Comments on: Transfer Files and Settings from XP to Windows 7 http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/transfer-files-and-settings-windows-easy-transfer/ Help Desk Geek is a blog for Discussions about help desk tips and how-to computer tips Wed, 23 May 2012 08:14:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rob McClainhttp://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/transfer-files-and-settings-windows-easy-transfer/#comment-125835 Rob McClain Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:14:51 +0000 http://helpdeskgeek.com/?p=4624#comment-125835 I just transferred my settings and data (using Windows Easy Transfer) from my old desktop (Windows XP) to my new desktop (Windows 7)and now I cannot open Microsoft Outlook. I have Office Professional 2007 on the new computer and Office 2003 on the old computer. Any ideas on how to fix my problem? I just transferred my settings and data (using Windows Easy Transfer) from my old desktop (Windows XP) to my new desktop (Windows 7)and now I cannot open Microsoft Outlook. I have Office Professional 2007 on the new computer and Office 2003 on the old computer. Any ideas on how to fix my problem?

]]> By: craighttp://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/transfer-files-and-settings-windows-easy-transfer/#comment-125418 craig Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://helpdeskgeek.com/?p=4624#comment-125418 This is bollucks. basically all i wanted was to transfer EVERYTHING but remotely. I have dual booted windows XP/7 thinking i could use all the programs already installed on WindowsXP and another hard drive but it is not the case... this means i am going to have to backup everything in order to use Windows 7 again. :( sad times This is bollucks. basically all i wanted was to transfer EVERYTHING but remotely. I have dual booted windows XP/7 thinking i could use all the programs already installed on WindowsXP and another hard drive but it is not the case… this means i am going to have to backup everything in order to use Windows 7 again. :( sad times

]]> By: John Paulhttp://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/transfer-files-and-settings-windows-easy-transfer/#comment-114698 John Paul Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:50:47 +0000 http://helpdeskgeek.com/?p=4624#comment-114698 Once you've transferred a user account and other things, are they still available on the old computer? Once you've transferred a user account and other things, are they still available on the old computer?

]]> By: Mike Gillhttp://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/transfer-files-and-settings-windows-easy-transfer/#comment-61339 Mike Gill Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:28:20 +0000 http://helpdeskgeek.com/?p=4624#comment-61339 I'm having to do this for my mother's new Windows 7 PC. I'll check out pickmeapp as that's the main thing I need. I don't understand the comments about lack of control regarding Apple OS? You get as much control as you want. These comments were clearly not based on any fact. Fortunately, I left Windows behind 3 years ago. Transferring to a new Mac machine is easy, and if I need to run Windows, I simply launch Parallels on my Mac and run Windows along side. Fortunately, the times I need to do that these days are few and far between. I'm having to do this for my mother's new Windows 7 PC. I'll check out pickmeapp as that's the main thing I need.

I don't understand the comments about lack of control regarding Apple OS? You get as much control as you want. These comments were clearly not based on any fact.

Fortunately, I left Windows behind 3 years ago. Transferring to a new Mac machine is easy, and if I need to run Windows, I simply launch Parallels on my Mac and run Windows along side. Fortunately, the times I need to do that these days are few and far between.

]]> By: Evil Bobhttp://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/transfer-files-and-settings-windows-easy-transfer/#comment-51417 Evil Bob Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:34:23 +0000 http://helpdeskgeek.com/?p=4624#comment-51417 CrowdedCranium, You might want to look at VM'ing that old PC as Easy Transfer does not move programs and you may find it very hard to get your old phone answering software running on Windows7 x64. You can get the free VM imaging tool at vmware.com. You'll also want to download the free VMware Player to run on your new Emachine box. We've done this at work for our programming crew who moved up from XP based systems (all 32-bit) to much faster 64-bit hardware running 8 or 12 GB of RAM. We created a VM of their existing development environment and ran it on their new boxes. Everything was the same, and the whole process took about 4 hours per system (3 to create the VM image, and an additional hour to transfer the VM to the new system and configure it). Another benefit of running a VM is you can allocate more CPU and memory to the VM than the original system had. Most of our developers were on single core CPUs with anywhere from 512MB to 1GB of RAM. With the VM image now running on superior hardware, we were able to increase both the number of CPU cores and RAM to max what the OS can run. CrowdedCranium,

You might want to look at VM'ing that old PC as Easy Transfer does not move programs and you may find it very hard to get your old phone answering software running on Windows7 x64.

You can get the free VM imaging tool at vmware.com. You'll also want to download the free VMware Player to run on your new Emachine box.

We've done this at work for our programming crew who moved up from XP based systems (all 32-bit) to much faster 64-bit hardware running 8 or 12 GB of RAM. We created a VM of their existing development environment and ran it on their new boxes. Everything was the same, and the whole process took about 4 hours per system (3 to create the VM image, and an additional hour to transfer the VM to the new system and configure it).

Another benefit of running a VM is you can allocate more CPU and memory to the VM than the original system had. Most of our developers were on single core CPUs with anywhere from 512MB to 1GB of RAM. With the VM image now running on superior hardware, we were able to increase both the number of CPU cores and RAM to max what the OS can run.

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