Uer migration tool

Details required :. Cancel Submit. PhillipCaprio Independent Advisor. I hope it helps. Hope this helps. Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.

How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to PhillipCaprio's post on May 5, Does this work also in Windows 10?

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As mentioned above, there are some limitations when you use user state migration tool. And you need to use Scanstate.

If you are not familiar with command prompt, there may be a risk of operation error. It will help you out, and you are allowed to migrate all the user profile or single user files no matter what situations you are facing. Also, you can directly move files from one computer to another over network. This software has a wizard-like interface, so all steps become much easier.

See the detailed steps listed below assuming you have a Windows 7 computer and a new Windows 10 :. Prepare the Windows 7 computer that contains multiple user profiles that you would like to migrate source computer.

Prepare the new Windows 10 computer that you want to save the user profiles from Windows 7 target computer. Backup user profile on the source computer , just in case. Secure Download. Execute the user profile migration tool after installation, go to Sync tab, and choose Basic Sync afterwards. Press Start Sync button to migrate user profiles from Windows 7 to new Windows 10 computer easily.

Migwiz is a manual process, would be a little tedious for machines. Use USMT. Additionally, you should consider standardizing your software stack. It's a nightmarish pain to do but the payoff is very worth. I tell them to save the important stuff to the user drive on our network and let them carry it over to the new machine..

We try to keep everyone's setup the same as far as software and hardware goes, with the occasional user that needs "Special Software". If they are lucky high on the totem pole I grab the favorites, but for our light user nah. Why risk carrying over bad junk?

It works well overall, but you are bound to run into some issues. IMO best practice would be:. May not be the "quick fix answer" you're looking for, but in the long run will save you a lot of time. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question.

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