Hi Chris, On Monday, October 5, 2015, 1:10:27 PM, you wrote: > Hi Tom > Have you looked at John Cardinal's "On This Day" program? It works with TMG. > Cheers > Chris Thanks, Chris. Nice idea - I hadn't thought of 'On This Day' though I do already use the calendar feature in 'Second Site' for web site and CD-ROM distribution. I had initially ruled them out because their output is in HTML; my first thoughts were that editing a page in HTML for output to PDF for the printer might be more complex than simply editing in Word. However, you certainly have given me food for thought there, though I will need to sharpen up on my (marginal and very rusty) HTML editing skills! [snipped] Thanks again for an elegant bit of 'thinking outside the box' - just the sort of thing I was looking for! Tom

At 10/5/2015 10:42, John Cardinal wrote: >"On This Day" (OTD) has a "Make Calendar for Year" feature that makes a >calendar in HTML. The output is not designed to be printed, and the program >doesn't offer a lot of control over the graphics. Also, the program was >written a long time ago, and the HTML is low-quality. Some of that was due >to the many issues with browsers back in 2001, including spotty support for >CSS, but also my lack of rigor creating the HTML. I used OTD many years ago to create the calendar for a year. Yes, it was in HTML, but I used copy/paste to create a word file. From there, it was fairly simple (tho' a bit tedious) to get the result I wanted. With macros, it would probably be easier, but since I was only doing it the one time, I didn't bother. In any case, the result printed a nice calender for the family. Lee

Okay, I'll admit I don't know what a drive image type backup is.  But the ideas seem very cogent.  Can you use the Win8.1 and Win10 backup programs and a 1 TB extension drive?  Would that do? From: Rick Van Dusen via <tmg@rootsweb.com> To: tmg@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 12:18 AM Subject: Re: [TMG] New Computer Both repeating what I said and what Bob said: I'd recommend in this scenario, making a backup set (preferably a drive image) of the machine upon purchase (with Win 8.1--what I said) and immediately after the installation of Win 10 (what Bob said). This will give you relatively pain-free options should you have a problem. I'd also want to create a drive image backup after the machine is set up and running the way you want it (all apps installed and customized). Again, this will save you from hours or days of work and downtime should you have a catastrophe. Rick Van Dusen On 10/4/2015 7:10 PM, Russell Dorr via wrote: > That's good advice, and I will take it.  It seems my hard wire experiment is working thus far so I won't need to run out in a panic to purchase a new computer.  I'll get a new laptop with Win8.1 then upgrade immediately to Win10 before installing TMG, SS and any other programs. > Thanks again! > Bud >        From: Rob Geldart via <tmg@rootsweb.com> >  To: tmg@rootsweb.com >  Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 9:48 PM >  Subject: Re: [TMG] New Computer > > I had Win 8.1 on my PC for some time, but the upgrade to Win10 was truly > seamless, other than taking a fair amount of time. > I don't recollect that any programs needed to be reinstalled. And all my > folders were where I had them in Win8.1 > > However, I would agree with Rick's advice to install Win10 before > installing other programs. And create a backup disk. > > Bob > > On 10/4/2015 8:23 PM, Russell Dorr via wrote: >> I really appreciate all the support.  I have just hard-wired my internet connection to the router to see if that helps my access problem.  I am hoping it is my wireless card that is failing.  This will prove it...or not.  In any event, my computer is over six years old so I am definitely going to replace it.  I just talked to my son-in-law who is IT sharp, and he told me that Win10 is not yet available on the laptop he wants to get for me.  He can get a good laptop with Win8.1 and upgrade so if my direct internet hookup doesn't work, that's what I will do. >> Question: If I'm forced to purchase a new computer with Win8.1 immediately and I install TMG on it, what happens when I upgrade to Win10?  Is that a big problem? >> Thanks again for your support! >> Bud >> The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ >> Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> -- >> Bob Geldart >> Maynard, MA >> <BGeldart@verizon.net> > > > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Has anyone got any tips for producing a printed calendar as a Christmas gift showing ancestral BMDs from TMG data? It's not the actual printing I'm wondering about. There are plenty of places to go for that - Vistaprint, Cafepress, local print shop, etc - who will turn your PDF into a final print. It's getting the data out of TMG into a editable print-ready format that I am wondering about. I appreciate that I can add the BMDs to each date by hand and that may be the way I have to go, but it would be a long and painstaking task. If there is a process whereby I can export my BMDs (or more likely a sub-set from a TMG flag) as a text file to import directly into a calendar template that would be a great time-saver. I know that Legacy has this facility built-in and it may be more cost-effective to buy a copy of Legacy, import from TMG, and print to a PDF or hard copy from there. However, I am not sure how editable their report is - it doesn't look very flexible and it would make to calendar much more attractive to be able to add background or focus images. Knowing the inventiveness of members of the list I am sure that you will have come up with more creative solutions. Any ideas, anyone? Thanks in advance! Tom

I think there is a big gap opening up between the experts and the busy but simple minded users who prefer to leave operating systems alone. I agree that one should read Terry's advice. But I think that there is a danger of over complicating the whole process. I did do a couple of things wrong but they were rectified and explained to me by experts on the Wholly Genes Forum in the section on TMG 9 - I suggest that you read those threads. You should have no need to worry about Windows 8 and 10. I bought a Windows 8 lap top. I copied the exe file to a stick, then to the new computer and installed TMG just as one would to any new computer. Like you, I was anxious about the upgrade to Windows 10 and arranged to have professional help from my seller. There was no need. Microsoft are rolling out the upgrade. I registered for the upgrade (from the lap top in question) and then waited until I was notified that my turn had come. The upgrade reinstalled all my software including TMG 9 complete with its serial number and files. All the software was installed just as it had been in Windows 8. As you can see from the threads on the Wholly Genes forum - there are three things that might go wrong. First, your new installation may repeatedly forget its serial number. When you want to open the software after boot up you need to right click on the icon and select run as administrator. Then enter your user name and serial number which will then be remembered. There is a kind explanation of why you need to do this on the Wholly Genes forum. It is the result of added security on the later issues of Windows, ensuring that significant alterations are made only by someone who actually identifies themselves as the administrator for that session. Next you may lose your custom settings for the TMG layout colours etc. etc. You need to transfer these by making a back up file ***.sqz that includes settings and data anbd then restoring it in TMG on your new computer. I did nothing to change the settings on the new computer and made no attempt to reproduce the paths I had previously used in Windows 7 when moving to Windows 8. I have customised task bars and lay outs - and if you too have these, you will find the Wholly Genes forum has the guidance I was given for copying them to the new computer. Again I used a memory stick and pasted them into the directory which already held the TMG files of the same type. It is helpful if you set your Windows to show the file type extensions. The default is to hide them. The final glitch may affect backing up. It is a result of the new paths (file arrangements) on the new computer. You need to alter them for each project by going into the File / Current Project Preferences/ Advanced and clicking on the dots in the back up line. One is offered the same opportunity to make an alteration to the back up destination if one chooses to back up on exiting the Project - but doing it at that moment has no effect. You have to do it via the file menu. I made no other alterations and it could well be that there will be some other details that need attention. But my policy is to leave the new Windows (8 first and then 10) to arrange things in its own way, to let it install itself and not paste in whole new directories. May be it was because I accepted the defaults that the subsequent automised upgrade to Windows 10 was problem free. Minor details of TMG installation are simple to rectify but fiddling about with the operating system is a different matter. I never made mirror images and dont understand what they are. I did however copy and or back up all my projects. If something does go really wrong, most modern computers have an option to return them to factory settings. I hope this is helpful and will reassure you. Evelyn Wilcock Genealogy site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wilcock/

Until my recent upgrade, I used a third-party program for this. My current Lenovo backup does, I believe, make an image. Beyond that, I don't know what's currently available. But here's what I'm talking about: There are basically two ways to copy the contents of a drive: 1. File-by-file. The result is that you have a copy of each file. This will save your files (good for saving/backing up your work), but a restore to a blank drive will not necessarily put the files back where they were. 2. Drive image or bit-by-bit. Every bit of data on the drive will be copied in a stream. A restore will put it all back "where it found it". This is necessary for files (and non-file data) which the operating system (or lower level function) uses to start the computer. The hardware will look for this data in a certain exact place on the computer, so it must be there and not somewhere else, or it won't work. When you put your Windows (or Mac or Linux) DVD in its drive and boot from it, that disk will begin its work by putting these bits onto the harddrive, so that it will be capable of booting the system thereafter. If you have an image of the drive, you can boot from a CD/DVD (my software has a bootable disc; the Lenovo makes the backup discs bootable) and simply restore the whole drive at once. If you have a file-by-file backup, you MUST reinstall the OS before copying files back, which takes longer and might lose some of your preferences. (You might also end up having to reinstall all your software.) But a file-by-file backup will probably save all your *data* successfully. Rick Van Dusen On 10/5/2015 5:25 AM, Russell Dorr via wrote: > Okay, I'll admit I don't know what a drive image type backup is. But the ideas seem very cogent. Can you use the Win8.1 and Win10 backup programs and a 1 TB extension drive? Would that do?

Tom, "On This Day" (OTD) has a "Make Calendar for Year" feature that makes a calendar in HTML. The output is not designed to be printed, and the program doesn't offer a lot of control over the graphics. Also, the program was written a long time ago, and the HTML is low-quality. Some of that was due to the many issues with browsers back in 2001, including spotty support for CSS, but also my lack of rigor creating the HTML. You can try using the HTML produced by OTD as a starting point, but you will have to edit some HTML to make progress. If you are going to pursue that option, let me know. I will get you a version of the program that produces better HTML/CSS. John

Thank you Terry. Am very pleased. Still discovering how wonderful TMG is. Ann -----Original Message----- From: tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Terry Reigel via Sent: Monday, 5 October 2015 4:31 AM To: tmg@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TMG] Journal reports - "There was no issue of X and Y" On 10/4/2015 12:44 PM, Ann Carson via wrote: > In a journal report, is there any way I can stop TMG from including > the sentence "There was no issue of X and Y" (without creating a false > child) Ann, Yes, there is. You have to add a NarrativeChildren Tag for the couple. With it, you can either create an alternate statement that is correct or use the [:NONE:] variable to just suppress the statement. Details are in my article at http://tmg.reigelridge.com/NarrativeChildren.htm Terry Reigel The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi all In a journal report, is there any way I can stop TMG from including the sentence "There was no issue of X and Y" (without creating a false child) I wondered whether one of the options under the Miscellaneous tab might be linked to this output (eg count children) but tried removing each of those options I'd selected and the "no issue" sentence remains. Regards Ann

That's good advice, and I will take it.  It seems my hard wire experiment is working thus far so I won't need to run out in a panic to purchase a new computer.  I'll get a new laptop with Win8.1 then upgrade immediately to Win10 before installing TMG, SS and any other programs. Thanks again! Bud From: Rob Geldart via <tmg@rootsweb.com> To: tmg@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [TMG] New Computer I had Win 8.1 on my PC for some time, but the upgrade to Win10 was truly seamless, other than taking a fair amount of time. I don't recollect that any programs needed to be reinstalled. And all my folders were where I had them in Win8.1 However, I would agree with Rick's advice to install Win10 before installing other programs. And create a backup disk. Bob On 10/4/2015 8:23 PM, Russell Dorr via wrote: > I really appreciate all the support.  I have just hard-wired my internet connection to the router to see if that helps my access problem.  I am hoping it is my wireless card that is failing.  This will prove it...or not.  In any event, my computer is over six years old so I am definitely going to replace it.  I just talked to my son-in-law who is IT sharp, and he told me that Win10 is not yet available on the laptop he wants to get for me.  He can get a good laptop with Win8.1 and upgrade so if my direct internet hookup doesn't work, that's what I will do. > Question: If I'm forced to purchase a new computer with Win8.1 immediately and I install TMG on it, what happens when I upgrade to Win10?  Is that a big problem? > Thanks again for your support! > Bud > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > Bob Geldart > Maynard, MA > <BGeldart@verizon.net> The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I really appreciate all the support.  I have just hard-wired my internet connection to the router to see if that helps my access problem.  I am hoping it is my wireless card that is failing.  This will prove it...or not.  In any event, my computer is over six years old so I am definitely going to replace it.  I just talked to my son-in-law who is IT sharp, and he told me that Win10 is not yet available on the laptop he wants to get for me.  He can get a good laptop with Win8.1 and upgrade so if my direct internet hookup doesn't work, that's what I will do. Question: If I'm forced to purchase a new computer with Win8.1 immediately and I install TMG on it, what happens when I upgrade to Win10?  Is that a big problem? Thanks again for your support! Bud

I had Win 8.1 on my PC for some time, but the upgrade to Win10 was truly seamless, other than taking a fair amount of time. I don't recollect that any programs needed to be reinstalled. And all my folders were where I had them in Win8.1 However, I would agree with Rick's advice to install Win10 before installing other programs. And create a backup disk. Bob On 10/4/2015 8:23 PM, Russell Dorr via wrote: > I really appreciate all the support. I have just hard-wired my internet connection to the router to see if that helps my access problem. I am hoping it is my wireless card that is failing. This will prove it...or not. In any event, my computer is over six years old so I am definitely going to replace it. I just talked to my son-in-law who is IT sharp, and he told me that Win10 is not yet available on the laptop he wants to get for me. He can get a good laptop with Win8.1 and upgrade so if my direct internet hookup doesn't work, that's what I will do. > Question: If I'm forced to purchase a new computer with Win8.1 immediately and I install TMG on it, what happens when I upgrade to Win10? Is that a big problem? > Thanks again for your support! > Bud > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > Bob Geldart > Maynard, MA > <BGeldart@verizon.net>

Both repeating what I said and what Bob said: I'd recommend in this scenario, making a backup set (preferably a drive image) of the machine upon purchase (with Win 8.1--what I said) and immediately after the installation of Win 10 (what Bob said). This will give you relatively pain-free options should you have a problem. I'd also want to create a drive image backup after the machine is set up and running the way you want it (all apps installed and customized). Again, this will save you from hours or days of work and downtime should you have a catastrophe. Rick Van Dusen On 10/4/2015 7:10 PM, Russell Dorr via wrote: > That's good advice, and I will take it. It seems my hard wire experiment is working thus far so I won't need to run out in a panic to purchase a new computer. I'll get a new laptop with Win8.1 then upgrade immediately to Win10 before installing TMG, SS and any other programs. > Thanks again! > Bud > From: Rob Geldart via <tmg@rootsweb.com> > To: tmg@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 9:48 PM > Subject: Re: [TMG] New Computer > > I had Win 8.1 on my PC for some time, but the upgrade to Win10 was truly > seamless, other than taking a fair amount of time. > I don't recollect that any programs needed to be reinstalled. And all my > folders were where I had them in Win8.1 > > However, I would agree with Rick's advice to install Win10 before > installing other programs. And create a backup disk. > > Bob > > On 10/4/2015 8:23 PM, Russell Dorr via wrote: >> I really appreciate all the support. I have just hard-wired my internet connection to the router to see if that helps my access problem. I am hoping it is my wireless card that is failing. This will prove it...or not. In any event, my computer is over six years old so I am definitely going to replace it. I just talked to my son-in-law who is IT sharp, and he told me that Win10 is not yet available on the laptop he wants to get for me. He can get a good laptop with Win8.1 and upgrade so if my direct internet hookup doesn't work, that's what I will do. >> Question: If I'm forced to purchase a new computer with Win8.1 immediately and I install TMG on it, what happens when I upgrade to Win10? Is that a big problem? >> Thanks again for your support! >> Bud >> The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ >> Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> -- >> Bob Geldart >> Maynard, MA >> <BGeldart@verizon.net> > > > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Some state it's quite easy, Lee says you need to be cautious.  I especially noted the statement regarding copying the old files over and overwriting default files produced in the new computer.  How does one find out which files those are? It seems that I actually should attempt to install Win7 professional as one said instead of Win10.  Would that alleviate the file default problems?  Certainly the file structure should be the same, right? Bud From: Lee Hoffman/KY via <tmg@rootsweb.com> To: Walter D Wood <walterwood44@gmail.com>; tmg@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [TMG] New Computer At 10/4/2015 11:20, you wrote: >You can simply install TMG on your new computer and use the key and >other (name and email address) information from when you purchased >TMG to register it. This the correct way. There are two basic methods -- a default installation (that most people use) and a custom method (see TMG Help=>Data File Storage).  Either way, this is the first step. >Then copy all the files in your TMG directory to your new computer. I would _strongly_ caution that this is _not_ the recommended method. There are often subtle differences in computer installations (mostly to do with the installation method above and with the version of Windows used).  If you simply copy folders  from the old computer to the new computer, you may be overwriting a file that has different setting because of the new installation. Also, don;t forget that there are three TMG folders -- Shared Programs Data folder, User Program Data folder, and the User Data folder.  These are in three widely different locations.  See TMG Help=>Access Folders for the actual locations. There may be some files from the old computer that are not by default installed on the new computer.  These can be copied over to the corresponding folder on the new computer.  This might be user-created Accents, Layouts, Report Definitions, etc. These can be copied, but many others should not be copied to overwrite the files installed by default. The next step should be copying over the Backup (.SQZ) files from your old computer to the new one.  Finally, Restore those Backups on the new computer. Lee The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bud, I don't think there's any TMG-based reason to avoid Win10. Terry's article covers what you need to know, and the circumstances don't change based on the version of Windows. Terry's article explains some of the issues that may arise, and how to deal with them effectively. John

I believe it "should" work fine. However, I'd recommend just upgrading immediately, before you do anything else (except maybe make a disc image of the 8.1 setup first, though from what I've heard, you'll have zero interest in returning to 8.1). To me, it just makes sense to get the OS up and running before anything else, then do the application installations once. Rick Van Dusen On 10/4/2015 5:23 PM, Russell Dorr via wrote: > I really appreciate all the support. I have just hard-wired my internet connection to the router to see if that helps my access problem. I am hoping it is my wireless card that is failing. This will prove it...or not. In any event, my computer is over six years old so I am definitely going to replace it. I just talked to my son-in-law who is IT sharp, and he told me that Win10 is not yet available on the laptop he wants to get for me. He can get a good laptop with Win8.1 and upgrade so if my direct internet hookup doesn't work, that's what I will do. > Question: If I'm forced to purchase a new computer with Win8.1 immediately and I install TMG on it, what happens when I upgrade to Win10? Is that a big problem? > Thanks again for your support! > Bud

Thanks Walter and John.  I did read Terry's Tips.  It seems that installing TMG using the execute file for v9.05 should be my first step.  So I will go the restore route.  The program will do the rest, including my preferences according to the file structure of the new computer.  It doesn't matter to me where the installation places the projects and files.  Then for SS, I will need to set the database from the new location. Did I leave out anything? Bud

I need to buy a new computer.  I am running Win7 and will likely go to Win10.  Can someone please point me to instructions on how to transfer TMG?  I have the execute file for v9.05. Bud Dorr

In my experience, many programs fit your summary: Quite easy but you must be cautious. I have one program (unrelated to genealogy) which will install easily and properly IF you follow the directions TO THE LETTER, or it will mess up so badly you might not even remember your own name! With any software, follow the directions exactly. NEVER short-cut. NEVER. Then, 99.999% of the time it'll be "easy". Rick Van Dusen On 10/4/2015 12:43 PM, Russell Dorr via wrote: > Some state it's quite easy, Lee says you need to be cautious. I especially noted the statement regarding copying the old files over and overwriting default files produced in the new computer. How does one find out which files those are? > It seems that I actually should attempt to install Win7 professional as one said instead of Win10. Would that alleviate the file default problems? Certainly the file structure should be the same, right? > Bud

At 10/4/2015 11:20, you wrote: >You can simply install TMG on your new computer and use the key and >other (name and email address) information from when you purchased >TMG to register it. This the correct way. There are two basic methods -- a default installation (that most people use) and a custom method (see TMG Help=>Data File Storage). Either way, this is the first step. >Then copy all the files in your TMG directory to your new computer. I would _strongly_ caution that this is _not_ the recommended method. There are often subtle differences in computer installations (mostly to do with the installation method above and with the version of Windows used). If you simply copy folders from the old computer to the new computer, you may be overwriting a file that has different setting because of the new installation. Also, don;t forget that there are three TMG folders -- Shared Programs Data folder, User Program Data folder, and the User Data folder. These are in three widely different locations. See TMG Help=>Access Folders for the actual locations. There may be some files from the old computer that are not by default installed on the new computer. These can be copied over to the corresponding folder on the new computer. This might be user-created Accents, Layouts, Report Definitions, etc. These can be copied, but many others should not be copied to overwrite the files installed by default. The next step should be copying over the Backup (.SQZ) files from your old computer to the new one. Finally, Restore those Backups on the new computer. Lee