What is the best way to move the VisualWeather software to a new computer?

Note: The original VisualWeather CD with the key code is needed to install VisualWeather on the new computer.

The recommended method for moving VisualWeather has four steps:

  1. Back up the VisualWeather network on the old computer.
    1. On the main VisualWeather screen, click the Network menu and select Backup/Restore Network….
    2. The Backup/Restore window will appear. The default name of the backup file appears in the Backup File: field. To change the file name or location, either edit the field, or click the browse button on the right to select a new location.
    3. To create the backup, click the Backup button. VisualWeather will back up all of the present weather station settings, including the database. When the backup file is created, a message will display indicating the name of the backup file.
    4. The backup file may be very large. Copy the file to a flash drive or burn it to a CD so that it can be easily copied to the new computer.
  2. Install VisualWeather on the new computer using the original CD and key code.
  3. Restore VisualWeather on the new computer.
    1. Copy the VisualWeather.bkp file to the new computer.
    2. Run the VisualWeather program. From the main screen, click the Network menu and select Backup/Restore Network….
    3. The Backup/Restore window will open. The default name of the backup file appears in the Backup File: field. Change the file name or location to match the backup file that was moved from the old computer. Edit the field, or click the browse button on the right to browse to and select the backup file.
    4. To restore from the backup, click the Restore button. VisualWeather will restore the network from the backup file. When the restore is completed, a message will display indicating that the network was loaded.
  4. Close VisualWeather down, and restart it to initialize the database. Run some reports to make sure the data is intact. It may be necessary to edit the communications configuration if the new installation of VisualWeather will use different COM port numbers or different dialing strings than on the old computer.

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