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On 22 Mar 2010, at 17:05, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 03/22/2010 06:54 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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>> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Stroller |
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>> <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>>> I was very impressed by Windows 7 recently. I installed it for a |
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>>> customer |
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>>> and it seems wonderful. I even considered trying it myself, but I |
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>>> realised |
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>>> that the inability to copy settings from one profile or machine to |
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>>> another |
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>>> is a *complete* deal-breaker to me. |
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>> [OT] |
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>> In Windows XP it was called "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard". It |
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>> could be run from the Windows install CD or maybe it was installed as |
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>> well. You ran it on the source machine, then on the target machine |
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>> and |
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>> it did its magic. It even carried over individual apps settings for |
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>> supported products (microsoft, adobe, etc). Did they get rid of that |
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>> tool in later versions of Windows? |
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> No, it's still there (and improved). No idea why Stroller couldn't |
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> find it. |
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I was given to believe it doesn't work under all circumstances. |
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http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup/msg/4d069a4865067bad |
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It's not something I've had the time yet to dedicate to testing. |
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Stroller. |
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