Trying out the Windows Easy Transfer Companion Beta

re: Trying out the Windows Easy Transfer Companion Beta

fvelasco — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:43:56 GMT

Brandon, since the WETC beta is now closed, are there any options available for transferring programs from an XP PC to a Vista PC. I can reinstall most applications from the original media. The one exception is Office 2007. I purchased the Office 2007 upgrade for the XP machine and no longer have the original Office 2003 installation disks. Any suggesitons would be appreciated. Thanks.

re: Trying out the Windows Easy Transfer Companion Beta

Brandon LeBlanc — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:59:35 GMT

Gypsy, do you have the original media for those very expensive programs that need to be transferred? I believe the beta had ended for the Windows Easy Transfer Companion a while ago.

re: Trying out the Windows Easy Transfer Companion Beta

Gypsy Miles From Nowhere — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:31:49 GMT

Good afternoon;

I've been following dead end links for weeks now trying to find this "Vista Easy Transfer Companion." What happened to it? Is there still a place someone can get a hold of the download. I have two very expensive programs that need to be transferred and no can do. Help?

Gypsy

re: Trying out the Windows Easy Transfer Companion Beta

Rodger — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:57:34 GMT

This article is out of date as the download link does not work!

re: Trying out the Windows Easy Transfer Companion Beta

ds808 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:43:41 GMT

I found my Office XP CDs. All I needed to do was insert the CD. I guess it needed something on the CD to reconfigure for VISTA. It did not ask for a product key. I then needed to reactivate via the internet. No I'm good to go.

re: Trying out the Windows Easy Transfer Companion Beta

sksnumber1 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:52:05 GMT

I just got a new laptop that came proloaded with Office (Office Vista? Student Home version?) but I have Office 2000 which I prefer (don't ask me why...stuck in my ways) anyway, the preloaded new Office is a trial version (30 day I think, or maybe 60, can't remember) but I wanted no part of that so I uninstalled it. But, when I try the east transfer companion, I'm told I can't transfer my old Office because the program already exists on the new computer. It must be finding something left behind, even though I ran the uninstall?!? What does the ETC look for on the new machine so that I can manually remove it, to allow the old Office to move over? Thanks!

re: Trying out the Windows Easy Transfer Companion Beta

ds808 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:28:16 GMT

I used Windows Easy Transfer Companion to transfer MS Office XP from my XP computer to my new Vista computer. The transfer was completed successfully. But when I run the program on the Vista computer it detects a configuration change and says I need to insert the CD. I don't have a CD. How can I solve this problem?

re: Trying out the Windows Easy Transfer Companion Beta

Cat45 — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:41:26 GMT

Have a new Dell and want to transfer my programs from my Old Dell to the new one running Vista Home Basic, but I want to do this via and external hard drive. Once I transfer my programs I will use teh external as a secondary drive on the Vista machine (larger capacity drive), Any instructions on how I do this and do I need to make the external a master or slave drive when I do this? I have programs that I may not be able to run if I was to reinstall them on the new machine because of the CD keys may shoe up as already in use - have had this happen before when I iinstalled programs on my existing machine running XP SP2 - even though I had the license for the program,, talk about frustrating and expensive....

re: Trying out the Windows Easy Transfer Companion Beta

Brandon LeBlanc — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:32:58 GMT

olsontru, can you elaborate on "non-responsive"? The Windows Easy Transfer Companion is beta so there are bound to be a few bugs too - keep that in mind.

re: Trying out the Windows Easy Transfer Companion Beta

olsontru — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:43:29 GMT

I cannot get WETC to work. I believe instructions are the culprit. All seem to allow that you load WETC on both machines, then one set says plug the cable in and run WETC on the XP PC then on the Vista machine (Release notes 12/6/06) Another set says run both together. Either way I get program non responsive, on the XP PC early on when it is scanning. WET did it's thing fine, but WETC is becoming a career task. Help

re: Trying out the Windows Easy Transfer Companion Beta

ajmarton — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:54:18 GMT

I am purchasing a new HP Slimline computer (Vista Home Premium) and want to transfer my programs from my current Vista Home Premium system to the new computer when it arrives. The current system has one HD that came partitioned into C and D drive. D is the restore drive with all the software and is static. C is the partition with the system and installed programs. I have a portable exterior drive that I used for data that can be plugged into the new computer. Is there anything I need to know about using the transfer companion when transferring programs from one VISTA system to another. I plan to de-select the D partition and only transfer the C partition as it has all the programs.

re: Trying out the Windows Easy Transfer Companion Beta

Barry Jones — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:42:07 GMT

One more good tip when migrating to Vista is to check all msi packages which you are going to install. Take a look at migrate2vista.com. They offer free tool - msi readiness analyzer. It's just for checking msi packages to compatibility with Vista. It can show you the list of possible issues then may occure when installing application to Vista. And what i like most of all - it can suggest you the most optimal way of solving them.

Windows Easy Transfer Companion

Teamzille.de — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:22:08 GMT

Mit Windows Easy Transfer lassen sich Daten und Einstellungen ja schon leicht von einem Computer mit Windows XP auf einen mit Windows Vista bertragen. Der Windows Easy Transfer Companion hilft auch noch dabei, die dazugehrigen Anwendungen von einem PC

re: Trying out the Windows Easy Transfer Companion Beta

tino — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:11:23 GMT

Where are the differences to the jet available Windows EasyTransfer for XP and build-in Vista version?

re: Trying out the Windows Easy Transfer Companion Beta

The MAZZTer — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:52:31 GMT

No DustoMan. It requires both PCs to be running at the same time, either on a network (in this example it was a virtual network) or with a connection cable made by Microsoft.