Files to save

Chalky wrote:
> My PC is giving signs of nearing the end of its life after 5 years.What if
> any firefox files should I save to install on new computer if and when it
> comes about.
>
Let me take a crack at this one.
You can always install the latest Firefox by down loading it from the
net. Each of your users have personal data held in their profiles.
This is what you need to save. Its in Doc&Settings\<user>\Application Data

Stubby

Stubby <William.Plummer-NOSPAM-@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> Chalky wrote:
>> What if any firefox files should I save to install on new
>> computer if and when it comes about.

> This is what you need to save. Its in Doc&Settings\<user>\Application Data

Far too broad for the Firefox transfer

C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default

But if one wants to transfer the profiles of all one's programs, then.

All the best, Timo

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My PC is giving signs of nearing the end of its life after 5 years.What if
any firefox files should I save to install on new computer if and when it
comes about.

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Once upon a time *Timo Salmi* wrote:
> Stubby <William.Plummer-NOSPAM-@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> Chalky wrote:
>>> What if any firefox files should I save to install on new
>>> computer if and when it comes about.
>
>> This is what you need to save. Its in Doc&Settings\<user>\Application Data
>
> Far too broad for the Firefox transfer
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application
> Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default
>
> But if one wants to transfer the profiles of all one's programs, then.
>
> All the best, Timo
>

OT, but I can't help it.
I notice that you (Timo and Stubby) are really clever guys, you can post
replies to Chalky a day *before* he posted his message.

From: Chalky
Date: 8 Oct 2006 07:54:22 -0400

From: Stubby
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:59:28 -0400

From: Timo Salmi
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 18:31:50 +0300

Or is there something I don't understand about the date and times?

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Arne wrote:
> Once upon a time *Timo Salmi* wrote:
>> Stubby <William.Plummer-NOSPAM-@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>>> Chalky wrote:
>>>> What if any firefox files should I save to install on new
>>>> computer if and when it comes about.
>>> This is what you need to save. Its in Doc&Settings\<user>\Application Data
>> Far too broad for the Firefox transfer
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application
>> Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default
>>
>> But if one wants to transfer the profiles of all one's programs, then.
>>
>> All the best, Timo
>>
>
> OT, but I can't help it.
> I notice that you (Timo and Stubby) are really clever guys, you can post
> replies to Chalky a day *before* he posted his message.
>
> From: Chalky
> Date: 8 Oct 2006 07:54:22 -0400
>
> From: Stubby
> Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:59:28 -0400
>
> From: Timo Salmi
> Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 18:31:50 +0300
>
> Or is there something I don't understand about the date and times?
>

Chalky's computer is near the end, and I guess the clock is the first
thing to go!

Lee

Arne wrote:
> Once upon a time *Timo Salmi* wrote:
>> Stubby <William.Plummer-NOSPAM-@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>>> Chalky wrote:
>>>> What if any firefox files should I save to install on new
>>>> computer if and when it comes about.
>>> This is what you need to save. Its in Doc&Settings\<user>\Application Data
>> Far too broad for the Firefox transfer
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application
>> Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default
>>
>> But if one wants to transfer the profiles of all one's programs, then.
>>
>> All the best, Timo
>>
>
> OT, but I can't help it.
> I notice that you (Timo and Stubby) are really clever guys, you can post
> replies to Chalky a day *before* he posted his message.
>
> From: Chalky
> Date: 8 Oct 2006 07:54:22 -0400
>
> From: Stubby
> Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:59:28 -0400
>
> From: Timo Salmi
> Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 18:31:50 +0300
>
> Or is there something I don't understand about the date and times?
>
I believe my clock is set correctly. I use Atomic Clock Sync to set it
once a day from NIST. --Stubby

Timo Salmi wrote:
> Stubby <William.Plummer-NOSPAM-@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> Chalky wrote:
>>> What if any firefox files should I save to install on new computer if
>>> and when it comes about.
>
>> This is what you need to save. Its in Doc&Settings\<user>\Application
>> Data
>
> Far too broad for the Firefox transfer
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application
> Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default
>
> But if one wants to transfer the profiles of all one's programs, then.
>
> All the best, Timo
>

Best to omit the cache from the profile backup as it can be very large.

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Arne <> wrote:
> OT, but I can't help it. I notice that you (Timo and Stubby) are
> really clever guys, you can post replies to Chalky a day *before* he
> posted his message.

Besides our obvious cleverness it shows that Chalky's computer's
clock's time is off. If one is running an XP and has a net connection,
it is easy to have the PC periodically to adjust the date/time from a
time server. Alternatively one can use

58736 Sep 5 2002 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/win95/dosshell/cmdtime.zip
cmdtime.zip Synchronize PC clock from Internet servers, fw, J.Gerasimov

In using Thunderbird or some other email/newsreader program it is
sensible to have the computer's date/time set correctly.

All the best, Timo

--
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Department of Accounting and Business Finance ; University of Vaasa
private.php?do=newpm&u= <http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/> ; FIN-65101, Finland
Timo's FAQ materials at http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/tsfaq.html

Ed Mullen <> wrote:
> Timo Salmi wrote:
>> C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default
> Best to omit the cache from the profile backup as it can be very
> large.

Quite so. Before such a backup it is good to do two at least things
1) Empty the cache
2) Exit Firefox

Personally I use WZZIP to zip my profile on my backups (with paths
included). It is relatively easy to write a CLI (command line interface)
script that routinely omits adding the cache into the zip file.

All the best, Timo

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Department of Accounting and Business Finance ; University of Vaasa
private.php?do=newpm&u= <http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/> ; FIN-65101, Finland
Useful script files and tricks ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/tscmd.zip

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> > Arne wrote:
> >> Once upon a time *Timo Salmi* wrote:
> >>> Stubby <William.Plummer-NOSPAM-@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> >>>> Chalky wrote:
> >>>>> What if any firefox files should I save to install on new
> >>>>> computer if and when it comes about.
> >>>> This is what you need to save. Its in
> >>>> Doc&Settings\<user>\Application Data
> >>> Far too broad for the Firefox transfer
> >>>
> >>> C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application
> >>> Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default
> >>>
> >>> But if one wants to transfer the profiles of all one's programs,
> >>> then.
> >>>
> >>> All the best, Timo
> >>>
> >>
> >> OT, but I can't help it.
> >> I notice that you (Timo and Stubby) are really clever guys, you can
> >> post replies to Chalky a day *before* he posted his message.
> >>
> >> From: Chalky
> >> Date: 8 Oct 2006 07:54:22 -0400
> >>
> >> From: Stubby
> >> Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:59:28 -0400
> >>
> >> From: Timo Salmi
> >> Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 18:31:50 +0300
> >>
> >> Or is there something I don't understand about the date and times?

> >>
> >
> > Chalky's computer is near the end, and I guess the clock is the
first
> > thing to go!
> >
> > Lee
> >
>
> My clock is perfect, I also use an Atomic clock.The time and date put
on
> my post somehow was the next day. It has never happened before.I am
> posting this @ 05.40 on 12 October just to see if it does it again.
>
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> \o
> |
> / \ Chalky
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