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• First install Web Scraper on the other machine

If you have SQL databases you wish to keep:

1. Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services and stop the MSSQL$PROVIDUSSTD service.
2. Locate the .mdf and .ldf files for the databases in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$PROVIDUSSTD\Data or somewhere similar.
3. Copy them into another folder, i.e. C:\Databases so that you can attach them later.

To upgrade:

1. Uninstall Web Scraper Plus+
2. Uninstall all references to MSDE in Control Panel -> Add Remove Programs
3. Go to Start -> Run -> Regedit:
   1. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> Microsoft -> Microsoft SQL Server
   2. Double click InstalledInstances and remove "PROVIDUSSTD" if its in the list that comes up.
   3. In the left pane, under Microsoft SQL Server, delete the PROVIDUSSTD folder.
4. Download and install the latest version of Web Scraper Plus+(Trial and Full Version) on our downloads page
5. If you have issues, refer here.
6. Then open Web Scraper Plus+ import any packages and datapages you exported earlier.
7. If you copied your database mdf and ldf files, do the following to restore them:
   1. Download and install Sql Management Studio if you don't already have it.
   2. Connect to the .\PROVIDUSSTD server instance with SQL Server authentication, username: sa password: velocityscape
   3. Expand the PROVIDUSSTD instance in the left pane (Object Explorer) and right click databases -> attach.
   4. Locate the mdf files in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$PROVIDUSSTD\Data or if not there, where you backed them up.

Do this.

• Activate with the license id and password sent to you with the original invoice