[nzlug] Migrating desktop

[Mark Foster]

On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Martin D Kealey wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Simon wrote:
>> I have run across people who feel unable to move away from windows
>> because of the (perceived) risk of losing their settings.
>
> Hah! They should be so lucky... every time I report a fault with my desktop
> system at work, the resultant migration from Windows to *Windows* loses all
> my settings. :-(
>

I have a question...

What 'settings' are we trying to preserve?

When it comes down to it, you can manually export all of your:

- Email
- Bookmarks
- Documents


Surely when moving between systems / OS's its a good time to 'refresh' 
everything?

I for one do a deliberate reinstall of my (windows) boxes every ~2 years 
or so.. I find that my habits change over time, I learn new/better ways to 
do things, and Its often easier to start from scratch than to try to 
import older legacy configs.  It also helps to rid me of any software that 
I no longer need (and all associated junk tied to that).

...

Mark.