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Topic: Re-installing PP on new computer

Hi all
I've used PP for many many years for all kinds of projects, including two graphic-heavy books, and loads of graphic-heavy Parish Newsletters (examples here (I'm quite proud of them!): https://st-nicolas-taplow.org/parish-newsletters/

I've just spent several thousands on a new computer (the old one starting to not boot up...) and, although I have Affinity Publisher (which I'm trying to get to grips with!) on the new machine, I'd really like to stick with my dear old PP X9 for a while.

Trouble is... my new gleaming monster PC comes without... a DVD drive lol

Can I copy the files from the original DVD and double-click Autostart or whatever it's called? Or is the program available somewhere on t'internet? I have looked... and I don't understand why Serif don't offer PagePlus as a free download, if they think it's so rubbish? For me, PP has been brilliant.

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Re: Re-installing PP on new computer

Two possible solutions:

1. Buy a cd/dvd drive that connects via a USB. Do a search for cd/dvd usb drive. I have a Dell, which works very well.

2. Copy the Serif DVD to a flash drive, and install from that.

Geoff

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Re: Re-installing PP on new computer

GB wrote:

Two possible solutions:

1. Buy a cd/dvd drive that connects via a USB. Do a search for cd/dvd usb drive. I have a Dell, which works very well.

2. Copy the Serif DVD to a flash drive, and install from that.

3. Download from t’Internet. Check your email!

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— Kahlil Gibran

4 Reply by tonybridge (edited by tonybridge 2024-11-15 18:58:57)

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Re: Re-installing PP on new computer

Thanks for the tip, GB, makes perfect sense of course!

But Alfred emailed me with a solution that has worked perfectly, so I am now back in the happy land of PagePlus!

Thanks for all your help, guys, isn't this a wonderful community? :-)

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Re: Re-installing PP on new computer

tonybridge wrote:

isn't this a wonderful community? :-)

I’m glad you like it here, Tony, but I don’t think it’s my place to comment on how wonderful it is!

"I am ignorant of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance, and therein lies my honour and my reward.”
— Kahlil Gibran