The program worked great...Just tried it last night. It DOES try to get you to shut down JAWS, but when the dialog comes up asking if you really want to close JAWS, just click cancel, and things will be fine. I used the "Removable media" option since I was just transferring the settings files, and all my docs are on an external hard drive, and it took very little time...Very accessible, very user-friendly. For certain non-Microsoft programs such as FireFox and JAWS, you have to manually add those folders...But for some settings in your Application Data folder, such as AIM, Yahoo Messenger, Winamp, and a few others, the program recognized those by default...Not sure what that's all about.
Over all, a good experience. On 2/5/09, David Ferrin <[email protected]> wrote: > Wes, try out the information at the following address: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/programs/Windows/tfrcable_x86.html > > With luck it will answer all of your questions. It's around 18 pages of > documentation and a download link. I know because I coded the page and it > took me a couple of days to do it. > David Ferrin > [email protected] > Life is what happens after you have already made other plans. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wes Derby" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 4:01 PM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Transferring Data From A PC to a Laptop > > > Hi All. > > Recently, my wife and I bought new laptops from Dell to replace our > slowing down/dying desktop. The desktop runs XP and the laptops both > run Vista. I'm using JAWS 10, and my wife is sighted and does not use > JAWS, but i do a lot of the computer maintenance for both of us. > > So, here are my questions...It's been a while since I've done this, > and the last upgrade was going from Windows 98 to XP, and was a bit > nightmarish. > > First, how can I easily move all my Outlook 2003 data from the desktop > to my laptop, which will be running Outlook 2007? I know moving the > .PST files will move my folders and messages, but what about my > address book/contacts? > > Second, I found an article on moving all my Firefox settings, > including bookmarks and saved passwords over. Is the process the same > for moving the favorites and passwords stored in Internet Explorer 7? > The Firefox article just told me to go into the specific user's > application data\firefox folder and do it from there...Guessing I'd do > the same with IE. > > What about the Windows password list? Is this different? Where do I > find it, and how do I move those? For instance, it seems the computer > stores the password for NLS's digital download pilot site > (www.nlstalkingbooks.org/dtb) differently than it does when it asks me > if I want IE or Firefox to remember my GMail or Facebook password. > > Finally, my wife uses Outlook Express for her email needs. It doesn't > appear to be as straightforward as Outlook to back up and restore to a > new computer or profile. How would I do this, or CAN it be done? > > For our other software and docs, I think I've figured out what to > do...It's a lot of moving stuff to the external hard drive and putting > it on the appropriate computer, re-installing software that I've > downloaded from the web...No big deal. > > Sorry this is a bit long, but I figured this all tied together and > should go in one message. My next one may be a bit more complex. :) > > Wes > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [email protected] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [email protected] > Use the following address in order to contact the management team > [email protected] > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [email protected] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [email protected] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [email protected] > Use the following address in order to contact the management team > [email protected] > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [email protected] > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [email protected] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [email protected] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [email protected]
