topic Re: transfer my internet to a new computer in Tech Help - Software/Hardware etc

transfer my internet to a new computer

alan4heidi — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:21:33 GMT

i have just bought a newer computer and would like to know how to transfer my plusnet setup to the new one ...it used to be easy when we had a setup cd.....heidi
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Re: transfer my internet to a new computer

HairyMcbiker — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:43:38 GMT

All you need to do is to setup your email client on the new pc, copy your bookmarks over & plug it into the router, everything else is done by the router, you don't need to setup any connections.

Re: transfer my internet to a new computer

Denzil — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:06:20 GMT

That is assuming it is a router (connected to the PC with a network cable). If it is a USB modem you will need to do some setup. If that is the case there are some setup guides here.
If you need them, there email setup guides here.

Re: transfer my internet to a new computer

alan4heidi — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:58:44 GMT

thank you both for your replies i dont know what you meen by " copy over bookmarks " and my router is a THOMPSON wireless one supplied by plus 6 months ago.....heidi [novice]

Re: transfer my internet to a new computer

HairyMcbiker — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:02:04 GMT

In IE or FF you have bookmarks (if you use them) they need copied from one pc to the other. Since you are usng a router there is no setup as such just plug in the Ethernet cable and you should be able to connect automatically.

Re: transfer my internet to a new computer

alan4heidi — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:07:39 GMT

thanks a lot,,i dont use bookmarks so i will try what you sugest after formatting my hard disk drive....heidi

Re: transfer my internet to a new computer

HairyMcbiker — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:08:46 GMT

If you use Outlook express for email you may need to copy any old email over as well. But if you only use web mail (i.e. via a web browser) then you don't need to.

Re: transfer my internet to a new computer

shutter — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:29:25 GMT

Quote from: alan4heidi
thank you both for your replies i dont know what you meen by " copy over bookmarks " and my router is a THOMPSON wireless one supplied by plus 6 months ago.....heidi [novice]

Bookmarks, are the same as "Favourites" on Internet Explorer....