Making a Good Gift PC
A good gift PC represents the bare minimum of what you should do to get your computer ready for a new home. Fortunately, that doesn’t take much time, effort, or money. It essentially involves removing your data files thoroughly and clearing out basic network settings.
You won’t have any access to files on a PC that leaves your possession, so if you haven’t already copied them off its hard drive, you’ll need to do so before you delete them. The My Documents folder is where most of your files live, but if you have multiple Windows users, there’s a My Documents folder for each one. If you use AOL, you probably have personal files in its Downloads folder. Quicken, QuickBooks, and TurboTax put their data files in unusual locations you should double-check: Quicken uses C:\Quickenw, C:\Program Files\Quickenw, or C:\Program Files\Intuit\Quicken. QuickBooks data files live in C:\Program Files\Intuit\Quickbooks. TurboTax usually stores its files in the TAX01 folder inside the default installation folder; search for files with a .tax extension to be sure. Read More»
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