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iMacZealot

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I'm starting to use Windows a lot more (unfortunately), and I have a lot of questions, and I don't think most of you would be able to answer them, plus, this site doesn't cater to that kind of thing, so I need to find a Windows forum I could pop my head in every month and ask some mundane newbie question. What's a good Windows site that has almost as many members as MR?

Thanks!
 
[Hard]|Forum is a great PC site (has everything PC related like mobo's, etc. but also has tons of stuff on LCD's, and pretty much anything) It's like a Macrumors PC-version. They let a little bit more go in the way of trash talking etc., dirty humor, etc. more than the MR Mods, which I happen to like often times. But if you can get through that, most of them know what they're talking about. They usually have more active members than MR who post more often, and there are around 85,000 members or something.

Also, ARS' forums are very good as well.
 
iMacZealot said:
Now that I think about it, some of you probably could. Oh, and I accidentally registered on there as a UK resident. Oh wel.... :rolleyes:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=96743&hl=

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=96744&hl=
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I don't quite understand where the files you want to copy live? is it on the Gateway that was running 2K, but is now running XP? If so, it should be as simple as, share the folder on the XP box, connect to the SMB share in Finder, drag & drop.

As for print screen, Windows XP gives you only two options out of the box. Full screen or current/active window. To get the latter hold down alt when you hit printscreen. I usually use the Photo Editor that comes with Office to crop, compress and save such screen shots. There are third party apps that might be easier.

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EricNau said:
Do you have a spare USB hard drive? If so, I would just use that since it sounds like a one-time transfer.
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CD/DVD burner? Thumbdrive? ... :p

Would be so much more interesting if the machine was non functional, I'm hoping that's the case.

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EricNau said:
You must not be pushing hard enough.
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These work just fine:

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EricNau said:
Do you have a spare USB hard drive? If so, I would just use that since it sounds like a one-time transfer.

If you don't, you can configure file sharing between your Mac and Windows. Just follow the MacRumors Guide.

I'm the only person on Planet earth that doesn't have a jump disk. It'd be nice to be able to do it more than once. Thanks for the article. You're solving all my computer problems tonight, EricNau!


You can copy a screen shot of only the active window to the clipboard by pressing Alt+Print Screen.
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balamw said:
CD/DVD burner? Thumbdrive? ... :p

Would be so much more interesting if the machine was non functional, I'm hoping that's the case.

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"The Turtle" (its new official name in XP, and my nickname for it) has a CD ROM only. Pretty bad for 2001, and pretty bad for a high-end all-in-one PC. It's barely functional. One day, either I moved it or got frustrated and hit it, or it just got old, but the fan is always at full blast. Have no clue why, but it sounds like I have an A380 down the hall. I don't think I did anything to it, though, because my dad's office has a ton of them just like it that do the same thing.
 
Oh, a few more things:

>I'd like to do the same thing with our Dell from 1997 running Windows 95 that's lacking a display, if possible.

>The Gateway may be finding its way to my dad's office, where it'll be used by a nurse, who will probably someday take it home, who will probably someday sell it. How do I get rid of absolutely EVERYTHING?
 
iMacZealot said:
Oh, a few more things:

>I'd like to do the same thing with our Dell from 1997 running Windows 95 that's lacking a display, if possible.
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My best suggestion is to find a display. :eek: (...or you could take the HD out, buy an enclosure, and hook it up to your mac).

>The Gateway may be finding its way to my dad's office, where it'll be used by a nurse, who will probably someday take it home, who will probably someday sell it. How do I get rid of absolutely EVERYTHING?
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Reformat. This is usually easiest if you still have the system disks (and your Windows XP upgrade disk). Do you still have them?
 
EricNau said:
My best suggestion is to find a display. :eek: (...or you could take the HD out, buy an enclosure, and hook it up to your mac).
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Not sure if I can do this because the display I used to use on it also needed a power supply, and my mom and I mistakenly threw away the cable that connected it to the computer. My point is, the display was really old, and I'm not sure if a new one would work.


Reformat. This is usually easiest if you still have the system disks (and your Windows XP upgrade disk). Do you still have them?
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Have no idea how to do that. I know how to reinstall an operating system (done that countless times), but, to my understanding, unlike Mac OS 9/X, not everything is gone on a PC if you delete and reinstall, correct? I know I have the Windows 2000 disks, but I'm not sure where the XP one is. I actually won it in an auction at a computer camp, which caused me to switch in the end. I wish I had gotten Final Cut in the auction instead. :)
 
iMacZealot said:
My point is, the display was really old, and I'm not sure if a new one would work.
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All PCs have had & supported plain old 640x480 VGA standard connectors and modes for ~15 years, so you're pretty safe that any display you connect will work well enough in safe mode to get what you need done. Just borrow a display from one of your other boxes.

iMacZealot said:
Have no idea how to do that. I know how to reinstall an operating system (done that countless times), but, to my understanding, unlike Mac OS 9/X, not everything is gone on a PC if you delete and reinstall, correct? I know I have the Windows 2000 disks, but I'm not sure where the XP one is.
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FWIW many "brand name" PCs (Dell/Gateway/HP) actually have built in restore capability on the HDD. look around and see if there's a hidden folder or partition that might contain the XP installer or a custom restore scheme.

Personally, this is the point where I tend to remove the HDD from the older machines stuck it in a USB enclosure and copy/wipe off all the data that way.

bartelby said:
These work just fine:

200px-Floppy_disk_5.25_inch.JPG
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Silly me! I was trying some of these I had lying around.

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