One thing I would suggest with the migwiz is create a new admin account on the old system and run the Migwiz from that account. I found that whatever account you run the migwiz from is used as the default first account on the Win 7 box. Not a big deal unless you are migrating several users and are trying to keep in old profile named account.
Jon On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > As someone else suggested use the migwiz there is a new one on the MS web > site that makes the transition from XP to 7 a little smoother. It will even > let you know what programs are missing and need to be reinstalled. As you > install them it will let you know they are now installed on the new system. > Very nice in IMVHO. > > Jon > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 5:32 PM, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As far as I know your gonna have to reinstall your programs cause there >> will be reg entries referring to the C drive and support files such as dlls >> and such wont be in the right Windows folder. >> >> James >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Murray Freeman <[email protected]> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Friday, February 26, 2010 5:02 PM >> *Subject:* MOVING TO NEW COMPUTER >> >> I'm well aware that if I purchase a new computer, it most likely will >> come with Windows 7 installed. I would like to be able to easily and quickly >> retain all my existing files and programs, and I know that I can't just move >> my old hard disk drive into the new machine and make it drive 0 and be up >> and running without some work. So, I'm thinking about just adding my old >> drive as drive "D" on the new machine and running the old programs off of >> that drive. I can always move files and non-program stuff to the new drive, >> or to a 2nd partition on the new drive but to reinstall my old programs will >> be a pain. Will my approach work? Also, if I choose to get a laptop to >> replace my old desktop, since I won't be able to install my old hard drive >> from my old desktop computer, can I just partition the drive and then do an >> image copy to the 2nd partition without any real issues? >> >> >> *Murray* >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
