It's Arrived!

[thescruff]

Use Foxit Reader for your PDFs.

Office 2000 is compatible with Windows 7 BUT Outlook 2000 will not work on Win 7.
If you have Office 2000 on a disc then install it to use but why not get Thunderbird v5

You should be able to export your Contacts from Outlook to a USB stick then import to the new PC.

dave

I think Adobe is better than Foxit got both on the laptop.

I have thunderbird 5 up and running, how does that help with office 2000.

I have the discs for office 2000. and don't use outlook.

[thescruff]

I've found out all the codes and passwords for the super hub

Re-setting the hub didn't re-set the password.

I'm gonna test it on the Mac in a minute.

[dave.m]

I have thunderbird 5 up and running, how does that help with office 2000.

I just mentioned that Outlook , which came with Office, does not work on Win 7. As you use T/bird it doesn't matter, just install Office 2000. It may warn you that Outlook does not work, if it does, just click OK.

dave

[Cannyfixit]

Have a look at Open office John,it opens all Microsoft office documents and it's free

http://www.openoffice.org/

[thescruff]

First job Dave, telling IE to take a hike, and installing Firefox and Thunderbird.

I'm gonna try paint shop pro 7 on it as well.

Could do with a second monitor and definitely a different keyboard.

[thescruff]

Have a look at Open office John,it opens all Microsoft office documents and it's free

http://www.openoffice.org/

That was plan B Garry if 2000 don't work.

Dave linked to a free one the other week, may have been my computer but I didn't like it one bit.

Got a photo and negative scanner, but doubt whether that will work.

Tried a couple of CD-R earlier and couldn't open them.

[thescruff]

Update. Installed.

Avast.
mBam.
cCleaner.
Office 2000.
Paint shop Pro 07. (Still the best photo suite).
ws_ftp pro
Firefox.
Thunderbird.
Adobe.
Can't remember what else.
Made a start up disc. Before I started Dave.

Interesting to note;

Thought I would stick 9-10GB of manuals on a remote hard drive and dump em in the new computer, the reason being I didn't want to use the back-up files.

Took an 1.5hours to load them on the remote HD, and 5mins to load them in the new computer. The speed of the thing is amazing.

[thescruff]

Question time.

Dave, you mentioned about accessing the Admin can you pm me it again.

There's 4 hard drives in the computer. C.D.E.F. I think, only C. is being used, can I store stuff (manuals) for example by creating a folder in one of the drives, if so how, and does it make any difference which one.

[chat_to_rich]

I think your new PC came with 1x 120GB SSD and 3x 2TB drives. I would recommend creating a RAID 5 array of the 3x 2TB drives. That will give you a single drive in Windows which is 4TB. If one of the drives fails you won't loose any data. You just replace the drive and the parity data is copied over from the remaining two drives.
If you don't want to do that, you could create a RAID 1 array of 2x 2TB drives. This will give you a 2TB drive in Windows and one spare 2TB drive to do as you wish. With RAID 1 you are protected from a failure as well.

The motherboard manual should have been provided with your PC and will show you how to set this up on P81. From the other posts I believe you have a Gigabyte GA-P67X-UD3 motherboard. The manual can be downloaded here:http://www.gigabyte.com/products/produc ... id=3816#dl

You'll need to check that all the 2TB drives have been connected to the 3Gb/s SATA ports on the Intel chipset.
You can ignore the Marvel storage controller on your motherboard when setting this up.

I'm not around much today to assist, but if you decide to go ahead I'm sure the others can help you.

[thescruff]

Thanks as usual Rich, There's no rush or panic I have as long as it takes.

Need to check the Mother board and what bits are installed, as they had testing problems and changed something.

Motherboard is New 6 series B3 stepping P67X-UD3-B3.

Have the Manual with the machine, more reading

[chat_to_rich]

I forgot to mention that if you decide to create a RAID array check that nothing is on the 2TB drives before you start as any data will be lost during the creation of the array.

You also asked about USB 2 and USB 3 earlier. USB 3 should be the bright blue ports on the back of your motherboard. They're approx 10x faster than USB 2. Not many USB 3 peripherals are available at the moment. It's good for external hard drives etc. because USB 2 is a bit of a bottle neck these days. USB 3 is backwards compatible with USB 2 devices.

[thescruff]

Nothing on the 3 drives Rive, The Raid 5 array sounds cool so go for that.

Usb 2 are blue and the usb 3 are red on the back

Then theres a mixture on the top and inside the door.

[thescruff]

USB 3 being 10xs faster may have been why it took 90mins to load data to the remote HD and 5mins to unload

[dave.m]

For John,
as he asked for it.
Should not really need it very often and TURN IT OFF AFTER USE.
It is mainly if a program refuses to install using your second-in-command Admin Account.
I had to use it to install the program for my HP Photosmart Printer from the CD as when I ran the disc it kept failing to install and demanded that I had Admin rights.


Enable the (Hidden) Administrator Account on Windows 7


http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows- ... ows-vista/

Enable Built-in Administrator Account

First you’ll need to open a command prompt in administrator mode by:
Typing cmd in the Start search box.
Then right-clicking and choosing “Run as administrator” (or use the Ctrl+Shift+Enter shortcut from the search box).

Now type the following command:
net user administrator /active:yes

You should see a message that the command completed successfully.
Log out, and you’ll now see the Administrator account as a choice.
Log in using the Administrator account.

Disable Built-in Administrator Account

First of all log in as your regular user account.
Repeat the above to get the command prompt up.

Now type the following command:
net user administrator /active:no

You should see a message that the command completed successfully.

[thescruff]

Have a look at that later Dave thank you.

Got Manuel on the line at the moment.