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XP has a Files and Settings Transfer Wizard that may work for you:<br />
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457074.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457074.aspx</a><br />
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_november12.mspx" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_november12.mspx</a><br />
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XP has a Files and Settings Transfer Wizard that may work for you:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457074.aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457074.aspx]
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_november12.mspx [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_november12.mspx]



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The files and settings transfer wizard <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/getstarted/bott_fstw.mspx" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/getstarted/bott_fstw.mspx</a>&nbsp;and <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457074.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457074.aspx</a><br />
will do the trick on a stand-alone machines and on a simple domain setup. <br />
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The user state migration tool is designed for domain environments offers more options but is more tricky to use <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321197" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321197</a>&nbsp;and the new version 3 also supports moving from XP to Vista.
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The files and settings transfer wizard http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/getstarted/bott_fstw.mspx [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/getstarted/bott_fstw.mspx] and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457074.aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457074.aspx]
will do the trick on a stand-alone machines and on a simple domain setup.

The user state migration tool is designed for domain environments offers more options but is more tricky to use http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321197 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321197] and the new version 3 also supports moving from XP to Vista.

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I used this Files Settings and Transfer Wizard. Although it says it moves programs, it actually doesn't.. they all have to be reinstalled. &nbsp;Macintosh will move all of those. &nbsp;It picked and chose only some of the documents - mainly the ones on the desktop.
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I used this Files Settings and Transfer Wizard. Although it says it moves programs, it actually doesn't.. they all have to be reinstalled.  Macintosh will move all of those.  It picked and chose only some of the documents - mainly the ones on the desktop.

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I have purchased a new Dell computer and want to move all my settings, registrations and documents from a laptop over to the new computer. &nbsp;On my Macintosh there is something called Migration Assistant. &nbsp;Is there something like this for Windows?
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I have purchased a new Dell computer and want to move all my settings, registrations and documents from a laptop over to the new computer.  On my Macintosh there is something called Migration Assistant.  Is there something like this for Windows?

Migrating from one PC to another.

A personal computer is a general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities and price make it useful for individuals, and is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer time-sharing models that allowed systems to be used by many people, usually at the same time. Personal computers may be connected to a local area network (LAN), either by a cable or a wireless connection, and through that to the Internet. A personal computer may be a laptop computer or a desktop computer running an operating system such as Windows, Linux or Macintosh OS.

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.

Windows XP

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