I used PCMover a couple years ago when I replaced an old desktop machine and it definitely made the process much easier. It's a very strange business model for a software product. One where I suspect most of their customers use it exactly once, then buy a new copy the next time they need it.
Rick On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 4:23 AM Mike Cowlishaw <m...@speleotrove.com> wrote: > Turns out it was suggested that I use PCMover, and for some reason I > thought it was Microsoft, but it is in fact by laplink (but is 'recommended > by Intel and Microsoft'). It sounds OK: > https://go.laplink.com/product/pcmover-home > > I only recently moved to Win 10 from Win 7 and that was definitely a > downgrade, so I know what you mean ... > > Mike > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rony G. Flatscher [mailto:rony.flatsc...@wu.ac.at] > > Sent: 22 December 2024 21:13 > > To: oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Oorexx-devel] Ad creating a release of ooRexx > > 5.1.0, please give feedback > > > > On 22.12.2024 18:16, Mike Cowlishaw wrote: > > >> [Actually, I am totally backlogged with different time-consuming > > >> tasks, among them my new Windows 11 laptop that arrived late and > > >> which needs to be installed with a wealth of software to > > become able > > >> again to build ooRexx. At the moment this important project is on > > >> hold ... > > > I thought Windows 11 from Windows 10 migration was supposed > > to be as > > > easy as Android .. i.e., just 'update', not 're-install everything'? > > > > Wish that were the case. Got a Lenovo Thinkpad with Windows > > 11 preinstalled. From starting up the machine for the first > > time until I arrived at the state where I could start to > > install software it took almost four hours: fetching > > constantly updates, applying them, rebooting, a few times. > > Microsoft forced me to create an account with Microsoft, > > otherwise I could not get to use Windows 11 that I had > > already bought with the laptop, talk about abusing power! > > > > The user interface has "blind" links to all of Microsoft's > > Office modules pre-installed, including OneDrive, Co-Pilot > > and the like. If you click e.g. on the Word link it appears > > to get you to the open page, where you can choose a document > > type then a dialog pops-up where you have to register in > > order to really use it, and the registration would move you > > to a monthly license fee plan it appears. No competitor of > > Microsoft has the same ability (to put links to their > > software on to the Windows interface and toolbar) thereby > > pre-empting any competition by abusing their market power! > > (No, I would not want any advertisements or software bundles > > on an operating system, just the operating system to operate > > the software.) > > > > As I do not want any license fee based PC software I looked > > for the latest MS Office that is not license fee based. It is > > rather hard to find, but since October there is a new one-time-fee > > ("permanent") Office 2024 Pro PC. Researching a little bit I > > finally got a version for € 29,99 which entitles me to > > install it on three PCs (go figure if comparing to the > > officially announced prices). > > The site I found would have Windows 10 or Windows 11 for that > > price, but also bundles with various MS Office suites for > > that very same price. When installing MS Office 2024 one > > needs to remove any traces of a prior installation of MS > > Office or one of its modules. And interestingly, the blind > > links are installed and need to be uninstalled. (At that > > occasion I noticed that MS Edge seems to be uninstallable as > > well which I contemplate as Windows 11 does not fully honor > > my choice to use Firefox as the default browser.) Also it > > seems that Microsoft used my newly created Microsoft account > > without asking, thereby personalizing the Office product > > without any need as the proof of ownership had been given > > with presenting the acquired product key. Talk about breaking privacy! > > > > Doing a Shutdown (German "Herunterfahren") will not shut down > > Windows 11 but put it into sleeping/hibernation mode without > > telling you, so no reboot process when restarting. > > Researching on the Internet yielded a solution: press the > > shift-key while choosing "Shutdown", then it will shutdown > > (the meaning of words does not mean anything anymore it seems). > > > > And on, and on, and on, a true time killer, not a > > productivity tool anymore, I am afraid (not the least because > > of the many changes in the user-interface that force you to > > research on the Internet what to do in Windows 11 in order to > > achieve what you have been doing for years if not decades on > > all Windows versions in the past). > > > > An important productivity howto for Windows 11: just memorize > > to use the <WindowsKey>+<R> to get a little input window to > > enter a command like "cmd" and press <enter> to get a command > > line window, if you need it with administrative rights you > > need to do a <shift>+<enter> instead. There is no icon/link > > anymore to allow you to open it directly in normal or > > administrative mode. > > > > If you choose "Terminal" in the search window you will get by > > default the quite human-unfriendly "PowerShell" command line > > window (which very Windows-unlike does not search in the > > current directory first and then on PATH, but sticks to the > > original Unix rule to only use PATH for locating programs). > > To escape from PowerShell into the classic command line > > window one needs to enter the command "cmd". > > > > (If it was not for ooRexx- and BSF4ooRexx-projects I would > > not use a Windows machine anymore, but rather a Linux or > > Apple machine with open-source software.) > > > > > [Some annoyance here because none of family machines are > > 'Windows 11 > > > compatible' (they use the EU versions of Intel CPUs but the USA > > > versions of the same model are supported) so in theory have > > to replace > > > all PCs and laptops at huge expense when current hardware is plenty > > > fast enough...] > > > > > >> ... as I will be visiting my mother over Christmas and > > possibly New Year. > > > Have a good Xmas, and all the best for 2025! > > > > Thank you and also have a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2025! > > > > ---rony > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Oorexx-devel mailing list > > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >
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