need some quick help, please...

[stevae]

i am living and working in fiji, so just to let you know i don't have a lot of resources at my disposal. i have an old office system running xp, with some important files, folders and programs on it. we just purchased a new win 7 machine. for those in the know, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GET ALL OF THOSE FILES, FOLDERS AND PROGRAMS OVER TO THE NEW SYSTEM, WITH THEM STILL WORKING?
i was thinking about using acronis true image home. but i am worried about it working properly since i am going from xp to win 7. any advise is greatly appreciated, as i need to complete this today. thanks in advance to anyone who is able to help.

 

[rbeldua]

have you read this:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11470-windows-easy-transfer-transfer-computers.html

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello stevae.





Quite a few have had a really bad experience using WET from XP to Windows 7.


You would be way better off making external backups of anything you can't afford to lose and do a clean install of W7 to save yourself a heart-ache.

 

[stevae]

wet worked perfectly, and everything seems to be in order. thanks again.

 

[stevae]

maybe i spoke too soon... i am now seeing that when i reloaded office on the new system, that the outlook app won't work. it keeps telling me to access the exchange server, but i don't even think we use exchange. at least i didn't see it on either of the computers. any ideas as to how i can get outlook up and running, and with all of the contacts that were being used before? thanks!

 

[marsmimar]

maybe i spoke too soon... i am now seeing that when i reloaded office on the new system, that the outlook app won't work. it keeps telling me to access the exchange server, but i don't even think we use exchange. at least i didn't see it on either of the computers. any ideas as to how i can get outlook up and running, and with all of the contacts that were being used before? thanks!

Which version of Office/Outlook are you using? The 2003 and 2007 may have issues running in Windows 7 unless compatibility mode is used, although Microsoft says 7 will support 2003 and 2007.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

Windows 7 and Outlook | HowTo-Outlook

 

[stevae]

i am using 2007. i will try the links you provided, and let you know how that goes. thanks for the help.


edit: i tried all of the compatibility options, and continue to get the same thing.