Saving and restoring Network settings

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ADKM

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#175193 20-Jun-2015 19:55

Motherboard has died on Win7 machine and replacing it.

It is on a home LAN with 2 XP machines (and a win 8.1 laptop).

I remember it being a nightmare getting the LAN working (file & folder sharing), and I wonder if there's any advice
of what to do to help setting it all up again?

Thanks

Cheers - Kirk

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#1328471 20-Jun-2015 20:00

Upgrade your two XP boxes to Win 7 - easier to set up a LAN, with a Windows 10 upgrade option as a bonus.

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ADKM

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#1328476 20-Jun-2015 20:11

I presume I've only one licence for one Win7. If i install it onto the XP machines, won't they fail activation ?

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#1328481 20-Jun-2015 20:27

ADKM: I presume I've only one licence for one Win7. If i install it onto the XP machines, won't they fail activation ?

You would need to buy two licences for Win 7.

(Home Premium $150 each or Pro $220 each)

You can re-use your existing licence for the broken PC.

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#1328524 20-Jun-2015 23:21

You might be interested in the news about free win 10 to Insiders. http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/06/19/upcoming-changes-to-windows-10-insider-preview-builds/

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#1328529 20-Jun-2015 23:37

If you're saying that insiders will get win10 free, that is 100% false. Its a rumor spread by people who only read half the info.

People running the preview will be upgraded to the RTM, but it will only activate if they have a valid upgradable licence or buy a win 10 licence.

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#1328588 21-Jun-2015 10:09

nathan: .....

:)

great post

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#1328618 21-Jun-2015 11:36

read between the lines
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