Configuring Windows 7 (Training Kit) - Part 7 pptx

Lesson 3: Managing User profilesUnless you are performing a direct upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 or one that uses roaming user profiles, any Windows 7 deployment requires that

3 A user has a home computer with a cable Internet connection and no other computers

on his home network Which of the following methods can this person use to upgrade

from Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate?

a Sysprep

B Windows PE

c WDS

D Windows Anytime Upgrade

4 Which of the following tools can you use to determine if the applications installed on

your computer running Windows Vista are known to have problems with Windows 7?

a Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor

B Sysprep

c USMT

D Windows PE

5 To which of the following editions and versions of Windows 7 can you upgrade

a computer running Windows 7 Home Premium (x86)? (Choose all that apply )

a Windows 7 Professional (x86)

B Windows 7 Professional (x64)

c Windows 7 Ultimate (x86)

D Windows 7 Enterprise (x64)

Lesson 3: Managing User profiles

Unless you are performing a direct upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 or one that uses roaming user profiles, any Windows 7 deployment requires that you have a plan for moving user profile data from the user’s previous computer to the new computer Getting user data such as e-mail messages and Web browser bookmarks properly transferred is as important to take into account when performing a Windows 7 deployment as getting the right hardware platform on which to run the operating system If you cannot get all the users’ data that was on their old computers on to their new computers, they may not be able to do their jobs Users also feel less intimidated by a new operating system if all their old operating system preferences are in effect from the moment they first log on The more comfortable users are with a new operating system, the more favorably they will look on the transition In this lesson, you learn how to migrate user data from previous versions of Windows, or from

an existing installation of Windows 7, to a new installation of Windows 7

After this lesson, you will be able to:

n Migrate user profiles from one computer running Windows 7 to another

n Migrate user profiles from previous versions of Windows

Estimated lesson time: 40 minutes

Migrating User Profile Data

User data includes more than just documents from a word processor User data includes things such as favorite Internet sites, customized application settings such as e-mail account data, desktop backgrounds, files, and folders Unless you are using roaming user profiles in your organization, the computer that a person uses a computer is likely to have important data stored on that computer Migrating a user from Windows XP or Windows Vista to Windows 7 successfully involves ensuring that all this important data makes the transition from a person’s old computer to the new one

You can view the list of user profiles stored on a computer running Windows 7 by opening System within Control Panel, clicking Advanced System Settings, and then clicking the Settings button in the User Profiles area of the Advanced System Settings tab From this dialog box, shown in Figure 1-17, you can view the size of user profiles, delete user profiles stored on the computer, or change the user profile from a local profile to a roaming user profile

A roaming user profile is a profile stored on a server that is accessible from any computer running Windows 7 on a network Administrators implement roaming user profiles when people do not use a specific computer, but they might log on to any computer in the

organization Roaming user profiles also allow central backup of user data

FIgUre 1-17 A list of user profiles

Windows Easy Transfer

Windows Easy Transfer is a utility that comes with Windows 7 that you can use to transfer

user profile data from computers running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 to new

computers running Windows 7 As Figure 1-18 shows, Windows Easy Transfer can be used to

transfer user accounts, documents, music, pictures, e-mail, bookmarks, certificates, and other data

There are three separate methods that you can use to migrate data with Windows Easy Transfer The method that is appropriate depends on the circumstances of the migration To migrate profile data with Windows Easy Transfer, you can use any of the following:

n easy transfer Cable This is a special cable with USB connectors that you can acquire from hardware vendors You connect one end to the source computer and the other

to the destination computer Both computers are turned on during the migration, and Windows Easy Transfer runs on both computers at the same time You can perform only a side-by-side migration using this method

n Network To use the network migration method, you must have two computers running Windows Easy Transfer connected to the same local area network Both computers are turned on during the migration, and Windows Easy Transfer runs on both computers at the same time You can perform only a side-by-side migration using this method When performing a network migration, you configure a password on the source computer that you have to enter on the destination computer

n external hard Disk or USB Flash Drive You can specify an attached external hard disk

or USB flash drive It is also possible to specify an internal hard disk drive or network share when using this method You can perform a side-by-side migration as well as

a wipe-and-restore migration using this method You protect your data by entering

a password on the source computer that you must again enter before importing the data on the destination computer

Installing Windows Easy Transfer

Unless the source computer is running Windows 7, you will need to install the Windows Easy Transfer application This includes source computers running Windows Vista Although Windows Vista comes with an earlier version of the Windows Easy Transfer software, you should use the updated Windows 7 version when transferring data to Windows 7 computers

To install Windows Easy Transfer on the source computer, perform the following steps:

1 Run Windows Easy Transfer on the destination computer and select the transfer method that you are going to use

2 Select the This Is My New Computer option If you have chosen the Easy Transfer Cable

or Network options, go to step 3 Otherwise, click No when prompted as to whether Windows Easy Transfer has already saved your files

3 On the Do You Need To Install Windows Easy Transfer On Your Old Computer? page, shown in Figure 1-19, select I Need To Install It Now

4 On the How Do You Want To Install Windows Easy Transfer On Your Old Computer? page, select either USB Flash Drive or External Hard Disk or Shared Network Folder The Windows Easy Transfer application installation file will be copied to this location and you will then be able to install the application on the source computer

FIgUre 1-19 Prepare Windows Easy Transfer installation files

Windows Easy Transfer Migration

After you have set up Windows Easy Transfer on the source computer, you are ready to

perform migration If you want to migrate only a single user account, you can log on with

that account to perform the transfer If you want to migrate all accounts on the computer,

you need to log on with a user account that has local administrator privileges To do this, start

Windows Easy Transfer, select the transfer method, and then, on the Which Computer Are

You Using Now? page, select This Is My Old Computer If you are using the External Hard Disk

or USB storage device method, Windows Easy Transfer will then perform a migration check

and provide an estimate of the size of the data you can transfer to the new computer on the

source computer If you are using the Network or Easy Transfer Cable method, you will select

items for migration on the destination computer

When selecting items for migration, you can accept the default values or customize

what to migrate for each user account and all shared items To customize, click Customize

under each user account This will allow you to select whether you want to transfer each

user’s Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos, Program Settings, Windows Settings, and Other

Items If you want to be more specific, you can click Advanced, which brings up the Modify

Your Selections dialog box shown in Figure 1-20 This dialog box allows you to select which

accounts to migrate, as well as which files and folders Windows Easy Transfer will migrate to

the new machine

By selecting Advanced, you can determine what you want to do with the user accounts

being migrated from the source computer to the destination computer You have the option of

FIgUre 1-20 Customizing data transferred by Windows Easy Transfer

you can have Windows Easy Transfer create a new account as shown in Figure 1-21 If you select the Create A New Account option, you will need to specify a password for the new account If you do not choose to use Advanced, Windows Easy Transfer will create new accounts on the computer running Windows 7 with the old account names but will assign a blank password that needs to be changed when the user associated with that account first tries to log on

FIgUre 1-21 Transferring accounts using Windows Easy Transfer

The first step to take when running Windows Easy Transfer on the destination computer is

to specify the transfer method that you are going to use and that this is your new computer

Depending on which method you are using, one of the following will happen:

n If you are using the external hard disk or USB flash drive method, you will be asked to

specify the location of the Easy Transfer file and to enter a password to open it

n If you are using the network method, you will need to enter the Windows Easy Transfer

key before the transfer will begin The source computer displays this key You will then

go through the process of selecting what to transfer that was described previously

n If you are using the Easy Transfer Cable method, the wizard will attempt to detect

the cable and then will initiate the transfer You will then go through the process of

selecting what to transfer as described earlier

You will use Windows Easy Transfer to perform a migration in the practice exercise at the

end of the lesson

quick Check

n Which Windows Easy Transfer method should you use when you want to perform

a wipe-and-load migration?

quick Check answer

n The only Windows Easy Transfer method that supports wipe-and-load migrations

is the External Hard Disk or USB flash drive method.

User State Migration Tool

USMT 4 0 is a command-line utility that allows you to automate the process of user profile

migration The USMT is part of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) and is a

better tool for performing a large number of profile migrations than Windows Easy Transfer

The USMT can write data to a removable USB storage device or a network share but cannot

perform a direct side-by-side migration over the network from the source to the destination

computer The USMT does not support user profile migration using the Windows Easy Transfer

cable USMT migration occurs in two phases, exporting profile data from the source computer

using ScanState and importing profile data on the destination computer using LoadState

USMT 4 0 allows you to capture user accounts, user files, and operating system and

application settings The USMT tool also migrates access control lists (ACLs) for files and

folders, ensuring that permissions set on the source computer are retained on the destination

computer You can use USMT to migrate profile data to computers running Windows 7 from

computers running Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 You can also use the USMT

to migrate data from computers running Windows 7 to Windows Vista You cannot use USMT

to migrate mapped network drives, local printers, device drivers, passwords, shared folder

note USMt aND DOWNgraDeS

You cannot use the USMT to migrate data from computers running Windows 7 to

computers running Windows XP.

Unlike Windows Easy Transfer, where you select the particular items you want to migrate when you are running the application, with USMT, you configure a set of migration rules prior

to the migration that specify what data to export from the source computer

There are four different xml migration files used with the USMT:

n Migapp.xml This file contains rules about migrating application settings These include Accessibility settings, dial-up connections, favorites, folder options, fonts, group membership, Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) settings, Microsoft Office Outlook Express mailbox files, mouse and keyboard settings, phone and modem options, Remote Access Service (RAS) connection phone book files, regional options, remote access, screen-saver settings, taskbar settings, and wallpaper settings

You cannot migrate the settings of some custom applications using MigApp.xml In this case, you need to create a custom migration Extensible Markup Language (XML) file To learn more about creating custom application migration XML files, consult the

following Microsoft TechNet reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/

dd560773(WS.10).aspx.

n MigUser.xml This file contains rules about user profiles and user data The default settings for this file migrate all data in My Documents, My Video, My Music,

My Pictures, desktop files, Start Menu, Quick Launch settings, favorites, Shared Documents, Shared Video, Shared Music, Shared desktop files, Shared Pictures, Shared Start menu, and Shared Favorites This file also contains rules that ensure that all the following file types are migrated from fixed volumes: qdf, qsd, qel, qph, doc, dot, .rtf, mcw, wps, scd, wri, wpd, xl*, csv, iqy, dqy, oqy, rqy, wk*, wq1, slk, dif, ppt*, .pps*, pot*, sh3, ch3, pre, ppa, txt, pst, one*, mpp, vsd, vl*, or6, accdb, mdb, pub,

xla, xlb and xls The asterisk (*) represents zero or more characters

n MigDocs.xml This file contains information on the location of user documents

n Config.xml This file is different from the other migration files as it is used to exclude features from the migration You can create and modify the Config xml file using

ScanState exe with the /genconfig option

It is also possible to create custom XML files to be used with the migration For example, you can create a custom XML file that reroutes folders, specific file types, or specific files You would use rerouting if you wanted to move all the files of one type, such as avi files, that may have been stored in different places on the source computer to a specific folder on the destination computer

More Info rerOUtINg FILeS aND SettINgS

To learn more about rerouting files and settings using USMT, consult the following Web

page on Microsoft TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd560798.aspx.

ScanState

You run ScanState on the source computer during the migration You must run ScanState

exe on computers running Windows Vista and Windows 7 from an administrative command

prompt When running ScanState on a source computer that has Windows XP installed, you

need to run it as a user that is a member of the local administrators group

The following command creates an encrypted store named Mystore on the file share

named Migration on the file server named Fileserver that uses the encryption key Mykey:

scanstate \\fileserver\migration\mystore /i:migapp.xml /i:miguser.xml /o /config:config.xml

/encrypt /key:"mykey"

Running ScanState and LoadState with the /v:13 option creates a detailed log file You

should use this option if you are having problems migrating data

More Info SCaNState

To learn more about the specifics of ScanState syntax, consult the following Microsoft

TechNet Web page: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd560781.aspx.

LoadState

LoadState is run on the destination computer You should install all applications that were on

the source computer on the destination before you run LoadState You must run Loadstate

exe on computers running Windows Vista and Windows 7 from an administrative command

prompt

To load profile data from an encrypted store named Mystore that is stored on a share

named Migration on a file server named Fileserver and which is encrypted with the

encryption key Mykey, use this command:

loadstate \\fileserver\migration\mystore /i:migapp.xml /i:miguser.xml /decrypt

/key:"mykey"

More Info LOaDState

To learn more about the specifics of LoadState syntax, consult the following Microsoft

TechNet Web page: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd560804.aspx.

Migration Store Types

When planning a migration using USMT, you need to decide where you are going to store migrated data that is generated by ScanState on the source computer and required by LoadState on the destination computer USMT supports three types of migration stores:

n Uncompressed Uncompressed migration stores use a hierarchy of folders that mirror the user profile data being migrated You can navigate an uncompressed migration store using Windows Explorer This creates a duplicate of the backed-up files in another location

n Compressed A compressed migration store is a single image file that contains all data being migrated The image file can be encrypted and password-protected It is not possible to navigate to this file using Windows Explorer

n hard-link Hard-link migration stores are used in wipe-and-load scenarios only The hard-link migration store is stored on the local computer while the old operating system is removed and the new operating system is installed Use the /hardlink option with ScanState to create a hard-link migration store Hard linking does not create a duplicate of the migrated data and hence uses less space than the uncompressed or compressed stores when those are used on the volume being migrated Hard-link migrations require only 250 MB of free space on the volume being migrated, regardless of the amount of profile data being migrated

ScanState with the /p option allows you to estimate the size of the migration store prior

to performing a migration All migrations require a minimum of 250 MB of free space on the volume being migrated

More Info MIgratION StOre tYpeS

To learn more about USMT migration store types, consult the following article on

Microsoft TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd560795.aspx.

Performing Offline Migrations

You can use USMT to perform offline migrations Offline migrations involve booting the computer into a Windows PE environment that includes the USMT files and then running ScanState against the installation of Windows on the computer’s hard disk drive You must still run the LoadState feature of the migration from within Windows 7 You cannot run LoadState when booted into a Windows PE environment

note SCaNState aND UpgraDeS

You can also run ScanState in offline mode against the Windows.old directory that is

generated when you perform an upgrade from Windows Vista.