Greetings all,

I recently purchased a tablet PC and want to move my
configuration from my notebook to my tablet PC. By
configuration I mean all installed programs, files,
settings and passwords.

Can anyone provide a solution?

I have tried the following:
1)File and settings transfer (doesn't really transfer
much configuration/programs).
2)On the tablet PC: restore all files from the old
computer (without overwriting) and then import the old XP
Pro registry into the Tablet and then import the Tablet
PC registry again to overwrite any overwrites by the XP
Pro registry import. (90% of the settings are imported,
but some programs won't work (Office XP, Zonealarm (even
after reinstall).
3)(Most promising)Image of the old drive in the tablet
(has the configuration I want); BUT I need to know how to
do an inplace upgrade to XP Tablet PC and use the Tablet
PC license for XP not the old license.

Trying to "move" all your programs from one to the other is a dangerous
situation, as you may wish to do in your #2. The installation of the
programs themselves supply the proper entries into the Registry. I would
recommend not using this method or your #3. You currently, since the Tablet
is new, have a factory install of the proper drivers specific to your
Tablet. I wouldn't mess with that at all.

It is much better to get a clean, fresh installation of the programs you
normally use, than attempt to "import" them on top of Windows XP Pro and the
Tablet PC Edition superset.

I would suggest you do run File and Settings Transfer Wizard (FAST for
short), taking a very close look at the information you can transfer, so it
picks up all your personal files. Here's a very good analysis of FAST:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm If you have a LAN, you can even use
FAST from the old computer to the Tablet.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"jnevik******.com" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Greetings all,
>
> I recently purchased a tablet PC and want to move my
> configuration from my notebook to my tablet PC. By
> configuration I mean all installed programs, files,
> settings and passwords.
>
> Can anyone provide a solution?
>
> I have tried the following:
> 1)File and settings transfer (doesn't really transfer
> much configuration/programs).
> 2)On the tablet PC: restore all files from the old
> computer (without overwriting) and then import the old XP
> Pro registry into the Tablet and then import the Tablet
> PC registry again to overwrite any overwrites by the XP
> Pro registry import. (90% of the settings are imported,
> but some programs won't work (Office XP, Zonealarm (even
> after reinstall).
> 3)(Most promising)Image of the old drive in the tablet
> (has the configuration I want); BUT I need to know how to
> do an inplace upgrade to XP Tablet PC and use the Tablet
> PC license for XP not the old license.
>
>

"jnevik******.com" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:066d01c47376$490f6f60$3501280a@phx.gbl:
> Greetings all,
>
> I recently purchased a tablet PC and want to move my
> configuration from my notebook to my tablet PC. By
> configuration I mean all installed programs, files,
> settings and passwords.
>
> Can anyone provide a solution?

You might want to take a look at Intellimover, from Detto software
(http://www.detto.com/Intellimover/index.html). It doesn't to
applications - you'd be far, far better off reinstalling from the
original disks for them - but it preserves just about everything else.

--
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Agree that copying programs won't work.

One caveat with File and Settings Transfer wizard that you should be aware
of... Make sure that your username is the same on both machines. The reason
is because of the way the wizard moves registry entries to certain paths.
If, for example, you use Microsoft Outlook and the path to your PST file is:

C:\Documents and Settings\joshe\Local Settings\etc..\outlook.pst

And you move it to a computer where your new profile path is:

C:\Documents and Settings\Josh Einstein\... etc...

The path will point to the old path which in most cases works (with some
apps it might cause error messages) but it can put files where you're not
expecting them. Twice that's happened to me and I ended up deleting the old
profile during some "housekeeping" including my outlook pst. :)

I've also noticed it moves things like add in registrations over. If you
have MapPoint installed for example (or TEO, another popular add in that
I've heard of :) ) but you don't have it installed on the new machine,
Office will still try to load the missing add in.

Just some things to watch out for.

--
Josh Einstein
Einstein Technologies
--------------------------------------------------------
Add ink input to Outlook with Tablet Enhancements for Outlook! Only $19.99!
http://www.einsteinware.com

"Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
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> Trying to "move" all your programs from one to the other is a dangerous
> situation, as you may wish to do in your #2. The installation of the
> programs themselves supply the proper entries into the Registry. I would
> recommend not using this method or your #3. You currently, since the
> Tablet is new, have a factory install of the proper drivers specific to
> your Tablet. I wouldn't mess with that at all.
>
> It is much better to get a clean, fresh installation of the programs you
> normally use, than attempt to "import" them on top of Windows XP Pro and
> the Tablet PC Edition superset.
>
> I would suggest you do run File and Settings Transfer Wizard (FAST for
> short), taking a very close look at the information you can transfer, so
> it picks up all your personal files. Here's a very good analysis of FAST:
> http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm If you have a LAN, you can even use
> FAST from the old computer to the Tablet.
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
> "jnevik******.com" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:066d01c47376$490f6f60$3501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Greetings all,
>>
>> I recently purchased a tablet PC and want to move my
>> configuration from my notebook to my tablet PC. By
>> configuration I mean all installed programs, files,
>> settings and passwords.
>>
>> Can anyone provide a solution?
>>
>> I have tried the following:
>> 1)File and settings transfer (doesn't really transfer
>> much configuration/programs).
>> 2)On the tablet PC: restore all files from the old
>> computer (without overwriting) and then import the old XP
>> Pro registry into the Tablet and then import the Tablet
>> PC registry again to overwrite any overwrites by the XP
>> Pro registry import. (90% of the settings are imported,
>> but some programs won't work (Office XP, Zonealarm (even
>> after reinstall).
>> 3)(Most promising)Image of the old drive in the tablet
>> (has the configuration I want); BUT I need to know how to
>> do an inplace upgrade to XP Tablet PC and use the Tablet
>> PC license for XP not the old license.
>>
>>
>
>

Thanks for your answers they were informative. I have
however done this before in 2 different scenarios (eg.
moved from Windows NT to Windows XP and moved the Windows
XP to new hardware 3 times). Basically the original NT
Server install on my server dates back to 1997 and so far
Microsoft products have been able to grow with my needs.

In the first instance I did an inplace upgrade to Windows
XP (took half a day, no problems) and the hardware
upgrades also took about half a day each.

The tablet is the first time I am encountering a
roadblock in installing software and configuration.

Now the reason for not wanting to install all the
programs over again is: if you have a few hundred
programs installed with their own configurations; the
time it would take to configure them they way they
currently run would be a nightmare!

Since it's possible to upgrade an install from Windows NT
or even Win 98 to Win XP, I am sure the upgrade from XP
Pro to XP Pro tablet PC is a much easier thing to
accomplish (for the programmers at MS). I am therefore
trying to get a hold of this upgrade software/CD even
thought it might not be available to comsumers it might
be available to MSDN or whatever and that's my key
question in posting here.



>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings all,
>
>I recently purchased a tablet PC and want to move my
>configuration from my notebook to my tablet PC. By
>configuration I mean all installed programs, files,
>settings and passwords.
>
>Can anyone provide a solution?
>
>I have tried the following:
>1)File and settings transfer (doesn't really transfer
>much configuration/programs).
>2)On the tablet PC: restore all files from the old
>computer (without overwriting) and then import the old
XP
>Pro registry into the Tablet and then import the Tablet
>PC registry again to overwrite any overwrites by the XP
>Pro registry import. (90% of the settings are imported,
>but some programs won't work (Office XP, Zonealarm (even
>after reinstall).
>3)(Most promising)Image of the old drive in the tablet
>(has the configuration I want); BUT I need to know how
to
>do an inplace upgrade to XP Tablet PC and use the Tablet
>PC license for XP not the old license.
>
>
>.
>