:help: Can anyone give me some IT advice. I have PC at home which has Windows 98 on it (I am on it now!!) and also has the usual Words, Access, Outlook Express, Etc etc. I have purchased a second hand laptop from work but it does not have Word etc on it. The operating system that it does have is Windows 2000 Professional. Is there anyway I can copy what I have on my home PC to my laptop to save me the expense of purchasing some new programming. I don't have a CD-R at the moment but Santa should be leaving one, in fact the tower is going to PC World this week!!! Basically I want on my lap top the same as I have on my PC without spending any more money!!!
I would appreciate any help.
Thanks
Martin_s
14-12-2003, 17:22
Unfortunately not..
Trying to copy the files across would be a nightmare and would require a very in depth knowledge of the registry to get all the settings passed on.
You could try imaging the older PC system and then trying to restore it on the laptop but that would as likely create an unstable system so I wouldn't recommend that.
My suggestion would be to look at either eBay for an OEM copy of Word.. consider Opensource alternatives (eg: openoffice) or some other course of action...
Best of luck..
Agent Smith
16-12-2003, 00:25
Can't be done, I'm afraid.
Word isn't part of any Microsoft Windows, whether it be 98 or 2000. So, you'll need a separate installation disk, to be able to install it on to your laptop, and then you can transfer your documents from the pc to the laptop.
As Martin as suggested, try ebay, you may be able to get a cheaper copy than from pcworld.
;)
blue-kat
16-12-2003, 00:37
how about getting Openoffice or Staroffice?
they aren't microsoft but are fraction of the price but you can open Word etc.
see:
staroffice 7.0 at amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000DG2N4/ref=sr_aps_software_1_1/026-0776972-8530843)
fnkysknky
16-12-2003, 10:09
Actually you can transfer Office across but as Martin_s stated it's probably going to turn out to be more hassle than it's worth unless you're confident playing with the registry. I've managed to do it myself in the past and used some .reg files I downloaded off the net but it's not ideal and is more a pain in the arse than anything. But seeing as though you can get Office 97 for under a tenner from ebay you may as well buy it.
On the topic of PCWorld - I really wouldn't take your PC there if you can help it, the engineers are useless and it is not uncommon for upgraded PC's to be returned to customers in worse condition than they started, you have been warned!
Skatiechik
16-12-2003, 10:26
Yes I wouldn't touch PCWorld with a barge pole :)
fnkysknky
16-12-2003, 10:42
I used to have to deal with them through work - the best part was abusing the managers on the phone :)
Skatiechik
16-12-2003, 11:00
PCWorld are just like the morons who maintain a helpdesk
You tell them you computer has something wrong with it and they ask you if you have switched it on :) when you go into more technical detail they say they can't help as they don't know.
How on earth these people get jobs when they haven't the foggiest about computers I don't know.
Skatie
Phanerothyme
16-12-2003, 11:05
I use open office - it is mostly great - especially cos it is free, opens and saves word documents no probs (which is more than can be said for M$ word)
www.openoffice.org
It's also very easy to find a copy of Office on p2p if you don't mind using a non-legit copy.
fnkysknky
16-12-2003, 13:59
Originally posted by Phanerothyme
I use open office - it is mostly great - especially cos it is free, opens and saves word documents no probs (which is more than can be said for M$ word)
www.openoffice.org
I thought it was great to until it went tits up and trashed my parents system. It's fine until something happens to one of it's profiles then it gets a little bit confused :(
Agent Smith
16-12-2003, 21:42
Originally posted by fnkysknky
Actually you can transfer Office across but as Martin_s stated it's probably going to turn out to be more hassle than it's worth unless you're confident playing with the registry.
I know you can transfer software in this manner, but it's not straightforward, it doesn't always work and is definately not for the average computer user, that's why I wrote "it can't be done"
Stick to a fresh installation of whatever software you decide to use. (Plenty of good examples quoted already)
Good Luck....;)