Transferring Programs and Files

I think there is some confusion here...

Windows Easy Transfer ** does not ** migrate applications....only
Application settings. However, you are in luck....Microsoft has release a
Beta version of Windows Easy Transfer Companion that will do just what you
want...migrate Applications. You can download this application off the web
at:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=39f724eb-4e37...e0-adfc

Cheers!
-Vik


"cindidido" wrote:

> Just to clarify:
>
> My original laptop had a trial version of Office 2003 installed. I paid for
> the full version and activated Office 2003 and have been using it ever since.
> Disks did not come with the purchase.
>
> My new laptop has a trial version Office 2007 installed which will expire
> soon if I don't purchase it. I don't want Office 2007 right now, I want to
> keep using Office 2003.
>
> I'd like to transfer Office 2003 from my XP laptop to my Vista laptop.
>
> "cindidido" wrote:
>
> > I'm having the same problem. When I bought my old laptop, it came with a
> > limited version of Office 2003 installed. I bought this version and never
> > got installation disks.
> >
> > Now I have another new laptop with Office 2007 installed. The "Easy"
> > Transfer won't transfer my Office program because it says that Office is
> > already installed on my new machine.
> >
> > I considered uninstalling Office 2007 on my new machine in the hopes that
> > then Easy Transfer will allow me to transfer Office 2003. But, it sounds
> > like MS programs aren't transferred, period.
> >
> > It is beyond me why they would make it so unbelievably hard.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > "jagaman" wrote:
> >
> > > I transferred my files over from my old Win-XP Pro to my new Windows Vista.
> > > Office 2003 Pro did not transfer over; all the documents and files did. Is
> > > it impossible to transfer Microsoft Office when you upgrade?

fNo, I'm not confused.

I am trying to do this with easy transfer companion and it won't transfer
Office 2003 to my new machine because it says that it is already installed
because of the trial version of 2007 on the new machine.

"Vik" wrote
> I think there is some confusion here...
>
> Windows Easy Transfer ** does not ** migrate applications....only
> Application settings. However, you are in luck....Microsoft has release a
> Beta version of Windows Easy Transfer Companion that will do just what you
> want...migrate Applications. You can download this application off the web
> at:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=39f724eb-4e37...e0-adfc
>
> Cheers!
> -Vik
>
>
> "cindidido" wrote:
>
> > Just to clarify:
> >
> > My original laptop had a trial version of Office 2003 installed. I paid for
> > the full version and activated Office 2003 and have been using it ever since.
> > Disks did not come with the purchase.
> >
> > My new laptop has a trial version Office 2007 installed which will expire
> > soon if I don't purchase it. I don't want Office 2007 right now, I want to
> > keep using Office 2003.
> >
> > I'd like to transfer Office 2003 from my XP laptop to my Vista laptop.
> >
> > "cindidido" wrote:
> >
> > > I'm having the same problem. When I bought my old laptop, it came with a
> > > limited version of Office 2003 installed. I bought this version and never
> > > got installation disks.
> > >
> > > Now I have another new laptop with Office 2007 installed. The "Easy"
> > > Transfer won't transfer my Office program because it says that Office is
> > > already installed on my new machine.
> > >
> > > I considered uninstalling Office 2007 on my new machine in the hopes that
> > > then Easy Transfer will allow me to transfer Office 2003. But, it sounds
> > > like MS programs aren't transferred, period.
> > >
> > > It is beyond me why they would make it so unbelievably hard.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > "jagaman" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I transferred my files over from my old Win-XP Pro to my new Windows Vista.
> > > > Office 2003 Pro did not transfer over; all the documents and files did. Is
> > > > it impossible to transfer Microsoft Office when you upgrade?

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you were confused. Windows Easy Transfer
that ships with Vista transfers only Data and Settings, Windows Easy Transfer
Companion that is available on Download Center migrates Applications only.

In order to migrate Office 2003 to your Vista PC, you will need to uninstall
the trial version of Office 2007 from your Vista PC.

Cheers!
-Vik

"cindidido" wrote:

> fNo, I'm not confused.
>
> I am trying to do this with easy transfer companion and it won't transfer
> Office 2003 to my new machine because it says that it is already installed
> because of the trial version of 2007 on the new machine.
>
> "Vik" wrote
> > I think there is some confusion here...
> >
> > Windows Easy Transfer ** does not ** migrate applications....only
> > Application settings. However, you are in luck....Microsoft has release a
> > Beta version of Windows Easy Transfer Companion that will do just what you
> > want...migrate Applications. You can download this application off the web
> > at:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=39f724eb-4e37...e0-adfc
> >
> > Cheers!
> > -Vik
> >
> >
> > "cindidido" wrote:
> >
> > > Just to clarify:
> > >
> > > My original laptop had a trial version of Office 2003 installed. I paid for
> > > the full version and activated Office 2003 and have been using it ever since.
> > > Disks did not come with the purchase.
> > >
> > > My new laptop has a trial version Office 2007 installed which will expire
> > > soon if I don't purchase it. I don't want Office 2007 right now, I want to
> > > keep using Office 2003.
> > >
> > > I'd like to transfer Office 2003 from my XP laptop to my Vista laptop.
> > >
> > > "cindidido" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm having the same problem. When I bought my old laptop, it came with a
> > > > limited version of Office 2003 installed. I bought this version and never
> > > > got installation disks.
> > > >
> > > > Now I have another new laptop with Office 2007 installed. The "Easy"
> > > > Transfer won't transfer my Office program because it says that Office is
> > > > already installed on my new machine.
> > > >
> > > > I considered uninstalling Office 2007 on my new machine in the hopes that
> > > > then Easy Transfer will allow me to transfer Office 2003. But, it sounds
> > > > like MS programs aren't transferred, period.
> > > >
> > > > It is beyond me why they would make it so unbelievably hard.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > "jagaman" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I transferred my files over from my old Win-XP Pro to my new Windows Vista.
> > > > > Office 2003 Pro did not transfer over; all the documents and files did. Is
> > > > > it impossible to transfer Microsoft Office when you upgrade?

I have a question,,,what about if my old xp pc won't boot up,,probably
motherboard or power supply issues,,,can I still from transfer when all I
can get to will be the new Vista interface on the new PC? Or did I need I
need some other software after the fact to get the data from the other hard
drive that won't boot?

thanks
Joe


>
> Cheers!
> -Vik
>
> "cindidido" wrote:
>
> > fNo, I'm not confused.
> >
> > I am trying to do this with easy transfer companion and it won't transfer
> > Office 2003 to my new machine because it says that it is already installed
> > because of the trial version of 2007 on the new machine.
> >
> > "Vik" wrote
> > > I think there is some confusion here...
> > >
> > > Windows Easy Transfer ** does not ** migrate applications....only
> > > Application settings. However, you are in luck....Microsoft has release a
> > > Beta version of Windows Easy Transfer Companion that will do just what you
> > > want...migrate Applications. You can download this application off the web
> > > at:
> > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=39f724eb-4e37...e0-adfc
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > > -Vik
> > >
> > >
> > > "cindidido" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Just to clarify:
> > > >
> > > > My original laptop had a trial version of Office 2003 installed. I paid for
> > > > the full version and activated Office 2003 and have been using it ever since.
> > > > Disks did not come with the purchase.
> > > >
> > > > My new laptop has a trial version Office 2007 installed which will expire
> > > > soon if I don't purchase it. I don't want Office 2007 right now, I want to
> > > > keep using Office 2003.
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to transfer Office 2003 from my XP laptop to my Vista laptop.
> > > >
> > > > "cindidido" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I'm having the same problem. When I bought my old laptop, it came with a
> > > > > limited version of Office 2003 installed. I bought this version and never
> > > > > got installation disks.
> > > > >
> > > > > Now I have another new laptop with Office 2007 installed. The "Easy"
> > > > > Transfer won't transfer my Office program because it says that Office is
> > > > > already installed on my new machine.
> > > > >
> > > > > I considered uninstalling Office 2007 on my new machine in the hopes that
> > > > > then Easy Transfer will allow me to transfer Office 2003. But, it sounds
> > > > > like MS programs aren't transferred, period.
> > > > >
> > > > > It is beyond me why they would make it so unbelievably hard.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas?
> > > > >
> > > > > "jagaman" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I transferred my files over from my old Win-XP Pro to my new Windows Vista.
> > > > > > Office 2003 Pro did not transfer over; all the documents and files did. Is
> > > > > > it impossible to transfer Microsoft Office when you upgrade?

Don't do it. Windows Vista is nothing but problems. None of my old software
works.
"djp" wrote:

> I havent yet bought a new PC, Thinking of a Dell but some one said that
> window vista may not run some of my programs from my old PC that has win-XP.
> Don't want to buy new software. Bye the way, I'm new to the computer thing.
> Just want to have a workable PC
> Don
>
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
> > "jagaman" <jagabits RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote
> > >I transferred my files over from my old Win-XP Pro to my new Windows Vista.
> > > Office 2003 Pro did not transfer over; all the documents and files did.
> > > Is
> > > it impossible to transfer Microsoft Office when you upgrade?
> >
> > Windows Easy Transfer does not migrate programs, only data files. Install
> > programs from the original media.
> >
> > --
> > Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
> >
> >

Have a similar situation to JoeB bellow and am having just a world of trouble
trying to get my files off my old hard drive onto a brand new computer
running Vista. Tried Easy Transfer by way of connecting my XP drive as a
slave (Old computer is dead) and everything moved, ran the program back from
the stored file with no errors whatsoever. Only problem is nothing showed up
anywhere ...

After consulting a variety of sources was told to go with USMT 3.0 as an
alternative but cannot get the download to setup properly, recieving an error
message; "Not enough storage is available to process this command".

Have read through every conceviable technical paper I can find on WET, USMT
3.0, scanned the internet for days and still am coming up empty.

"JoeB" wrote:

> I have a question,,,what about if my old xp pc won't boot up,,probably
> motherboard or power supply issues,,,can I still from transfer when all I
> can get to will be the new Vista interface on the new PC? Or did I need I
> need some other software after the fact to get the data from the other hard
> drive that won't boot?
>
> thanks
> Joe
>
>
> >
> > Cheers!
> > -Vik
> >
> > "cindidido" wrote:
> >
> > > fNo, I'm not confused.
> > >
> > > I am trying to do this with easy transfer companion and it won't transfer
> > > Office 2003 to my new machine because it says that it is already installed
> > > because of the trial version of 2007 on the new machine.
> > >
> > > "Vik" wrote
> > > > I think there is some confusion here...
> > > >
> > > > Windows Easy Transfer ** does not ** migrate applications....only
> > > > Application settings. However, you are in luck....Microsoft has release a
> > > > Beta version of Windows Easy Transfer Companion that will do just what you
> > > > want...migrate Applications. You can download this application off the web
> > > > at:
> > > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=39f724eb-4e37...e0-adfc
> > > >
> > > > Cheers!
> > > > -Vik
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "cindidido" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Just to clarify:
> > > > >
> > > > > My original laptop had a trial version of Office 2003 installed. I paid for
> > > > > the full version and activated Office 2003 and have been using it ever since.
> > > > > Disks did not come with the purchase.
> > > > >
> > > > > My new laptop has a trial version Office 2007 installed which will expire
> > > > > soon if I don't purchase it. I don't want Office 2007 right now, I want to
> > > > > keep using Office 2003.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'd like to transfer Office 2003 from my XP laptop to my Vista laptop.
> > > > >
> > > > > "cindidido" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I'm having the same problem. When I bought my old laptop, it came with a
> > > > > > limited version of Office 2003 installed. I bought this version and never
> > > > > > got installation disks.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Now I have another new laptop with Office 2007 installed. The "Easy"
> > > > > > Transfer won't transfer my Office program because it says that Office is
> > > > > > already installed on my new machine.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I considered uninstalling Office 2007 on my new machine in the hopes that
> > > > > > then Easy Transfer will allow me to transfer Office 2003. But, it sounds
> > > > > > like MS programs aren't transferred, period.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It is beyond me why they would make it so unbelievably hard.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any ideas?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "jagaman" wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I transferred my files over from my old Win-XP Pro to my new Windows Vista.
> > > > > > > Office 2003 Pro did not transfer over; all the documents and files did. Is
> > > > > > > it impossible to transfer Microsoft Office when you upgrade?