easy transfer app
Have you been wondering where I’ve been? Well, outside of spending time with the family during the holiday break, I’ve been fiddling around with my brand new laptop. I’ve had my old laptop (with Windows XP) for approximately five years now so I’m trying to get the hang of Windows Vista and the other new applications that came with the new PC. As most of you know, customizing windows and installing programs can quickly eat up your spare time. The thing that was a pleasant surprise to me while fiddling with the new system was using the Windows Easy Transfer utility in Vista. I wasn’t really sure what to expect with the file transfer app but it sure did make things a whole lot simpler in getting important files, photos and music transferred over to the new system. The cool thing about the whole process is that the program offered several different options to transfer my files including using CDs, thumb drives, DVDs or via the home network router. Microsoft made a wise choice in not forcing the user to purchase their specialized USB cable to use this lil’ utility. I simply connected my two laptops to my router (my first attempt was doing it wirelessly but I found that being “hardwired” was faster), ran the app on both systems and selected the files I wanted and presto, worked like a charm! pretty simple and I’m surprised that I didn’t have to pay extra for something like this.
anyway, once I get my new laptop running the way I want it to, I’ll be back posting more regularly here on Retroblog.
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