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  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Assuming your new laptop is wireless enabled then most of them boot up with the wireless enabled.
    Depending on the initial setup, i.e are you setting up windows, you'll need to open the network and sharing centre, look at the available wireless networks, identify yours, click connect and type in the password you previously set up for your old computer.

    Mostly the SSID and network key are on a label on your router's bottom.
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • clinteestwood
    clinteestwood Posts: 96 Forumite
    I agree with Yolina. you also want to take out the old ram modules as they are can be really handy at times.
    I'm not normally a religious man, but... if you're up there, save me, Superman!
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    That's great, ta. I know people will think I'm batty but I find all this stuff bloody terrifying and it always goes to hell with me...:) The shop is putting in Firefox for me and it runs on Windows 7.
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    If it's been agreed as a trade in for a new PC, then removing the RAM and taking an 'eavy 'ammer to the hard drive might just aggravate the retailer a little bit...
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Indeed you'll probably called worse than an 'Orrible 'Orace.


    I blame 'is 'aughty 'orse 'ector.
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    That doesn't work in a broad Scots accent. It sounds like somebody put their false teeth in upside down :rotfl:
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