davidhk129
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- May 19, 2012
I would not buy software from e-bay, I do purchase other things. But your choice, of course.
Newegg is an online retailer, like other well known sites. I have had good experiences with Newegg and would be comfortable recommending it. There are certainly other sites equally trustworthy.
E-bay is a bunch of folks selling stuff.... If you purchase from there, what you receive might be exactly what you need.
When I was building and selling a lot of computer equipment, NewEgg had no problem issuing refunds on defective parts. In fact, I once ordered a TV from them, it was broken by the carrier, and they completely refunded the cost, including shipping, in exception of their own policies. All of my home office computer equipment, including my main system, are from parts I bought from NewEgg, so I would still recommend them. For cables look at Monoprice as well.Newegg is an online retailer, like other well known sites. I have had good experiences with Newegg and would be comfortable recommending it. There are certainly other sites equally trustworthy.
E-bay is a bunch of folks selling stuff.... If you purchase from there, what you receive might be exactly what you need.
If a seller is top rated on eBay, you can be almost guaranteed that what you get will be genuine. It's always a good idea to check their recent feedback before making any purchases though. I can also vouch personally for NewEgg as I have bought Microsoft Office there before, along with assortments of small hardware.
Question for you david; does the PC that you installed 8 Pro on have a 64 bit CPU? If so I would have gone with the 64 bit just for the RAM usage.
A tip, David. You may be aware of this?
I have a separate mailbox, on a spare partition of my HD. This is not affected by subsequent re-installs, or reinsertion of images. By the nature of my work, this happens a lot!
If I should find it necessary to reinstall Windows live mail, First thing I do is go into File-Options-Mail-Advanced -Maintenance, and point it at my mailbox.
It automatically picks up most of my customisation, including all the previous mail. All I then need to do is put in my mail password again.
I'll never understand why......
Only about 2 weeks ago, I used this same Vista laptop and installed the Win 8.1 Preview.
Everything ran beautifully but I had trouble configuring a POP email account into Windows Live Mail.
I could receive but could not send.
I used to set up various email accounts for others in the past. I know what I am doing when it comes to Mail.
I reinstalled Vista, getting it ready for Windows 8.
Today, I installed Win 8 Pro 32-bit over Vista. After dust was settled, I installed Windows Live Mail and proceeded to configure my Bell.net POP account.
To my surprise, it went through without a hitch. I can both send and receive, and I used exactly the same account settings as last time.
Win 8 Pro, however, is not as fast as Win 8.1 Preview.
I wonder if I should upgrade to 8.1 after all.