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Plan Description

2015 Plan Expert is a Windows-based program that allows users to planimeter contour maps. Within the program, maps are entered using a digitizing tablet and contour areas, map volumes, and oil and gas in place are computed. Digitize portions of a map such as a lease and compute their volumes. Digitize faults, well locations, sink holes, multiple hills. A complete planimeter program for the oil industry. 2015 Plan Expert can be used with a digitizing tablet to input the contour maps, OR digital maps can be traced on screen using the computer mouse or pen stylus.

Plan Plus Description

2015 Plan Plus Expert adds several advanced features which enhance the analysis of contour maps. Features available in Plan Plus include: importing or exporting lat/long or utm files, viewing contour maps in three-dimensions, computing drainage radii, analyzing volumes from structure maps, discretizing values from contours, more advanced methods for analyzing complex maps of multiple hills and valleys, create dxf graphics files, and printing or plotting maps in various scales.

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Wings' XP Level PRO Pro Level of eXPerience is the best solution for punching houses and professional digitizers. It is the hiest level and includes all the available options of the software. This level of program is designed for the company that demands nothing but the best. EOS is another free embroidery digitizing software for Windows. This software allows you to create new as well as edit existing embroidery designs. To create a new design, this software provides a starting node on the canvas from where you can start placing threads from one point to another through the mouse. For commercial scale digitizing needs, more sophisticated computer programs are required. Check another better Digitizing option too! Professional Embroidery Digitized Files On a Limited Budget? So, if you are short on budget or want to try few digitizing programs before actually buying, these freebies are adequate to get you started.

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Making Secure Passwords You Can Easily Remember

It's a problem that just keeps haunting computer users.. how can I make s secure password that I can easily remember? Here's my method for doing it easily.. ..

Should I Update To Windows-10 Now?

Windows-10 is now available! Should you upgrade your computer now or should you wait? Here's my take on this question!.. ..

Getting Around In Windows 8

Many people find getting around Windows 8 to be a challenge when using a mouse instead of a touch pad. This tutorial was created by Julie adger, a charter member of ATW and a good friend too. The file is in PDF format. You can download it and read it on your computer or print it out.
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Embroidery Copyright Issues

This discussion about copyrights and embroidery designs from our forum is so worthwhile that I have turned it into an article for our members to read. message Posted By Posted Jul 31,2013 6:32 PM fidp.. ..

Copyrights And Embroidery Designs: A New Tool For Detecting Copyright Infringement

In a nutshell, there's a new 'sheriff in town' for copyright owners. This is good news if you are one of those people. It has no effect on you if you are not an owner and don't 'share' files. It is really bad news if you are a person who shares files with others for fun or profit, or who accepts files from other people who shouldn't be sharing them with you.
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Protecting Your Credit Card Online

In early April (2013) we began to see more information about credit card security breaches in the news. 2-million stolen stolen at Schnucks, 50-millions stolen at 'LivingSocial.com', 77-million at Sony, and in November-December 2013 another 160-million stolen from Target stores.. ..

How To Back Up Your Computer

Video showing 4 Keys to making backups of your computer.. 'What needs to be backed up, what hardware do you need, what software should you use, and how often do you need to backup are all answered in this 1 hour video along with a Q&A session at the end for the folks watching live.
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Which Program Should I Use For Converting Embroidery Design Formats?

'I have a Singer CE 150 that pretty much just sits because I can't download popular designs because it doesn't accept their formats. But being a complete computer dummy I am afraid to try a converting software because I am afraid I won't know how to use or my Singer won't accept it. Which of the 2 converting softwares are the easiest to use and understand that would work with my machine.'
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I Can't Download Designs Using AOL

One of our website members contacted me because she couldn't download designs suddenly using AOL.. We looked at a lot of possible reasons and finally figured out that something had happened with her .. ..

Embird Iconizer Doesn't Work On New Computer

EMBIRD PROBLEM: 'I have changed to a new computer and have had no problem with uninstalling Embird and reinstalling on new one, except for some reason I can't seem to get the Iconizer to work.registration number is in but for some reason will not install..Will I have to repurchase again? Any help will be greatly appreciated..this is driving me crazy'
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Time For A New Computer?

'I am seriously considering a new computer. This one is just not cutting it anymore. the processor is so s-l-o-w. I am doing 2 bags and the computer just gave me the black screen of death. Shut i.. ..

Can't Play Videos On The Web?

'What do I need to download to play videos in tutorials? I just get a black screen and no matter what I click on nothing will play.' Older web videos are often in WMV format but coul.. ..

How To Unzip With Windows-XP

How to unzip a file using Windows-XP built-in unzipping feature.. On this page I'll show you how to unzip a file using the Windows-XP built-in unzipping tool in a pictorial step-by-step tutori.. ..

'Download' Vs 'Upload'.. What's The Difference?

I often have conversations with people who use the words 'upload' and 'download' incorrectly. Here's what each one means.. 'Download' is when you are pulling a f.. ..

How To Send A LARGE FILE

If you have ever tried to email a file over the internet to another person you may have run into a problem. I'll show you why this is a problem and how to overcome that problem for free in this short video!.. ..

What Version Of Windows-7 Are You Using?

Windows 7 comes in several versions. This step-by-step article shows how to find out which version is on YOUR computer. Xbox power adapter service manual. Why would you want to know this? Many of your older software programs are written for '32-bit' computers. You can update your Windows-7 to work with those older programs IF you know what to look for and where to look for it.
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Removing Unwanted Design Formats Easily

If you download zip files from ATW (and other websites) that have designs in them in more than one format, you may want to review this step-by-step tutorial on how to delete the unwanted design formats in about 15 seconds.
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Can't Save To Or Read From CD or DVD

One of our members asked.. 'I found some cd's that I apparently saved some designs to a long time ago, but when I try to transfer those designs to a floppy disk to use in my emb. machine, nothing shows on the screen. What am I doing wrong?' Here's the solution to this common problem with CD's and DVD's.
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What Computer Would I Buy Today For Machine Embroidery?

If it's time for a new computer, what should you buy today? Is it time to switch to a Mac? What about a Dell? How about an HP? What should you look for in a new computer for embroidery? Here's my input and specs to look for today.. ..

How To Make Your Old XP Computer Keep On Keeping On

Got an old XP computer that's running too slow? Thinking about buying a new Win-7 computer instead, but don't want to pay for the upgrades (often $500 or more) for your embroidery software to Win-7 version? Here's an easy answer to solve the challenge!.. ..

Crash! 'I've Lost My Embroidery Software.. Now What?'

When Mair's computer died she posted this in our forum.. 'My computer has officially croaked :( All I get is the blue screen of death. The problem is, that is the computer that my Husquva.. ..

'Copyright Trolls'

If you own a website, you'll want to read this article! Here's an article you should read if you own a website. In fact, even posting a picture on the internet on your blog could put you at fina.. ..

Simple Sanity Saving Sharpie Software Secret

Keep your sofware at your fingertips with this trick.. A member wrote recently about problems she was having with her Baby Lock software. By the way, Baby Lock makes great software so th.. ..

Can't Save Downloaded Files With Windows 7

'I am using Windows 7 and when I try to download and save a zip file, it disappears. Why can't I download files anymore? I used to be able to do it okay.' Usually this problem .. ..

Check Your Internet Upload Speed

One of our members wrote that she bought a new computer and now she can't upload pictures to our photo gallery as quickly as she used to with her old computer. Here's how to find out what upload speed.. ..

Using A Mac For Machine Embroidery

So basically you have said that we can still run embird and I assume any other windows based embroidery software on a mac. Did you find a delay in running any of those programs on a mac? Does it take multiple steps to switch from surfing on the mac to using one of the PC programs or do you just click on an icon to get to the program? Don't you use the ability to see the embroidery designs as iconz? Or can you still do this somehow?.. ..

Cheap Dongle & Thumb Drive Protection

The first time you break a USB thumb drive or dongle key you instantly understand how fragile the small metal connector is and how non-permanent your data stored on it is. Here's a very cheap way to prevent the USB connector from breaking in the first place! .. ..

Turning Off Windows Automatic Updates

On most computers, Microsoft Windows updates automatically every time the company finds a new security leak in their system. That could be every day or every week or two, but it happens pretty often. Unfortunately, the updates are not always compatible with every software program on your computer so an update may cause your favorite program(s) to stop working.. ..

Part 2 Of 'Revive Your Tired Old PC'

The first step in the 'PC Revival' was to make sure your hard drive has enough free space that there is room for Windows to breathe. We did that in Part 1. The next step shown here is to back up your Windows 'Registry' then clean the junk out of it. I show how that's done in this article... ..

Part 3 Of 'Revive Your Tired Old PC'

In the first two steps we cleaned off excess clutter on our hard drive and fixed problems with the Windows Registry. Now we are going to clean out unused programs AND those annoying startup 'error messages' you often see when rebooting windows. You know.. the little windows that pop up when you're booting your computer and give you cryptic messages about this or that missing gizmos.. .. ..

Part 4 of 'Revive Your Tired Old PC'

Psw Digitizing Computer Program For Windows 7

Almost everything you do online is saved in a folder on your computer in Internet Explorer. These are called 'Temporary Internet Files'. Eventually the folder that holds temporary internet files will reach it's maximum storage size and you will have to empty it out. Windows also has it's own little folder for storing files it needs temporarily. That one is called the 'Windows Temp Folder'. .. ..

A Fix For Optical Mouse Problems

Here's a quick tip for mouse users everywhere.. 'If you have an optical mouse, and you're having trouble clicking links..' (Read this simple fix!).. ..

TIP: Unzip Embroidery Files The Easy Way!

This is a short-cut for opening zip files and putting them in their place instantly... ..

Videos: Using BuzzTools Software

Fifty high-quality videos about using Buzz Tools Software now available! If you have any of the Buzz Tools software for your embroidery hobby but aren't clear on how to use it then you'll really like this info! Videos on using BuzzTools, BuzzXplore, BuzzEdit, and so on.. ..

SHOWDOWN: Embird Fonts Vs Monogram Wizard

An email from a member.. 'What is Embird? I have noticed that many of the fatcs creators use Embird for the lettering. I have a terrible time doing good lettering just using the PE Design. I'm also hampered by older equipment. Would the program still work with Windows 98? I also saw a promo from Larry for the Monogram Wizard, which is quite expensive. Do any of you use that program, and will it work with an older system? I would like to do lettering that is cute, and be able to easily move it into curves.'.. ..

Quick Test For Conflickr Virus

This is a really easy way to see if your computer has the conflickr virus on it or not. It's an 'eye test' chart of sorts. Simply click on the link to the page that shows these pictures. If you see all 6 of the pictures then your computer is not infected. If one or more of the pictures are missing then you need to take a look at the interpretation below the main picture to see which problem your computer is likely.. ..

5 Ways You Can Protect Your Computer From Virus Attacks

Question from member.. 'I know nothing about this kind of software so this may sound stupid but, since the virus issue has become so important would it help to run two different brands of antivirus software? Is this possible? Do they all catch the same viruses?' Answer..
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Recover Deleted Files With This Free Windows Software

I've heard this so many times from our members.. 'Oh no! I deleted a bunch of files accidentally and they're not in my Recycle Bin! Now what!? Can I save them???' The answer is 'VERY LIKELY YES!'
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Fencing Off Space On Your Desktop

Is your computer desktop covered with so many icons that you can hardly find anything? Here's a cool little program that helps orgainize my computer. I really like it and the best part is that it's a freebie too!.. ..

Saving Files From A Bad CD Or DVD

A question from a member.. 'I need your help. I spent time transferring my files to a DVD. I had to restore my laptop. In restoring my files I was able to retrieve one file and then I got the message that the disk was corrupt. I can retrieve the pie chart that the disk does have information on it. Is there a way to repair the disk so I can retrieve the remainder of the files?' The answer is YES.... ..

Capture Your Computer Screen As A 'Photo'

Well, not EXACTLY as a photo, but as a 'JPG'. A JPG is the same type of file as what a digital camera produces and there are lots of software programs available that will capture whatever you see on your computer screen. I'll tell you about my favorite one.. But I will warn you that my favorite is not the cheapest available. Like many other.. ..

Is 'Internet Security' Software Corrupting Your Embroidery Design Downloads?

Downloading embroidery design files can be blocked or corrupted by your 'internet security' software. Here's what to do about it! Your computer probably came with some sort of 'internet security' software installed. This is normally a combination of anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall software all in one package. If you're not sure which program your computer is using, then look for a program called either.. ..

Can't See Newest Designs On ATW?

Can you believe that sometimes you visit a website and there are new things added to the site that you are not seeing? Here's how to make your computer show you the latest version of the web page you're visiting!.. ..

Use BuzzXplore To Convert To PES 'Version-1'

If you have PED-Basic then you may see designs that say 'no data' or a similar message when you try to load a design. Here's one solution using BuzzXplore.. Start BuzzXplore Select design(.. ..

How To Make A 'Zip File'Using Windows (XP, Vista, or 7)

Maybe you've been un-zipping files for years and suddenly you find that you need to make a zip file.. How is it done without spending money on WinZip?.. ..

BuzzXplore: Make A Color Chart

There are many embroidery programs available for viewing designs. Most of them will also create a color chart. Here we'll look at how it's done with BuzzXplore.. Start by open.. ..

Deleting Temporary Internet Files In Internet Explorer 7

Websites often place a small file you your computer when you're viewing the site to track what page you're on and other info. These files are called 'Cookies' and if the folder holding your cookies gets full, it can cause all kinds of frustratin problems for you. Here's how to EMPTY out the old cookies from Internet Explorer 7.. ..

Deleting Cookies In Internet Explorer 7

Websites often place a small file you your computer when you're viewing the site to track what page you're on and other info. These files are called 'Cookies' and if the folder holding your cookies gets full, it can cause all kinds of frustratin problems for you. Here's how to EMPTY out the old cookies from Internet Explorer 7.. ..

When Outlook Stopped Filtering Junk Mail.. And How I Fixed It!

One Monday morning in November my computer ran the latest updates from Microsoft called 'Service Pack 3'. It's always good to have the most recently discovered security holes plugged which is a lot of what prompts these updates. But this one created a problem for the email on my computer! I use 'Outlook 2003' on my Windows PC for reading and sending email. After the SP3 update happened, I noticed my INBOX filling up fast! I soon discovered that none of my 'Rules' I had set up for handling email were running. And I also noticed that Microsoft's builti-in 'Junk' filter wasn't removing any junk email.. ..

Optimize Your Windows PC

No Geek Squad or 'cousin Fred' needs to come by your house to do it for you. And you won't need to take a college level computer course either. Here's how anyone can improve the performance of their own PC in just a few minutes.. ..

Make Password Hassles A Thing Of The Past!

It's been years since I recorded a password for a website. It's not that I can remember all of them, but rather that I don't HAVE TO remember any of them. Here's a great little program that will handle all the details for you and best of all you can try it out for free.. ..

Psw Digitizing Computer Program Software

Danger! When Your Old Computer Dies Don't Just Throw It Away!

When your computer 'dies' it is usually one of several things that happen to make it dead. A quick autopsy to find out what actually died is worthwhile. In fact, after you read this article, you'll know why it's not just a good idea, but a really important safety precaution.. ..

How To Save Your Dongles From Being Damaged

Quick-Tip to keep your precious dongles from being damaged!.. ..

Print Out Our Handy Password Log

Here's a way to keep all your passwords in one easy to use place where you can always find those pesky passwords.. ..

I'm Seeing Spam Coming From MY OWN EMAIL ADDRESS!

Here's a question from our computer forum.. 'I opened my email today and found several messages that said an email was undeliverable. When I opened one to see who did not get a message from me it was to someone I did not know or send a message to. The same with the others. So this leads me to believe that someone, somehow has gotten my address list. I am very careful not to open mail from anyone I don't know, I have a blocked sender list a mile long and have set up rules to block certain words. So how did this happen, how did my email address get out?? Does this mean that everyone in my mailbox has been compromised?? What do I do now??? '.. ..

Computer Tip: 'I'm So Glad I belong to ATW..'

'.. and read everything. After reading a series of articles that Larry had written about things like this I always NOW double check my couple of credit cards and bank statements.'.. ..

Where To Start With Digitizing?

'I'd like to learn to digitize, however I don't know where to start. I own Embird. Should I purchase Embird digitizer or a different program? How difficult is it?'.. ..

What To Do If You Are One Of The 40 Million People Who Were Ripped Off.. THIS TIME!

Here's the headlines in this morning's news.. '11 charged in theft of more than 40M card numbers' That mean's one person out of 6 in America has had their card stollen in JUST THIS ONE INCIDENT! As you may remember from a previous article a couple weeks ago, Holly and I have been through this three times already. And since we.. ..

Watch Your Bank Statements For This One!

Credit card fraud, phishing scams, phony websites.. they're all a part of our daily online lives. Here's an article about recognizing and protecting yourself from one of the many little legal but unscrupulous some companies will take to reach into your bank account.. ..

What Does 'Media Test Failure, Check Cable' Mean?

Here's a problem from one of our members.. 'I've had a lot of difficulty starting up my lap top for about a month. I keep getting a message that says 'Media Test Failure, check cable'. That message is caused by one of several things. It could be.. ..

Digitizing Programs: Are They All Like This?

Here's part of an email I received this morning and my answer to it.. 'I've been learning to digitize since about a year ago using PSW 2.0 software. I recently bought a new SWF machine and switched to their digitizing software. Are these software packages difficult or is it just me?'.. ..

Backing Up Pre-Loaded Software

'My computer finally died and had to get one with Vista which I will learn to work with. Is there anyway to make a backup disk of some of the preloaded software? From time to time I have had to reload certain programs (not a complete restore) because of.. ..

Uploading Photos Too Slowly?

'I have never had a problem uploading photos, but not when I try to upload, it takes forever, then says the page cannot be found. I am using a new camera. Any help is appreciated.' Did you .. ..

Bernina Software And Windows Vista?

'We are looking at purchasing a new PC which will have Vista software. I am wondering if my Bernina Artista software will be compatible. I have many designs I have downloaded over the years and w.. ..

Learning To Digitize With Viking Professional Series Software

Here's a question from my email about learning to digitize.. 'I have the Viking Professional series and one of my goals is to be able to digitize. I have a small home business and would like to .. ..

Where Did My File Names Go?

Fallout 4 free crafting mod. You click into your favorite picture storage folder and suddenly you can't see the name of the photo. The photo is still showing in the thumbnail view, but the name of the file that's alway.. ..

Protect Your Computer And Your Embroidery Equipment From Lightning

'At the first hint of a storm my husband insists that we RUN immediatly to turn off all the computers, and that noone uses anything electrical. Is it really that bad to have things us.. ..

Capturing Pictures Of The Embroidery Designs You Digitize

There are many choices when creating pictures of your embroidery designs suitable for display on the internet or on packaging for retail. Here are short videos showing 3 possibilities.. There is a tr.. ..

'Tablet-PC' vs 'Drawing Tablet'

There are two ways to use a 'tablet' for drawing or digitizing.. One is to buy a 'tablet pc' -- it's a notebook/laptop pc with a screen you can write on with the special pen. The .. ..

Converting Bitmaps To Vectors

Here's a great question from our COMPUTERS forum about graphics used for digitizing.. 'I was trying to find a program that would import .jpg designs and change them to vestors, is there suc.. ..

How I Fixed My Laptop Crashes With A Can Of Air!

Holly's laptop started crashing a few days ago. At first she thought it was from a new program she had just loaded up. But after removing the new software, it kept crashing. It would.. ..

Finding Lost Files On Your Computer

Do you have 'CFA'? CFA is short for 'Can't Find Anything'! Here's a post from one of our members.. 'I sent you an email regarding the blue snowmen, .. ..

Preparing Photos For Use On The Web

You've got a digital camera and you want to put your photos on the web. Before you do, here's a couple tips to make your picture web-ready! Many people in our generation (Baby-Boomers + .. ..

'My Dongle Broke!'

Here's the gist of a post from our Computer Help Forum asking what to do about a broken dongle. If you're not familiar with what a dongle is already, I've included a photo of one in the top-.. ..

When I Download A Design My Computer Tells Me That The File Is 'Corrupt'

In the summer of 2007 several of the major 'Internet Security' programs modified thier software in a way that sometimes corrupts zip files when they are downloaded. Are you now using either.. ..

My Bernina Software Suddenly Stopped

'Help! I can't open my Bernina software all of a sudden. I get the message, 'close some windows' 'out of memory' and 'smart heap error recursively re-entered'. I closed all other windows and I still get the same messages when I try to open a design or my software. I have 33.1 GB of free space.'.. ..

Buy The Right Digitizing Software / Part 1

Which is the 'right' digitizing software to buy? What if I make a mistake and buy the wrong one? Can I learn to use the software or will it sit on the shelf as a r.. ..

Buy The Right Digitizing Software / Part 2

I started this article series with a lot of questions about digitizing software. Next we'll look at what you can do WITHOUT digitizing software! Want to add lettering to a design? W.. ..

Buy The Right Digitizing Software / Part 3

I started this series with the following question.. 'I am currently *trying* to research digitizing software to buy. I just read a ATW article on the different ones. When you are a.. ..

Buy The Right Digitizing SoftwarePart 4

In the first three parts I covered the background issues in buying digitizing software. In this 4th part in the series, I'll answer specific questions about buying the right digitzing softw.. ..

Buy The Right Digitizing SoftwarePart 5

As I said in earlier articles, there are 'auto-digitizing' and 'manual punch' programs, and there is also sofware that does both. To get the best quality results at the needl.. ..

A Question About Backups

Here's an email I received today asking about our recent Computer Tip from Bobbin-Buzz.. 'Regarding this tip.. 'The best tip I ever received was to back up my computer regularly onto cd.. ..

'HELP! I'm Missing A DLL File'

An email came in this morning from a member that couldn't open a PDF file. The error message said 'missing agm.dll -- try reinstalling the application'. So she reinstalled Adobe .. ..

Removing 'MagicAntiSpy' Software

'Last week my resident computer expert accidently contaminated our main machine with a nasty piece of spyware software known as 'MagicAntiSpy'. Camtasia keygen 8. He thought he got rid of it but it .. ..

Three Rules of Computer Troubleshooting

In this article I discuss my three-rules of computer trouble-shooting. They all come under the KISS Principle.. Keep It Super Simple! Many times we run into problems with our computers (or phon.. ..

Backing Up To A USB Hard Drive

The best way I've found to make backups is with an external hard drive. Here's an article showing how that's done.. First.. You'll Need To Buy An External Hard Drive as shown here --- If your comput.. ..

Backing Up Embroidery Files

What's the safe way to backup your embroidery designs? Here's a question from our Discussion Forum and some answers on the subject of backups. Thanks to everyone in this discussion. Members are .. ..

Designer's Gallery Review

We use Designer's Gallery software every day at Artistic ThreadWorks. In this review we will tell you the pluses and minuses that make up this program. While we commonly call it 'Designer's Gallery', it is really a suite of plug in modules that allow you to do a lot of things with embroidery designs. The entire suite includes modules for color sorting, changing design sizes and density, quilting, hooping, and lettering... ..

Backing Up To A USB Memory Stick

Maybe you have seen the little memory sticks before but didn't know how to use them. Well, this article is for you! These memory sticks go by several names, they are most comonly called a USB Flash Dr.. ..

Do You Have A UPS?

Not United Parcel Service.. 'Un-interruptable Power Supply!' Lot's of electronic stuff in my office wasn't working this morning. Same thing in Holly's studio. I quickly tracked the problems down to two different UPS units - one in her room and one in mine.. ..

Changing To A New Computer

Can anybody tell me the easiest way to switch all of my 'stuff' from one computer to another? I feel like I'm moving out of my house! I have one of those little removable memory thingies.. I'm so computer savvy, aren't I??? Now if I could just find that memory thingie?! I guess what I really need to know (or the part that is the most confusing for me) is WHICH files to 'take' with me to my new computer. I was trying to put programs on the jump drive (don't I sound better now?) and it didn't work, my jump drive is only 512MB.. ..