Glen & Shi
Am buying a new laptop and want to transfer all my programs and data from my old Dell Dimension 4700. I also will want to hook up a printer and use my old Dell monitor. I understand this will have to be done as my operating system is Windows XP. I would prefer to get the Windows 7 operating system, but may not be able to find it.
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Here is a warning take note, Windows 8 computers are locked down Users can't download and install what they want when they want, ALL software for W8 has to be bought from M$ website at high prices,
You need to learn that M$ and Mac are NOT the the only computer operatings systems in the world, there are others that are Free, Fater, Superior and far more Advanced, That will run on your old Dell Xp system You can bring your old Dell's operating system up to date December 2013, With over 43,600 Free application software packages of every description,
Visit these web sites and start Learning about the FREE up to date operating systems that will run on Old computers, I use these on my 13 yr old Dell 1100 Laptop, with 512 megabytes of ram in it. These are just a few operating systems that are available to you check them out,
Zorin Will let you have any windows desktop at the click of the mouse button, Xp, Win 7, or the Mac OS/x desktop plu other desktops you have never seen before.
http://zorin-os.com.
http://sparkylinux.org/
http://kubuntu.org/
Debian has 10 different desktops to pick from
http://debian.org/
Here is a warning take note, Windows 8 computers are locked down Users can't download and install what they want when they want, ALL software for W8 has to be bought from M$ website at high prices,
You need to learn that M$ and Mac are NOT the the only computer operatings systems in the world, there are others that are Free, Fater, Superior and far more Advanced, That will run on your old Dell Xp system You can bring your old Dell's operating system up to date December 2013, With over 43,600 Free application software packages of every description,
Visit these web sites and start Learning about the FREE up to date operating systems that will run on Old computers, I use these on my 13 yr old Dell 1100 Laptop, with 512 megabytes of ram in it. These are just a few operating systems that are available to you check them out,
Zorin Will let you have any windows desktop at the click of the mouse button, Xp, Win 7, or the Mac OS/x desktop plu other desktops you have never seen before.
http://zorin-os.com.
http://sparkylinux.org/
http://kubuntu.org/
Debian has 10 different desktops to pick from
http://debian.org/
Can passwords and other info saved in the browser be remotely accessed by anyone?
PraS
If you've saved your password in Opera or Firefox, or saved some info in the "Notes" option of Opera, is it possible that when your browser is running, someone from another part of the world can access that data?
And if someone hacks into your computer, is it possible for them to access the file in which Opera or Firefox saves the passwords?
Thanks.
Answer
I think the answer is NO. I would justify this by saying that I use a Linux computer, and 'keylogger virus' is something I can't have here - but if you use WINDOWS, then nothing you type, or display, or store in your system is safe!
Keyloggers aren't actually related - if you HAVE ALREADY saved the password, then it's more secure because you don't have to type them - so keyloggers can't get at them okay?
Opera is famous for being very secure in this respect, and Firefox has the option to create a new profile (on my system I run 'profilemanager' when I start Firefox - normal option has add-ons and stuff installed, but 'secure' has no add-ons - they are third party, and potentially weaken performance)
The synchro features in Firefox and Opera are pretty cool - I have a further software installed in my system which will actually merge the bookmarks of Opera and Firefox!
So option 1 - use Opera, or a separate Firefox profile for sensitive transactions.
Option 2: give up any stupid ideas you have about being SECURE on Windows. Microsoft reserve the right to build in backdoors - they can access your computer and check anything and everythng (it is in the EULA, you agreed to it already)
If you have anything sensitive to do on your computer, it would make sense to install linux as a dualboot option and use that. I started using Ubuntu for my online banking last year, and now I switched entirely and removed internet from XP - now XP runs very fast (no antivirus or antimalware software installed, no services running I don't need, and no internet - it's fast now, use just for games)
There's a reason that hackers use Linux - hell the worlds supercomputers NEVER ran Windows - people only run that crapware because the retailers are bullied into forcing it onto them.
Generally, running Windows means you give up just about any hope about confidence in your security arrangements - if it's important, then follow the link below to get out of the hell of running crapware ;)
Debian linux is the dogs bollox m8 - and it's all been kind of borrowed and formatted to be more popular -
I think the answer is NO. I would justify this by saying that I use a Linux computer, and 'keylogger virus' is something I can't have here - but if you use WINDOWS, then nothing you type, or display, or store in your system is safe!
Keyloggers aren't actually related - if you HAVE ALREADY saved the password, then it's more secure because you don't have to type them - so keyloggers can't get at them okay?
Opera is famous for being very secure in this respect, and Firefox has the option to create a new profile (on my system I run 'profilemanager' when I start Firefox - normal option has add-ons and stuff installed, but 'secure' has no add-ons - they are third party, and potentially weaken performance)
The synchro features in Firefox and Opera are pretty cool - I have a further software installed in my system which will actually merge the bookmarks of Opera and Firefox!
So option 1 - use Opera, or a separate Firefox profile for sensitive transactions.
Option 2: give up any stupid ideas you have about being SECURE on Windows. Microsoft reserve the right to build in backdoors - they can access your computer and check anything and everythng (it is in the EULA, you agreed to it already)
If you have anything sensitive to do on your computer, it would make sense to install linux as a dualboot option and use that. I started using Ubuntu for my online banking last year, and now I switched entirely and removed internet from XP - now XP runs very fast (no antivirus or antimalware software installed, no services running I don't need, and no internet - it's fast now, use just for games)
There's a reason that hackers use Linux - hell the worlds supercomputers NEVER ran Windows - people only run that crapware because the retailers are bullied into forcing it onto them.
Generally, running Windows means you give up just about any hope about confidence in your security arrangements - if it's important, then follow the link below to get out of the hell of running crapware ;)
Debian linux is the dogs bollox m8 - and it's all been kind of borrowed and formatted to be more popular -
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