Jeff

I suspect that you need to tagg the original files properly. You can do this with Windows Media Player, but a better way is to use MusicBrainz Picard Tagger.

However you change the taggs, there is a setting in Windows Media Centre that allows it to move the files to a different directory depending on the tagg info. Make sure that that is switched off or your computer based albums will end up scrambled as well. If possible backup your music directory before you start.

I get my new PC tomorrow.

Can somebody remind me how to move my Outlook diary and contacts from my XP Pro laptop to my new Vista PC, please?

I'm sure it's there in Google - but not all that obvious.

TP

TP

I think everything is stored in the *.pst file. Copy it accross to the new machine and point Outlook at it.

While you're at it, install Xobini as an addon in Outlook.

Try export and import tool.

Thanks guys,

In fact I use nPOP as my mail reader for monitoring and Virtual Access for the main reader/storer. But I'll look at what that link does, Opt.

The advantage of nPOP is that it can look at my mailbox every few minutes and put up a flash if there is anything new.

Eight times out of ten it is smut - so I can delete it at source before downloading what is wanted with VA.

TP

Thanks guys. Will have a look at that TP.

Optimist, these files on Windows Media player are all mp3, so should show up on the Walkman. I think it was Sony's attempt to keep control of your music which has now been discontinued.

Haystack, I think the battery won't hold its charge any more, and I can't get anything out of Apple. It's an old machine so not under warranty.

TP

The advantage of nPOP is that it can look at my mailbox every few minutes and put up a flash if there is anything new

Outlook supports IMAP and HTTP servers so you should be able to do the same with that.

Thanks Opt,

I have nPOP both on my main PC and my PDA which tomorrow will be swopped into an XDA Orbit 2.

At least I understand how to make it work with my POP3 mailbox and my AuthSMTP sub - so I might follow the if it ain't broke route for the mo'.

Whilst you are around.....I am probably going to have to move about 2.7 gig of photo files to a new web server soon. There is no way I can do that over my broadband and the new server owner is talking about using SSH to get the files from the old to the new site. Do you know what he's talking about, please?

TP

TP / Opto
Thanks for replies. I got this from the apple website and it worked

You need to mark all the songs from that album as a compilation.

Select all the songs from that album -- one way is to use the "Browser" to select that album.
"Get Info" on the selected tracks (right-click and select "Get Info", or select "File..Get Info".)
In the "Multiple Item Information" dialog that appears, check the box for "Compilation", and select "Yes" from the pulldown.
Then click "OK".

TP

SSH is a standard way of securely transmitting data. Your provider will presumably transfer it using his sites main internet connection which is a lot faster than broadband.

It should be a reliable method of transfer, but you could ask that md5 checksums be generated and compared for the files on both servers. This would ensure that all files are transfered accurately.

BTW If your ISP provider will let you, you should be able to upload that amount in less than a day.

Opt

"BTW If your ISP provider will let you, you should be able to upload that amount in less than a day. "

I'm on BE unlimited and in theory it is unlimited.

I'd rather not do it from here if it can be done by the provider. I've been talking to 34SP who were recommended here. I am a little surprised that they are making me do all the running. I'd have thought that it was easy/peasy for them to pull across the data once they had permission from my present site.

TP

Has anyone used Dreamhost .

Their prices look amazing and a pal found them reliable. The odd bit of downtime, but soon recovered.

TP

TP

A good idea is to Google with 'Dreamhost' and 'review' as your key search words.....

In this case, 'not good', might be key result words quickly obtained..... :-(

Got your new machines yet? Any good?

TP

if you want a place to host a website check out Myhosting.com. Ive used them for several years with no problems and their prices start about the same as Dreamhost.

Edit Link fixed

Exec,

Collected the two PC's yesterday.

Have not started to unbox them as I have a couple of critical things to do over the next two days and I want to do them with machines I am familiar with.

Thoroughly decent guys, as you said.

Off to Google Dreamhost.

TP

Opt,

That Myhosting link is wrong. Looking at the right one now.

TP

Exec,

It's odd how when you look at the header info for Dreamhost on this site you'd think they were quite good.

And when you scroll down the messages you come across horror after horror.

And then is is odd that Opt's Myhost only has one review on that site. Maybe the webhosting jury is a bit of a fix itself.

TP

Agreed about the reviews. One review doesn't give you enough info' really. However, if Optimist wants to put his name to the recommendation, then that would swing it for me.

Not a very salubrious location for the CDs, is it? In fact, a bit rough to say the least. But, as you say, if you ignore this and see into the heart of it, they are very solid guys running a very reputable solid little business.

"Not a very salubrious location for the CDs, is it?"

Precisely. In fact I thought I'd got the wrong place until I saw one of their vans. But the phone calls that were coming in were dealt in a most re-assuring way and I feel confident that they are not going to let people down.

With regard to Web hosting I am just about to sign up with these guys.

They were recommended by the IT guy who works for the Club where 85% of my pictures are taken. At some stage I may want to pass on the cost of running my/that site to the Club - and it helps if they know I'm being hosted by someone the IT department have suggested.

I've done a deal for some extra space that is not fair to quantify here. The main sway, apart from the introduction, is that hardly anybody ever looks at the pictures - but they need to be there as part of the Club history.

Myhost would have been a heck of a lot cheaper but PHP are affordable -and like CD, based in the UK.

TP

Whenever I use system cleanup on my laptop running Vista I have 3/4 GB of System Queued Windows Error Reports. Anyone know how I can stop these being generated and use so much disk space