New computer

Factual Questions
1

Our new Dell is going online hopefully tonight.
I’ve only brought a new one up from scratch once, several years ago. I have several favorites or bookmarks I want to transfer to the new one.
How do I do that?
There are also many bookmarks on the old computer that are no longer valid or I don’t want then anymore. How do I sort them?

Spam

This old computer is being overcome with spam.
Out of the 100 or so messages I am only interested in 4 or 5 of them. I have AVG that I just recently installed so the email virus scan takes forever. I am about to try the email scheduler disabler recently posted here.Can I get in trouble if I do it before I set up the new computer?

2

XP or Vista?

A utility called FavOrg can be configured to delete invalid favorites. The ones you don’t want anymore will have to be deleted by hand.

3

This is vista.
Wow I can’t find anything. Got too used to the old one.

4

What browser are you using?

5

using Google right now but had Netscape on the other computer.

6

Can you get someone to come over and set your old hard drive as a slave in the new machine and then it will be easy to get the stuff you want?

7

Go to Start>Accessories>System tools, and find a utility called Windows Easy Transfer. Using this tool, you can transfer files and settings, including favorites via an Easy Transfer Cable, a flash drive, a CD-R or DVD-R, an external USB hard drive, or over a local area network.

8

I don’t have any of those; would a floppy do, or could the favourites be sent as an e-mail attachment? I want to transfer my favourites from the university network to my home computer. I’m on XP and IE.

9

a 1GB USB flash drive is about 10 bucks. It will come in very handy for other things, too. The stuff will NOT all fit onto a floppy.

10

If all you want is your favorites, on the XP computer, right click on Start, select Explore, then navigate to My Computer>Local Drive C:>Documents and Settings>[User Name]>Favorites. Right click on the Favorites folder, select Send To, then select **Floppy Drive A: **/. There should be plenty of room on a floppy for your favorites.

When you get home on the Vista computer, right click on Start, select Explore, then navigate to Desktop>[User Name]>Favorites. Copy the contents of the Favorites folder from the floppy into the Favorites folder on your new computer. Open a new browser, and you should be able to see your old favorites.