This blog post isn\u2019t about purchasing and supply management, so please excuse it. But if you\u2019re buying a new computer, it shares some lessons learned that you may benefit from.<\/p>\n
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Last week was a crazy one on so many levels.<\/p>\n
One of the many things that muddied up my week was getting a new computer (a Dell, of course). Specifically, getting my software to work on my new computer.<\/p>\n
The thing that really killed me was buying a product called PCmover. This product claims to move all of your files AND applications onto your new PC.<\/p>\n
It was \u201cDell recommended.\u201d The online reviews were mixed: some said it worked exactly as promised while others said it failed miserably.<\/p>\n
I have a great IT guy, so I figured that maybe other people just weren\u2019t using it right and I\u2019d have no problems. My IT guy was skeptical saying it sounded \u201ctoo good to be true.\u201d<\/p>\n
But, hey \u2013 I\u2019m a risk taker! Sometimes I lose. But I win big a lot. And when you win big, you accept the occasional loss.<\/p>\n
Well, using PCmover was one of those occasional losses.<\/p>\n
Sure, it did move some applications well. But some things that should have been a slam dunk, like moving \u201cMy Documents\u201d and Internet Explorer Favorites, didn\u2019t work out so well.<\/p>\n
But there were some major \u2013 MAJOR \u2013 problems transferring our accounting software and our CRM software. In particular, the CRM software didn\u2019t fully install and then wouldn\u2019t uninstall so we could install it \u201cold school\u201d style.<\/p>\n
In fact, even after buying a new license for the CRM software (which we were going to do eventually anyway once we got a new person in who would inherit my old computer) and having that software vendor\u2019s support on the phone for two hours, we still couldn\u2019t get the software to work. Something about needing Microsoft to help make a modification to .NET on my machine. I\u2019ll leave the details to my IT guy.<\/p>\n
Suffice it to say that it would have been easier \u2013 A LOT EASIER \u2013 to just install the software CD by CD rather than using PCmover and doing all of this troubleshooting.<\/p>\n
Another \u201clesson learned\u201d in this migration was with iTunes. When I went to sync my iPod with my new computer, I got the message that I had hundreds of protected files (that I bought from the iTunes store) that would not be transferred to my iPod.<\/p>\n
I did some troubleshooting online myself and retransferred the files using this long, drawn out process. After doing this, I realized that I probably didn\u2019t need to do this.<\/p>\n
If I clicked on one of the songs that I purchased through iTunes, I think it would have prompted me to log into my account and authorize these purchases on the new computer. Once done, access and synching would have worked seamlessly as it did on my old computer.<\/p>\n
So I\u2019m hoping we\u2019ll soon solve the CRM software problem and that this week will be a lot smoother\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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