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From: Terry Reigel <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] New Computer & TMG
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 13:43:45 -0400
In-Reply-To: <00f101c477eb$023898e0$e29f8c40@aztrike>


On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 10:14:26 -0700, Linda Lambert wrote:
> I am in the process of bringing up and transferring over
> my data from my old computer (Windows 98SE) to my new
> Dell (Windows XP Pro).
>
> I am not a computer genius, so my guru will be out
> Tuesday to help me do this. I need your advice.
>
> What is the best way to transfer my TMG program? Load it
> from the CD and then download all the upgrades?
> Or......try to find the updated file on my computer
> (there are so many files there that I don't know which
> one to use). I have no problem with my data base, I have
> that backed up and once I get the program installed
> correctly, I can just use my thumb memory and "restore"
> to load the data base.

Linda,

There are two main alternatives:

1) If you have a high speed internet connection, the easiest is to go
to the WG website, and on the page for TMG5 download the "trial
version." That will give you a full install of the current version -
just unlock with your existing unlock code.

2) If you don't have high speed access, probably the best plan is to
install from the CD, which will give you 5.11. Then you have another
choice:

a) You can use "check for update" on the help menu, and download and
install an update to the current version in one step - but it does
require a new download of the update itself, which isn't all that
large. Or,

b) you could copy the series of update files from your current TMG
folder to the one on your new computer, and run them one at a time.
They will have names like:

tmg512update.exe
tmg512513update.exe
tmg513514update.exe

etc. Yours may very if you skipped any updates. But you have to run
them in the correct order, based on the version numbers encoded in
each file name. This way takes a bit more fiddling, but avoids a new
download.

Terry Reigel



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