I just wanted to transfer a user's settings from his laptop to archive, so that I would be able to restore them... if required. (Laptop got a virus...)
Windows 8.1 doesn't allow for user transfer anymore... it isn't supported.
A quick search on the internet: https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+8.1+easy+transfer&oq=windows+8.1
gave me several articles that told me that Windows Easy Transfer was deprecated by Microsoft, and that only reading legacy archives is supported.
So, I grabbed a version from Windows 7.
Just make sure you're using x86 for 32 bit and x64 for the other.
worked.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Android (developer) learning curve
OK. I finally bit the bullet.
I decided to revisit the Android platform, since I walked away from it about four years ago. (I didn't do that much then... but I worked on a class project that used Android, and I bounced off the tools a bit). It also helps that I have a new gig starting...
Time to STUDY. https://www.udacity.com/courses#!/android
Specifically:
So I needed a cheap device to push against, and a friend loaned/gifted me a Polaroid InterneTablet.
With Android 4.0.3 and no Play store, which makes it less desirable than otherwise. It also wouldn't connect...
So, Frys had the EGD172 tablet for $49. out the door. (EGD)
That made it attractive, since I didn't want to screw up my Samsung S4... and I already discovered that using the phone for debug makes it hard to take calls. And... my desktop sucks for an emulated session.
Of course, no joy.
Neither tablet would communicate, and lots of articles on "how" but no-one seems to have the exact recipe.
In removing the installed USB ADB drivers (troubleshooting) I used a utility from nirsoft.net which enumerates the USB list; but like most of *his* tools, it's a sharp edge and you can cut yourself. I even tried replacing the driver with a "generic" ADB comm driver, which just added to the confusion -- I think. It definitely stopped the Samsung device from connecting.
Ok. back to Square one.
I tried parallel development (installing same tools) on a laptop, same results... except phone does connect.... but still can't debug with it. (broke something).
again.
I decided to revisit the Android platform, since I walked away from it about four years ago. (I didn't do that much then... but I worked on a class project that used Android, and I bounced off the tools a bit). It also helps that I have a new gig starting...
Time to STUDY. https://www.udacity.com/courses#!/android
Specifically:
Developing Android Apps
PROJECT Build Your Own Android App
So I needed a cheap device to push against, and a friend loaned/gifted me a Polaroid InterneTablet.
With Android 4.0.3 and no Play store, which makes it less desirable than otherwise. It also wouldn't connect...
So, Frys had the EGD172 tablet for $49. out the door. (EGD)
That made it attractive, since I didn't want to screw up my Samsung S4... and I already discovered that using the phone for debug makes it hard to take calls. And... my desktop sucks for an emulated session.
Of course, no joy.
Neither tablet would communicate, and lots of articles on "how" but no-one seems to have the exact recipe.
In removing the installed USB ADB drivers (troubleshooting) I used a utility from nirsoft.net which enumerates the USB list; but like most of *his* tools, it's a sharp edge and you can cut yourself. I even tried replacing the driver with a "generic" ADB comm driver, which just added to the confusion -- I think. It definitely stopped the Samsung device from connecting.
Ok. back to Square one.
I tried parallel development (installing same tools) on a laptop, same results... except phone does connect.... but still can't debug with it. (broke something).
again.
the bitter pill
I used to be a programmer. The world has moved on, and new paradigms have replaced what I used to know. So, like many before me... I'm apparently obsolete.
Ok, so I'm upset... my value to the universe seems to be hitting a all-time low. But, If I give up... the universe wins. Can't have that. At least, not without a fight.
But, it's difficult to make progress when you are your own worst enemy. Seriously.
The art (of programming) has moved on; and 20-somethings who think they rule the world (after all, nothing of any value was invented before them), and they have a point; ignore my desperate pleas for recognition, payment even.
Besides the locals (who disrespect everything that isn't) and "co-opt" anything they can carry... pry up anything not bolted down (so they can carry it); and see no harm in it... I'm getting pushback from my other customers -- it's telling me that I'm depending too much upon this payment. If I cannot walk away... they win.
Cats need medicine, treatment (teeth for Saido), and just the ongoing food expenses...
I'm not liking this game much. Can we reset?
Mom wants me to move to Portland, that means giving up the condo I've fought to keep; and can't say she's entirely wrong... but when do you cut your losses?
it's not a good night in the neighborhood.
Seriously.
Ok, so I'm upset... my value to the universe seems to be hitting a all-time low. But, If I give up... the universe wins. Can't have that. At least, not without a fight.
But, it's difficult to make progress when you are your own worst enemy. Seriously.
The art (of programming) has moved on; and 20-somethings who think they rule the world (after all, nothing of any value was invented before them), and they have a point; ignore my desperate pleas for recognition, payment even.
Besides the locals (who disrespect everything that isn't) and "co-opt" anything they can carry... pry up anything not bolted down (so they can carry it); and see no harm in it... I'm getting pushback from my other customers -- it's telling me that I'm depending too much upon this payment. If I cannot walk away... they win.
Cats need medicine, treatment (teeth for Saido), and just the ongoing food expenses...
I'm not liking this game much. Can we reset?
Mom wants me to move to Portland, that means giving up the condo I've fought to keep; and can't say she's entirely wrong... but when do you cut your losses?
it's not a good night in the neighborhood.
Seriously.
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