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My son will be "inheriting" this pc that I am using now, as I have a new pc to set up
All of the Gateway stores have closed .... I have heard about doing a "parallel transfer" which allows a user to send the informatiion on the original hard drive to the new one. Does anyone have any tips for this act ... do I need a connector lead and receiver, and will I need a particular coupler and would this be available in other pc stores? I have tried the FAQ's and did not find anything on this
Also ... I would like to let him "crown" himself as the administrator.
Other than reformating the pc with XP, is there anywhere I can go back and name him as the administrator and not as "guesl"
I have tried FAQ's and Kelly' Korner, and did not see anything that addressed this in advice
Any help and assistance would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
 
"B-Bob" said in news:[email protected]:
My son will be "inheriting" this pc that I am using now, as I have a
new pc to set up.
All of the Gateway stores have closed .... I have heard about doing a
"parallel transfer" which allows a user to send the informatiion on
the original hard drive to the new one. Does anyone have any tips
for this act ... do I need a connector lead and receiver, and will I
need a particular coupler and would this be available in other pc
stores? I have tried the FAQ's and did not find anything on this.
Also ... I would like to let him "crown" himself as the
administrator.
Other than reformating the pc with XP, is there anywhere I can go
back and name him as the administrator and not as "guesl".
I have tried FAQ's and Kelly' Korner, and did not see anything that
addressed this in advice.
Any help and assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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Since you are "giving" him the computer, just give him the password for
the Administrator account. Let him do the work of defining another user
account included in the Administrators group using whatever username and
password he wants on *his* new computer.

I take it that YOUR new computer will have its own new license for
Windows. If you intend to reuse the Windows license you currently have
on your old machine that you will be "giving" to your son, they you
won't have a legal copy of Windows to use on your machine unless you buy
one (whether separately or pre-installed). You don't get to use one
copy of Windows on two computers.
 
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