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WHO are you talking with here:
56 yr old grandmother.
intelligent but S L O W... with little memory.
NOT computer savvy, but tenacious.
DETERMINED to take back my computer [system info below] from those hardware
[software?] grabbing, vile, meanies who got in thru the internet.
I must reformat and start again.
I have recovered what i could of what i lost.
DELL is too busy to help me, so... .
QUESTION:
can i save programs i have on my computer that didn't come on it originally?
some i bought and downloaded [don't remember which ones or whether i
registered them or... .], some i downloaded free ["don't remember ..."],
some i borrowed from friends ["don't..."].
then there are the Microsoft Help and Support Center, Learn XP program, and
others i want to make sure i keep.
i transferred the programs from C:\Program files to a folder in that folder,
so far.
i was thinking that if i could find/save the files that held the original
program INSTALLATION files, that would be what i need.
if i can't save them to disk, what are the ways i could try to find/get them
again.
thank you sooooooo much.
--
lil' o' lorain
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 2002
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation
System Model Dimension 8300
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~2992 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Dell Computer Corporation A05, 2/23/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
File System NTSF
Size 74.46 GB
56 yr old grandmother.
intelligent but S L O W... with little memory.
NOT computer savvy, but tenacious.
DETERMINED to take back my computer [system info below] from those hardware
[software?] grabbing, vile, meanies who got in thru the internet.
I must reformat and start again.
I have recovered what i could of what i lost.
DELL is too busy to help me, so... .
QUESTION:
can i save programs i have on my computer that didn't come on it originally?
some i bought and downloaded [don't remember which ones or whether i
registered them or... .], some i downloaded free ["don't remember ..."],
some i borrowed from friends ["don't..."].
then there are the Microsoft Help and Support Center, Learn XP program, and
others i want to make sure i keep.
i transferred the programs from C:\Program files to a folder in that folder,
so far.
i was thinking that if i could find/save the files that held the original
program INSTALLATION files, that would be what i need.
if i can't save them to disk, what are the ways i could try to find/get them
again.
thank you sooooooo much.
--
lil' o' lorain
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 2002
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation
System Model Dimension 8300
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~2992 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Dell Computer Corporation A05, 2/23/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
File System NTSF
Size 74.46 GB