Stanron, I use a transfer cable (Radio Shack at it's finest!) between my old desktop that stopped communicating with the Internet (I'd fixed it a couple of times, but after the third setting adjustment I was going to need to reinstall Windows and lose the software, worth much more to me than the old but still good quad core HP desktop). I bought a new Dell and when I do work in the Adobe software (the newest version is in the old computer) I transfer the results between the two.

The software installed on the old computer was the last version of the Adobe suite released on DVD, and I brought it home from work to install because we could have the same on our work and home computer back then, but the disks were returned. That is also on the Sony. I have the next older version on disks that I own and I installed that on the newer computer. Confused yet? I do small stuff in Photoshop on my new Dell, but the document design and more complicated things I do on the HP. Adobe charges a king's ransom to rent the software monthly and I don't do enough work to make it a prudent investment.

The little Sony VAIO has a goofy USB drive (it has two of them) but I could use the transfer cable with that also.

In the past on my desktop I've booted into different operating systems but that is a lot of fuss to do, not worth it now.

In another part of the house, one of the larger projects I have to do in 2023 is replace the sliding glass door to the back yard. This Dog World episode at two weeks and counting has made it clear just how awful that old portal is. My fingers are crossed it doesn't die in the open position in time for the next blizzard.

Note to self: in the future, enforce Ben Franklin's policy about fish and visitors. Entering day four of a five day visit on top of the dog stuff and it's wearing me out.