Move the User lets you capture a user's personal
files and settings from a computer, and restore them to the same
computer or to another computer. This lets you perform cloning
tasks that preserve a user's personal setup, or quickly move a user
from one computer to another.
For example, you can capture a user's data and
registry settings, along with their Windows desktop and
configuration settings, and restore them on the same computer after
installing a new operating system.
Move the User lets you capture and restore the
following user information:
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Folders and files
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You can capture entire folders, or
individual files, from any Windows-accessible partition on the
computer.
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Registry entries
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You can capture individual registry entries,
keys, or user hives.
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Windows settings
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You can capture groups of Windows settings,
such as desktop display options, mapped network drives, and
Internet settings.
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Specify the data that you want to capture from
a computer.
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You do this by creating one or more
data templates. Each data template specifies a particular set of
files and registry keys to capture from the computer, and defines
the location to which the files are to be restored.
Specifying data files and registry
keys to capture
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Create the appropriate user profile.
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The user profile specifies the users
whose data and settings you want to capture from a computer. You
need to select the data templates to use and specify the Windows
settings to capture.
Setting up user profiles
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Create a Move the User: Create task.
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In the Move The User: Create tab,
specify the user profile and the source computer.
Capturing user data
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Execute the Move the User: Create task.
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The task creates a user package that
contains the data and settings for the users specified in the user
profile. If you are capturing data and settings from a computer
group, a new user package is saved for each computer in the
group.
Executing a Move the User task
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Create a Move the User: Restore task.
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In the Move The User: Restore tab,
specify the user package and the target computer.
Restoring user data
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Execute the Move the User: Restore task.
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The task restores the user data and
settings to the target computer.
Executing a Move the User task
Note: You can include both Create and Restore
steps in the same Move the User task. If you do this, the Create
step is performed first, followed by the other task steps, and then
the Restore step is performed last.
