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1. Copy the USMT files from the Vista DVD (/Support/setup) to a server share or directly to a folder on the workstations
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On the XP PC, from a command prompt, run scanstate.exe /all /i:migapp.xml /i:miguser.xml /i:migsys.xml \\servername\share\migtest1
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On the Vista PC, from a command prompt, run loadstate.exe \\servername\share\migtest1
New features found in USMT 3.0 (compared to 2.61)
- The data store can be encrypted
- The data store format is new (eg. data cannot be extracted with
fastconv anymore)
- The template files are in XML format
- The command line syntax is slightly changed
- It's possible to indicate that the target machine can only be
running Windows XP.
Note: If adding the /nocompress switch for scanstate the File folder
(where the uncompressed data is stored) has the hidden attribute set.
Background info info when testing
Windows XP computer configuration
- background changed
- favorites added in Internet Explorer
- files added to the desktop
- connected to a network printer
- connected to a network share
- outlook configured for exchange server
- outlook calendar properties changed (show week number)
- signature created in outlook
When testing the following user settings and data where successfully
migrated for multiple profiles...
- favorites added in Internet Explorer
- files added to the desktop
- outlook configured for exchange server
- outlook calendar properties changed (show week number)
Well, 4 out of 8 isn't too bad :)
regards
Johan Arwidmark
Microsoft MVP - Setup / Deployment