Re: Need some computer advice
From: CyberCafe (pkbk_at_badger.tds.net)
Date: 10/19/04
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 01:11:48 -0500
Wayno wrote:
> Free programs that were downloaded from the Internet such as Spybot,
> Adaware, or firewall I would download again and reinstall so you will have
> the latest versions.
>
> As I think someone discussed previously, most problems do not install
> themselves just in C:\Program Files\????? but put pieces of themselves in
> multiple other locations and add lines to your registry file to point to all
> these locations. Even a knowledgeable tech probably would not try to
> transfer programs. They are just too complex these days. DOS was so much
> easier!
>
> The USB flash drives are really great for transferring data where you are
> carrying the data somewhere (flash drives are pretty indestructible where
> CD's may not always read in other drives and can be scratched). If you want
> to pull some files off one system and take them to another to print, e-mail,
> etc then this can be done in less than a minute with a USB flash drive as
> opposed to 5-10 minutes to burn data to CD.
I agree with your comments. We've had compatibility problems with CDs on three
OS. In other words, I burn a CD and nobody else can read them. The problem
seems to be that the computer doesn't close the CD out. It's kind of like the
computer prepares it, the CD, to be used again in the same computer only. The
only way we got around that problem was to buy an external Adaptec CD burner and
that closed the disk so others (well, not everyone depending on their equipment)
could use it. We've had that problem with documents and disks that only contain
pictures even if they are in common picture file formats. With the USB storage
devices, you just don't have those compatibility problems. The only thing is
the cost of the USB stick is so expensive compared to CDs. Last year I took
pictures of a tree plantation fire (mostly the dead trees after the fire), and
those pictures were needed by the owner for insurance/legal purposes. He
couldn't open the CD of my pictures of the fire (the Adaptec isn't compatible
with this computer, and my digital camera isn't compatible with the other
computer). There was no way in heck I was going to send him a stick because I'd
probably never get it back. Those things are just to expensive for stuff like
that.
Barb
The useless information queen.
>
>
> "Judity01" <judity01@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20041018140413.03267.00001973@mb-m17.aol.com...
> > Thank you both for the infomation about the flash drive. AOL 8.0 was
> already
> > on this computer so I don't think I have the discs, and I really would
> rather
> > not only have AOL 9.0. Some of my other software was downloaded from
> online
> > and not from discs.
> >
> > Will the flash drive handle those programs?
> >
> > Judity
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