Moving Web Scraper to another machine

*On the new machine, download and install the latest version of Web Scraper Plus+(Trial and Full Version) on our [http://www.velocityscape.com/Downloads.aspx|downloads page]
*If you have issues, refer [http://wswiki.velocityscape.com/AllPages.aspx?Cat=Install%20Issues|here].
*On both machines, go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services and stop the MSSQL$PROVIDUSSTD service.
*If you have SQL databases you wish to keep:
**On the old machine, locate the .mdf and .ldf files for the databases in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$PROVIDUSSTD\Data or somewhere similar.
**Copy them into the same folder on the new machine or put them anywhere you want. (Remember network/external drives can be very slow for databases, so try not to put them there.)
*To copy all of your Packages, Datapages, and settings
**On the old machine, locate the .mdf and .ldf files for the databases in C:\Program Files\Web Scraper Plus+\Data
**Copy them into the same folder on the new machine or put them anywhere you want
*Now you need to attach any mdf and ldf database files that you transferred over:
**Download and install [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C243A5AE-4BD1-4E3D-94B8-5A0F62BF7796&displaylang=en|Sql Management Studio] if you don't already have it.
**Connect to the .\PROVIDUSSTD server instance with SQL Server authentication, username: sa  password: velocityscape
**Expand the PROVIDUSSTD instance in the left pane (Object Explorer) and right click databases -> attach.
**Locate the mdf files you transfered to the new machine
*On both machines, go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services and start the MSSQL$PROVIDUSSTD service.
*Activate with the license id and password sent to you with the original invoice
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