Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-11 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Thomas, On Thu, 11 May 2006 08:46:04 +0700GMT (11-5-2006, 3:46 +0200, where I live), you wrote: TF>>> I don't think they took anything away (it was never any better), but TF>>> they forgot to include the tbuser.def. RO>> IIRC that was fixed sometime ago. TF> I'm using 3.80.03 and it's not

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-10 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Roelof, On Wed, 10 May 2006 23:24:33 +0200 GMT (11/05/2006, 04:24 +0700 GMT), Roelof Otten wrote: TF>> I don't think they took anything away (it was never any better), but TF>> they forgot to include the tbuser.def. RO> IIRC that was fixed sometime ago. I'm using 3.80.03 and it's not fixe

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-10 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Thomas, On Wed, 10 May 2006 19:37:41 +0700GMT (10-5-2006, 14:37 +0200, where I live), you wrote: TF> I don't think they took anything away (it was never any better), but TF> they forgot to include the tbuser.def. IIRC that was fixed sometime ago. -- Groetjes, Roelof Postscript: The only

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-10 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Chris, On Tue, 9 May 2006 15:37:58 -0500 GMT (10/05/2006, 03:37 +0700 GMT), Chris wrote: C> You might want to look into The Bat! Voyager (or is that vaporware?). I have been using it for a while now and wouldn't travel without. C> It is designed to run from a USB key, but it would probabl

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-10 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Roelof, On Tue, 9 May 2006 18:57:00 +0200 GMT (09/05/2006, 23:57 +0700 GMT), Roelof Otten wrote: TF>> So everybody agrees that the built-in backup/restore function is not TF>> sufficient? Somebody should tell the developers! ;-) RO> It sufficed for me when I restored TB to this system. Tha

Re[2]: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-09 Thread MrNaughty
Hello Roelof, Tuesday, May 9, 2006, 2:56:02 PM, you wrote: > Hallo MrNaughty, > On Tue, 9 May 2006 13:39:41 -0600GMT (9-5-2006, 21:39 +0200, where I > live), you wrote: M I would like to ask: why NOT ALL SETTINGS be stored in ",INI" file and M why not for user to decide during inst

Re[2]: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-09 Thread MrNaughty
Hello Roelof, Tuesday, May 9, 2006, 3:01:35 PM, you wrote: > When you're doing a monthly backup, it shouldn't be so hard to extract > TB's registry setting and include that in your backup, after all, it's > all located in: > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RIT\The Bat! > Apparently you're not a

Re[2]: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-09 Thread MrNaughty
Hello Chris, Tuesday, May 9, 2006, 2:41:46 PM, you wrote: > Roelof Otten @ 5/09/2006 11:54:52 AM > "Best way to migrate to new pc" > >> Of course there's the possibility to store the the .ini at documents >> and settings, but to leave the rest free. But

Re[2]: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-09 Thread MrNaughty
Hello Chris, Tuesday, May 9, 2006, 2:36:09 PM, you wrote: > MrNaughty @ 5/09/2006 2:39:41 PM > "Best way to migrate to new pc" > >>> That would make it a bit more complicated to place you message base >>> on a personalised location, or you sho

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-09 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo MrNaughty, On Tue, 9 May 2006 13:37:54 -0600GMT (9-5-2006, 21:37 +0200, where I live), you wrote: >> Because, as of now, the registry is the recommended place for these >> sorts of settings (I'm probably starting a religious war with this >> comment). M>Yes, if you're regular user, but

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-09 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo MrNaughty, On Tue, 9 May 2006 13:39:41 -0600GMT (9-5-2006, 21:39 +0200, where I live), you wrote: M>>> I would like to ask: why NOT ALL SETTINGS be stored in ",INI" file and M>>> why not for user to decide during instalation which way he wants to >> That would make it a bit more complicate

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-09 Thread Chris
MrNaughty @ 5/09/2006 2:39:41 PM "Best way to migrate to new pc" >> That would make it a bit more complicated to place you message base >> on a personalised location, or you should place the .ini in the >> program directory. > I don't think it will The .INI

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-09 Thread Chris
MrNaughty @ 5/09/2006 2:37:54 PM "Best way to migrate to new pc" > Yes, if you're regular user, but what if you are reformatting or > restore PQDI / BootIt image twice or tree times a month? I certainly > don't want to spent more time for installing TheBat, re

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-09 Thread Chris
Roelof Otten @ 5/09/2006 11:54:52 AM "Best way to migrate to new pc" > Of course there's the possibility to store the the .ini at documents > and settings, but to leave the rest free. But then you're foreced to > use thaty location and that doesn't have real

Re[2]: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-09 Thread MrNaughty
Hello Roelof, Tuesday, May 9, 2006, 10:54:52 AM, you wrote: > Hallo MrNaughty, > On Tue, 9 May 2006 00:07:41 -0600GMT (9-5-2006, 8:07 +0100, where I > live), you wrote: M>> I would like to ask: why NOT ALL SETTINGS be stored in ",INI" file and M>> why not for user to decide during instalation whi

Re[2]: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-09 Thread MrNaughty
Hello Chris, Tuesday, May 9, 2006, 12:28:56 AM, you wrote: > MrNaughty @ 5/09/2006 1:07:41 AM > "Best way to migrate to new pc" > >> I would like to ask: why NOT ALL SETTINGS be stored in ",INI" file > Because, as of now, the registry is the recommended pl

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-09 Thread Luc
Good evening Thomas, It was foretold that on 9/05/2006 @ 09:43:30 GMT+0700 (which was 4:43:30 where I live) Thomas Fernandez would write: TF> Did you change the drives on which TB or the mail directory were TF> installed? I don't think what you did will work if you changed TF> directories.

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-09 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Thomas, On Tue, 9 May 2006 09:44:42 +0700GMT (9-5-2006, 4:44 +0100, where I live), you wrote: TF> So everybody agrees that the built-in backup/restore function is not TF> sufficient? Somebody should tell the developers! ;-) It sufficed for me when I restored TB to this system. That was two

Mod: Cut mark (was: Best way to migrate to new pc)

2006-05-09 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo MrNaughty, On Tue, 9 May 2006 00:07:41 -0600GMT (9-5-2006, 8:07 +0200, where I live), you wrote: M> M> Current version is 3.80.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: Note: This moderator's interjection is a note to all readers and not just to the

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-09 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo MrNaughty, On Tue, 9 May 2006 00:07:41 -0600GMT (9-5-2006, 8:07 +0100, where I live), you wrote: M> I would like to ask: why NOT ALL SETTINGS be stored in ",INI" file and M> why not for user to decide during instalation which way he wants to That would make it a bit more complicated to pla

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-09 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Simon, On Tue, 9 May 2006 06:34:17 +0100 GMT (09/05/2006, 12:34 +0700 GMT), Simon wrote: S> For my part I just wasn't 'confident' that the Backup I had would S> do everything that copying the physical directories S> would? It's that 'confidence' that's needed. Right. S> Does the Backup k

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-08 Thread Chris
Simon @ 5/09/2006 12:34:17 AM "Best way to migrate to new pc" > Does the Backup keep > Address Books If you tell it to. > Toolbars I don't think so. > Quick Templates Yes. > Screen Layouts/Positions No. That's stored in the registry. > Plugins

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-08 Thread Chris
Simon @ 5/09/2006 12:29:04 AM "Best way to migrate to new pc" > I sort of agree with you on this one... However, I honestly can't > say that I know of any software that incorporates Registrant details > into it's backup capability - be it home user software, co

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-08 Thread Chris
MrNaughty @ 5/09/2006 1:07:41 AM "Best way to migrate to new pc" > I would like to ask: why NOT ALL SETTINGS be stored in ",INI" file Because, as of now, the registry is the recommended place for these sorts of settings (I'm probably starting a religious war with t

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-08 Thread MrNaughty
Some settings are stored in the reg file, and I believe others in .ini files. It should not be necessary to export/import the reg key manually. This is clearly a bug in the backup/restore function, I'd say. I would like to ask: why NOT ALL SETTINGS be stored in ",INI" file and why not for user t

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-08 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Simon, On Mon, 8 May 2006 20:53:25 +0100 GMT (09/05/2006, 02:53 +0700 GMT), Simon wrote: S> Not exactly textbook or click-button easy, but it worked! So everybody agrees that the built-in backup/restore function is not sufficient? Somebody should tell the developers! ;-) -- Cheers, Thom

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-08 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Luc, On Mon, 8 May 2006 22:08:19 +0200 GMT (09/05/2006, 03:08 +0700 GMT), Luc wrote: L> Good news first: no problem what so ever. L> Steps i followed: L> - made a backup ---> tools L> - exported the registry tree of the ritlabs folder: run regedit, go to L> HKEY_CURRENT_USER, folder softwa

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-08 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Tom, On Mon, 8 May 2006 12:37:21 +1000 GMT (08/05/2006, 09:37 +0700 GMT), Tom wrote: >>> 2.) Customisations gone. This could easily be fixed by copying the >>> tbuser.def from the back-up to the new location, overwriting the >>> existing new file. This appears to be a programmer oversight,

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-08 Thread Luc
Good evening Tom, It was foretold that on 7/05/2006 @ 17:00:05 GMT+1000 (which was 9:00:05 where I live) Tom would write: T> This seems easy enough but in the forum I also read that if the two pc T> have different registry paths, this may not completely work or editing T> the registry may b

Re[2]: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-08 Thread Tom
Hello Thomas, you wrote: > I just went through this. This is what I wrote on the beta list: >> 2.) Customisations gone. This could easily be fixed by copying the >> tbuser.def from the back-up to the new location, overwriting the >> existing new file. This appears to be a programmer oversight,

Re: Best way to migrate to new pc

2006-05-07 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Tom, On Sun, 7 May 2006 17:00:05 +1000 GMT (07/05/2006, 14:00 +0700 GMT), Tom wrote: T> This seems easy enough but in the forum I also read that if the two pc T> have different registry paths, this may not completely work or editing T> the registry may be required (something I am very scare