Re: Transferring The Bat to new computer on 2 computer network
On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:28 -0500, Achdut18 achdu...@gmail.com wrote: What is the best way to set up The Bat on a new computer when that computer is attached to a home network that has 2 computers running The Bat? Hello, Backup on the old laptop with all the account settings, install a copy of TB! on the new one and instead of creating an account, restore. Cheers Z. Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Transferring The Bat to new computer on 2 computer network
Hello Hajdú, Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 1:04:03 AM, you wrote in response to my question, What is the best way to set up The Bat on a new computer when that computer is attached to a home network that has 2 computers running The Bat? the following: HZ Backup on the old laptop with all the account settings, install a copy HZ of TB! on the new one and instead of creating an account, restore. Thank you very much. I do have a few more questions that probably seem very elementary: I am able to create a backup file. I presume that is the .tbk file. However, I need more specific guidance about installing a copy of TB on the new laptop and the restore. Do I download a copy of TB from the Ritlabs website? If not, what file am I copying from the old laptop to the new laptop for the installation? Do you recommend using the most recent version, or will I avoid headaches by using the version that I have without upgrading? Then, will I be prompted to restore during the install process, or do I wait until after that process is complete to then restore? If I wait until after the install is complete, do I then just go to Tools/Restore, check all the boxes and then highlight the .tbk file after clicking on add? -- Avi Avram Sacks Using The Bat 4.0.18 on Windows XP Pro SP3; soon on Windows 7 Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Transferring The Bat to new computer on 2 computer network
Hello tb...@thebat., Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 4:45:31 PM, you wrote: A Hello Hajdú, A Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 1:04:03 AM, you wrote in response to my A question, What is the best way to set up The Bat on a new computer A when that computer is attached to a home network that has 2 computers A running The Bat? the following: HZ Backup on the old laptop with all the account settings, install a copy HZ of TB! on the new one and instead of creating an account, restore. A Thank you very much. I do have a few more questions that probably A seem very elementary: A I am able to create a backup file. I presume that is the .tbk file. Yes A However, I need more specific guidance about installing a copy of TB A on the new laptop and the restore. Do I download a copy of TB from the A Ritlabs website? If not, what file am I copying from the old laptop A to the new laptop for the installation? Do you recommend using the A most recent version, or will I avoid headaches by using the version A that I have without upgrading? If you still have the .msi installation file, you would run that to install. You would then also install the international pack, intpack.msi This seems safer than using a new version from the Ritlabs website, but if you don't have the old install file, you would download the latest. A Then, will I be prompted to restore during the install process, or do I A wait until after that process is complete to then restore? A If I wait until after the install is complete, do I then just go to A Tools/Restore, check all the boxes and then highlight the .tbk file A after clicking on add? There is no prompting. After installing, you just go to A Tools/Restore, check all the boxes and then highlight the .tbk file A after clicking on add?. -- Paul - Using The Bat! v4.2.36.4 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 ...There's no time except right this second - everything else is a memory or a hope - Merlin Mann, 43folders.com Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
RE: Transferring The Bat to new computer on 2 computer network (the altF2 command)
Thanks, Paul, Your notes will be very useful. One question I forgot to ask: Hajdu recommended in response to my questionWhat is the best way to set up The Bat on a new computer when that computer is attached to a home network that has 2 computers running The Bat? that I use a backup of TB from the old laptop rather than from the host pc on which TB is running. That makes sense, particularly because two filters and subfolders were created on the old laptop that are not on the host PC's version of TB. However, I have also observed that the alt F2 command (to download e-mail from all accounts at once) does not work on the laptop, even though both the old laptop and the host PC are running the same version of TB. Since we have about a dozen different e-mail accounts, it is desirable to be able to download all at once. Is there any way I can fix this problem without installing a backup of the host pc on to the old pc and new pc? -- Avi Avram Sacks Chicago Using The Bat ver. 4.0.18 on MS XP Pro SP3 and soon Windows 7. Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Transferring The Bat to new computer on 2 computer network
Hi, everyone, What is the best way to set up The Bat on a new computer when that computer is attached to a home network that has 2 computers running The Bat? It has been awhile since I added The Bat to a second computer, so, I don't recall exactly what I did. Currently, we have The Bat installed on two computers, a desktop and a laptop. The laptop is being replaced. The mail directory only resides on the desktop pc. The second computer, a laptop, has, under Account/Properties/Files and Directories the home directory pointing to the Mail folder of the desktop pc. Mail is only downloaded and stored on the desktop. However, the download operation can be initiated from either the desktop, or the laptop when it is connected to the network. Mail downloaded by one computer into the desktop Mail directory can be seen, read, replied to, etc., by either computer on the network. This setup allows two users on the home network to have access to the same mail, regardless of which computer is being used. What is the best way to install The Bat on the new laptop in order to retain account settings and allow both users to have the same access to downloaded mail? Should I download from the Ritlabs website a new installation of The Bat and then point the mail directory to the shared Mail folder on the desktop? If so, how do I make sure that all of the current settings, including the address book and 22 filters currently running, work on the new laptop? I suspect that there are registry entries that would need to be copied to the new laptop. Is this true? If so, how do I do that? The new laptop is running Windows 7 while the other computers are running Windows XP Pro SP3. Do I need to have the same version of The Bat running on all of the computers in order to insure that there won't be any file or registry entry conflicts? Finally, I am currently using ver. 4.0.18. Is the newest version ready for prime time? Am I better off staying with ver. 4.0.18? Thanks for your help. -- Avi Avram Sacks Chicago Using The Bat ver. 4.0.18 on Windows XP Pro SP3, and soon on Windows 7 Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
