The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) VII

LunaZ · 08-02-2013, 10:20 AM

Morning gang!

Just ordered a new computer for the salon.
Who can tell me the best way to get it to basically mirror my home office computer? I want to get all my licensed software (Adobe Cs and Lr, Microsoft Office Professional, etc) and contacts onto the new machine.
Should I just proceed like I'm creating a backup and instal the backup on the new machine?

Also, I've been out of the stereo scene for a while.
I need a receiver for the shop. I'd like to be able to control the volume separately for two different rooms. Receivers have Wi-Fi and Pandora now? Can they also pick-up/stream stuff from my desktop computer?
Advice and recommendations, please!

hide187 · 08-02-2013, 11:39 AM

Forum is acting up a bit. I actually had to be productive.

onzedge · 08-02-2013, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by hide187

Forum is acting up a bit. I actually had to be productive.

GaleForce · 08-02-2013, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by hide187

Forum is acting up a bit. I actually had to be productive.

Pro... what? Aww man, now I'm going to have to look it up in the dictionary.

onzedge · 08-02-2013, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by GaleForce

Pro... what? Aww man, now I'm going to have to look it up in the dictionary.

JARblue · 08-02-2013, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by LunaZ

Morning gang!

Just ordered a new computer for the salon.
Who can tell me the best way to get it to basically mirror my home office computer? I want to get all my licensed software (Adobe Cs and Lr, Microsoft Office Professional, etc) and contacts onto the new machine.
Should I just proceed like I'm creating a backup and instal the backup on the new machine?

If you need legitimate software and are willing to shell out for it, I recommend Acronis. It's not the easiest method but the it's the best way if you want everything to be identical on the new machine. It creates an image of your existing hard driver that you transfer to your new computer. You need to make sure that your new hardware will work with your old operating system (I hope you're not on Windows XP). You will need to have an extra hard drive or external drive that is big enough to hold all of the data from your old computer. You will also need to create a boot disk to use in the new computer to restore the image (you can do this in Acronis). Those are the very basic steps needed.

Depending on what backup solution you are referring to, it likely won't transfer everything (the built-in windows backup is garbage for something like this).

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Originally Posted by GaleForce

Pro... what? Aww man, now I'm going to have to look it up in the dictionary.

Let Me Google That For You

kenchan · 08-02-2013, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by hide187

Forum is acting up a bit. I actually had to be productive.

yah, really. was in a

conf-call meeting with 10 other companies listening to this biotch from some printer label company yaking away all by her special shipping label noone wants to make...yak yak yak yak yak

pls kill us all.

tried logging on here earlier and nada... it was a big wtf moment.

but glad it's back. i have all afternoon to

.... i wish

kenchan · 08-02-2013, 12:52 PM

i guess you guys would only understand the joke...

Website issues?

carlitos_370z · 08-02-2013, 02:00 PM

Nismo89 · 08-02-2013, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

yah, really. was in a

conf-call meeting with 10 other companies listening to this biotch from some printer label company yaking away all by her special shipping label noone wants to make...yak yak yak yak yak

pls kill us all.

tried logging on here earlier and nada... it was a big wtf moment.

but glad it's back. i have all afternoon to

.... i wish

to meetings!

JARblue · 08-02-2013, 05:19 PM

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening everyone

I think the wife and I are going to take it easy this evening with a game or three of ping pong

GaleForce · 08-02-2013, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening everyone

I think the wife and I are going to take it easy this evening with a game or three of ping pong

Strip ping pong

kenchan · 08-02-2013, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Nismo89

to meetings!

yah, had to do 2 other meeting this pm it was a very long day.

anyway, wrapping up now and going home.

.... to vac the house.

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Originally Posted by GaleForce

Strip ping pong

LunaZ · 08-02-2013, 07:18 PM

Yay, the forum is back up!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by JARblue

If you need legitimate software and are willing to shell out for it, I recommend Acronis. It's not the easiest method but the it's the best way if you want everything to be identical on the new machine. It creates an image of your existing hard driver that you transfer to your new computer. You need to make sure that your new hardware will work with your old operating system (I hope you're not on Windows XP). You will need to have an extra hard drive or external drive that is big enough to hold all of the data from your old computer. You will also need to create a boot disk to use in the new computer to restore the image (you can do this in Acronis). Those are the very basic steps needed.

Depending on what backup solution you are referring to, it likely won't transfer everything (the built-in windows backup is garbage for something like this).

I have legit licensed software and my brother is an MCSE so he gets me licenses/keys. Adobe says yes to running their suites on two computers as long as you aren't using them simultaneously.
New machine is running Win7.

LunaZ · 08-02-2013, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Huck

Lol your forum name should have been Onzmove. Do you ever just get to stay home?

I survived Zdayz 2013... (barely)

That's why my location is "Vagabond"

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LunaZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vagabond Posts: 6,704 Drives: Project: a white one Rep Power: 512	Morning gang! Just ordered a new computer for the salon. Who can tell me the best way to get it to basically mirror my home office computer? I want to get all my licensed software (Adobe Cs and Lr, Microsoft Office Professional, etc) and contacts onto the new machine. Should I just proceed like I'm creating a backup and instal the backup on the new machine? Also, I've been out of the stereo scene for a while. I need a receiver for the shop. I'd like to be able to control the volume separately for two different rooms. Receivers have Wi-Fi and Pandora now? Can they also pick-up/stream stuff from my desktop computer? Advice and recommendations, please! __________________ 2009 370Z Sport/Touring/Navigation \| see my journal for mods facebook: Be my friend... or not.

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