Re: Computer enablement - yayayay! - BUT questions for you Win 7 users

2015-05-23 Thread John
On 5/22/2015 10:06 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Well I do love my new computer - despite some harrowing problems that The help desk actually helped. It started with a nightmarish encounter with malware - but that got solved... and I got Defender Pro for cheap because I'm old and nice :-) THere are

Re: Computer enablement - yayayay! - BUT questions for you Win 7 users

2015-05-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
John - thanks so much for the dos extension info - since the helpdesk guy thought I couldn't do it. ha! IT appears that I can't run 5.0 adobe elements on the new puter but I was given 10.0 so we will see how I can adjust to that. meanwhile, in the , gr dept, I probably have to just stay

Re: Computer enablement - yayayay! - BUT questions for you Win 7 users

2015-05-22 Thread P.J. Alling
I used this to pull the data from the instance of Thunderbird on my laptop when I installed it on my desktop. http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ On 5/22/2015 11:27 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Ann, here are a few answers: Ann Sanfedele Fri, 22 May 2015 07:06:10 -0700 wrote: .. NOW -

Re: Computer enablement - yayayay! - BUT questions for you Win 7 users

2015-05-22 Thread steve harley
On 2015-05-22 9:34 , Igor PDML-StR wrote: Yet another description of the first option, and additionally a second option: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/transfer-thunderbird-new-pc-54020.html That the same second option described in a slightly better way:

Computer enablement - yayayay! - BUT questions for you Win 7 users

2015-05-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Well I do love my new computer - despite some harrowing problems that The help desk actually helped. It started with a nightmarish encounter with malware - but that got solved... and I got Defender Pro for cheap because I'm old and nice :-) THere are adjustments to be made, but the puter

Re: Computer enablement - yayayay! - BUT questions for you Win 7 users

2015-05-22 Thread Eric Featherstone
Oh I meant to add some links... From Igor's link the 2nd method takes you to here. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-tb In Windows Explorer go to here on the old computer: %APPDATA%\Thunderbird\Profiles\ and it will take you to your Thunderbird profile folder wherever it is on your

Re: Computer enablement - yayayay! - BUT questions for you Win 7 users

2015-05-22 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Ann, here are a few answers: Ann Sanfedele Fri, 22 May 2015 07:06:10 -0700 wrote: .. NOW - Thunderbird... Can someone explain to me in easy language how to transfer all of my email and thunderbird settings to the new computer? Is this possible? I don't know if it is possible to transfer

Re: Computer enablement - yayayay! - BUT questions for you Win 7 users

2015-05-22 Thread Eric Featherstone
I've use the 2nd Manually moving files method very successfully more than once. It copies all emails, settings etc. On 22 May 2015 at 16:29, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote: Ann, Here is a help article from Mozilla (that produces thunderbird) on how to transfer the messages:

Re: Computer enablement - yayayay! - BUT questions for you Win 7 users

2015-05-22 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Ann, Here is a help article from Mozilla (that produces thunderbird) on how to transfer the messages: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer I've never used these methods myself. Igor On Fri, 22 May 2015, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Ann, here are a

Re: Computer enablement - yayayay! - BUT questions for you Win 7 users

2015-05-22 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Yet another description of the first option, and additionally a second option: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/transfer-thunderbird-new-pc-54020.html That the same second option described in a slightly better way: http://www.ucs.cam.ac.uk/email/hints-and-tips/e57 HTH, Igor On Fri, 22 May

Re: Computer enablement - yayayay! - BUT questions for you Win 7 users

2015-05-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thansk Igor and Eric -- I will be doing a bunch of stuff side by side :-) but I do have mail in archives Igor - At present the mail isn't being saved on computer - but for a little while I'll change that setting back - I had forgotten where it was .. Much other pressing stuff going on - as