Or use LINUX with Thunderbird...

Think of it as installing a
BioDiesel running TDI into a Vanagon.  Free fuel {free software},
powerful and runs on old stuff like our vans {old computers}.

David Marshall
Vanagon TDI guru / Debian Linux admin

http://www.hasenwerk.ca
Box 4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J 3J2

On Fri, March 7, 2008 10:51, Pensioner wrote:
>
From
a personal preference standpoint I keep a spare harddrive with a
>
basic
> XP OS with Office and a few other applications installed
and I keep a disk
> image of that drive that can be painted onto a
new drive.  I also keep a
> bootable "Ghost" DVD with a
similar image.  Ghost is a dos level
> application
> that
copies disk information at the sector level.  It paints an 'image'
> over
> the old data on the target drive.
>
> When you get that 'factory installed' OS you also get lots of
things that
> you neither need nor want.
>
> If
your old PC was an x86 based (windows) one, just move the harddrive to
> the new machine by mechanically swapping them.  The new machine
will then
> have the personality of the old machine.  If it was
some fruitflavored
> computer even x86 based (OSX) then you will
need an application designed
> to
> move your applications
to the new fat-32 formatted disk.  NTFS and other
> journalled LUN
based systems as touted by MS as 'better' may not be as
> 'better'
as you think.  Remember you maintain and drive a 20 year old
>
rolling anachronism with all it's demands and quirky behaviour (Br.)
>
> Purchase a multigigabyte stand-alone harddrive.  Use
this to transfer what
> you do need and do want over to the new
machine.
>
> Avoid Vista.  XP SP2 is good enough for what
we do.  W2KPro SP4? is
> actually
> better for what we do
as it has lots of legacy compatibility that even XP
> lacks.  Yes
it has a manual transmission, a clutch and is not as 'easy to
>
drive' as XP and yes you occasionally have to change your own oil and
find
> parts off the local scrapyard.
>
> If none
of this makes any sense and 'fdisk' is not in your vocabulary then
> doing all this may be above your current capabilities (not a ding,
just a
> fact).  Have someone else do the work for you.
>

> IIRC you need outlook 2003 AND you have the source disks for
it.  The
> mapixx.dll can be rescued from other sources and
installed in it's proper
> place then the MSOffice app will work
fine.
>
> I would stay with FAT32 partitioning until you
actually demonstrate a need
> for a NTFS.  Sooner or later, like
our increasingly demanding road divas,
> changing the oil and
wrenching about will tire you and you'll want a
> better
>
box with a more efficient engine and modern plastic geegaws.
>
> Microsoft is not in the business of satisfying the lower level
user
> (that's
> us) they're in the business of selling
software and hardware.  Don't
> expect
> the local
computerbigbox store to stock parts for W2K or Vanagons.  You'll
>
have to find a silicon craftsman to do what you want.
>
>
Do you really need a 2.3GHz processor and 4GB of memory?  How fast can
you
> type?  My typo-ing works fine with a 400MHz pentium and
256KB of memory.
> Will PS 6 do what you need.  Do you use 'raw'
images?
>
> The apps you can buy, the data is unique,
guard it well.
>
> Pensioner (certifiable retrogrouch and
proud)
>