Re: Files & Settings Transfer Wizard

Well... if you have a lot of e-mail and special settings for your programs,
it works ok, but YMMV. It migrates e-mail accounts, but *not* the
passwords... other than that, it seems accurate enough, but of course, it's
a bit difficult to asess when you use it with unknown machines... but I
haven't have any complaints, though.... I've made about say, fifty
migrations in the last year-and-a-half; and all went *well* (meaning no
complaints from customers, mind you).

It basically copies everything there is in the (name user/s) directories
root directories not present at OS installation time including registry
entries, even the bad ones. But it's a time saver if you don't wanna lose
the IE history, or have more than one user per machine with different
settings.

I prefer to do it by hand, but of course, I know what I'm doing, I'm an old
fart and I couldn't care less about the IE history or keep track of
read/unread NG messages.

HTH,

Pepe
Milano, Italy




"TomG" <tgeery-NOSPAM-@cox.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:uNkNa.3457$...
> My research shows me that this method does not actually transfer the
> installed applications, just settings and personal files and such...
>
> --
>
> Thomas Geery
> Network+ certified
>
> ftp://geerynet.d2g.com
> ftp://68.98.180.8 Abit Mirror <----- Cable modem IP
> This IP is dynamic so it *could* change!...
> over 113,000 FTP users served!
> ^^^^^^^
>
>
>
>
> "TomG" <tgeery-NOSPAM-@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:8qkNa.3400$...
> > Anyone ever use the Files & Settings Transfer Wizard to migrate to a new
> PC
> > with XP? If so, could you post your results? If anyone knows of
> successor
> > failure storied using this method, I'd be interested in hearing them.
> >
> > I plan to build my wife a new system and she is currently on XP. I will
> > probably end up having to reinstall the OS on the new system and am
> looking
> > for a way to make life easier and not have to reinstall the world...
> > assuming there is such a thing.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Thomas Geery
> > Network+ certified
> >
> > ftp://geerynet.d2g.com
> > ftp://68.98.180.8 Abit Mirror <----- Cable modem IP
> > This IP is dynamic so it *could* change!...
> > over 113,000 FTP users served!
> > ^^^^^^^
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

there are other applications that can backup email and NG stuff... thanks
for your response, Pepe...

--

Thomas Geery
Network+ certified

ftp://geerynet.d2g.com
ftp://68.98.180.8 Abit Mirror <----- Cable modem IP
This IP is dynamic so it *could* change!...
over 113,000 FTP users served!
^^^^^^^




"Giuseppe Carmine De Blasio" <> wrote in message
news:be6263$1j3e6$...
> Well... if you have a lot of e-mail and special settings for your
programs,
> it works ok, but YMMV. It migrates e-mail accounts, but *not* the
> passwords... other than that, it seems accurate enough, but of course,
it's
> a bit difficult to asess when you use it with unknown machines... but I
> haven't have any complaints, though.... I've made about say, fifty
> migrations in the last year-and-a-half; and all went *well* (meaning no
> complaints from customers, mind you).
>
> It basically copies everything there is in the (name user/s) directories
> root directories not present at OS installation time including registry
> entries, even the bad ones. But it's a time saver if you don't wanna lose
> the IE history, or have more than one user per machine with different
> settings.
>
> I prefer to do it by hand, but of course, I know what I'm doing, I'm an
old
> fart and I couldn't care less about the IE history or keep track of
> read/unread NG messages.
>
> HTH,
>
> Pepe
> Milano, Italy
>
>
>
>
> "TomG" <tgeery-NOSPAM-@cox.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:uNkNa.3457$...
> > My research shows me that this method does not actually transfer the
> > installed applications, just settings and personal files and such...
> >
> > --
> >
> > Thomas Geery
> > Network+ certified
> >
> > ftp://geerynet.d2g.com
> > ftp://68.98.180.8 Abit Mirror <----- Cable modem IP
> > This IP is dynamic so it *could* change!...
> > over 113,000 FTP users served!
> > ^^^^^^^
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "TomG" <tgeery-NOSPAM-@cox.net> wrote in message
> > news:8qkNa.3400$...
> > > Anyone ever use the Files & Settings Transfer Wizard to migrate to a
new
> > PC
> > > with XP? If so, could you post your results? If anyone knows of
> > successor
> > > failure storied using this method, I'd be interested in hearing them.
> > >
> > > I plan to build my wife a new system and she is currently on XP. I
will
> > > probably end up having to reinstall the OS on the new system and am
> > looking
> > > for a way to make life easier and not have to reinstall the world...
> > > assuming there is such a thing.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Thomas Geery
> > > Network+ certified
> > >
> > > ftp://geerynet.d2g.com
> > > ftp://68.98.180.8 Abit Mirror <----- Cable modem IP
> > > This IP is dynamic so it *could* change!...
> > > over 113,000 FTP users served!
> > > ^^^^^^^
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>