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Was expecting to help my Dad's friend migrate to Gmail today, but as you know the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Firstly Outlook 2000 is unsupported by Google Outlook exporter. Then he whips out a new purchase he's made. An Acer laptop with Windows 8. Nightmare. Yes, I experience first hand the disaster that is Windows 8. Registration was a pain. Metro interface was boggling to a Windows user, let alone me. Incredibly slow setup and then welcome to Acer/McAffee nagware. I can't believe they still do that crap. Then he wanted to move his old documents across. I suggested Google drive. Turns out Google drive can't read Microsoft Works documents. Er, neither can Office365 after we bothered to "Try it". Now he wants to try install WindowsXP (old OEM version from his previous computer) and Office 2000 on the new laptop. And that point I made my excuses and left. Really sad how Microsoft treats users like that, with no sane upgrade path. PC manufacturers like Acer have left UX at the door. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq