it was far from functional for a computer desk.
Mark

ClarkJohnson Loc: Fort Myers, FL and Cohasset, MA

Just received a new Dell XPS desktop, so I can empathize. I downloaded new copies of all my primary software. All photos and other key information are on external drives, so that was no issue. I did learn that for transferring files for programs like iTunes it is helpful to (gasp) follow their directions. I can’t believe how much faster things run! Definitely a quality of life upgrade. Have fun with yours.

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

tomc601 wrote:

Another reason to love the MAC. Built in Time Machine can restore a drive or copy to a new one with an exact duplicate. Just set it and forget it. Takes a while but you can be cooking and gardening while it does it for you.

I used to have this computer:

until I sold it some guy named John Titor.

Who gets the joke without googling it, or by googling it if you confess to using the google?

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

LWW wrote:

I used to have this computer:

until I sold it some guy named John Titor.

Who gets the joke without googling it, or by googling it if you confess to using the google?

No Google. He was the founder of another computer company? A guess!
Mark

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

markngolf wrote:

No Google. He was the founder of another computer company? A guess!
Mark

You need to be a bit more looking to the future, but to the best of my knowledge he founded no company.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

LWW wrote:

You need to be a bit more looking to the future, but to the best of my knowledge he founded no company.

You are one cool "dude"!! Love your posts!!
Mark

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

markngolf wrote:

You are one cool "dude"!! Love your posts!!
Mark

TYVM ... but don't let that get out, Ive got a reputation to uphold.

Got it yet?

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Did you sell it to him or did he sell it to you? (And what year?)

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

LWW wrote:

TYVM ... but don't let that get out, Ive got a reputation to uphold.

Got it yet?

Sorry, I cheated!! Maybe he knew "Dan Fry"!

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

markngolf wrote:

Sorry, I cheated!! Maybe he knew "Dan Fry"!

I don't know Dan Fry ... but I did used to listen to Art Bell for the weirdness.

Actually, before somebody starts pestering me for info on John Titor, I don't know him either ... or do I?