Transferring Outlook Settings using FAST/USMT

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a144mb - 21 Aug 2005 07:12 GMT

I want to transfer upto 20 user's computer settings from their old PCs
(running Win2K or WinXP with OfficeXP or Office2K3) onto new laptops running
WinXP SP2/Office2K3. I'm transferring one to two users at a time. No more
than three, max. The most important application/feature is the user's Outlook
Contacts (personal 'Outlook Address Books', rules, notes, journals, and
archived folders). Should I use WinXP's Files & Settings Tranfer Wizard or
USMT? If so, how do I use them? Also, will the user's aforementioned Outlook
PST settings transfer fully INTACT with either transfer tool?

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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] - 21 Aug 2005 10:07 GMT

The File & Settings Wizard along with Office's Save My Settings Wizard
should do the trick. We looked USMT in our office and it seems pretty nice
as it can be scripted unlike the F&S Wizard. Twenty machines isn't too big
of a job for a manual tool like the F&S wizard so you might not want to have
to go through the trouble of dealing with USMT

>I want to transfer upto 20 user's computer settings from their old PCs
> (running Win2K or WinXP with OfficeXP or Office2K3) onto new laptops
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> Outlook
> PST settings transfer fully INTACT with either transfer tool?

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a144mb - 21 Aug 2005 11:11 GMT

Where is 'Office's Save My Settings Wizard' located?

> The File & Settings Wizard along with Office's Save My Settings Wizard
> should do the trick. We looked USMT in our office and it seems pretty nice
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> > Outlook
> > PST settings transfer fully INTACT with either transfer tool?

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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] - 21 Aug 2005 16:27 GMT

Start Menu > All Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Tools

> Where is 'Office's Save My Settings Wizard' located?

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