Workstation Migration Assistant 1.05
Update: Have added further changes since yesterday and brought the version to 1.05
Been a while since I’ve gotten to work on this, but I’ve been playing around with Windows 7 and USMT4 lately, and I wanted to kick off some basic support for it. Here’s what’s new:
- NEW: MigrationUSBAutoUseIfAvailable Setting which will automatically use a USB drive if attached (to facilitate ZTI migrations)
- NEW: MultiUserMode .exe.config setting and /MultiUserMode command-line switch: will set the default migration type to (surprise surprise!) multiple users.
- CHANGE: Compatibility with Windows 7 using USMT4. USMT4-based features to come later, but for now, basic migration should work
Small changelog 
But it’s just the start!
Download available in the WMA section
Great software!
This tool will save me hours at work!
Is there a way to replace the user profile? Default it’s adding files and settings to the new computer with the same profile name. Computer A, Profile X(1) to Computer B, Profile X(2) becomes Computer B, Profile X(1+2). The “MigrationOverWriteExistingFolders” is set to True.
Thanks!
/Andreas
Hi Andreas,
No it’s not currently possible, but I have it on my list of things to add. The “MigrationOverWriteExistingFolders” is used to overwrite existing folders on the migration store location if one is found. Maybe I should rename it…
Cheers, Dan
Dan,
Great! Ah, that’s good to know. I’m using this tool as a complement to our new deployment solution (MDT2K8+WDS). We switched to a non-roaming-profile setup and with change in the organisation people tends to move around alot. Keep up the good work and thanks again!
Ran MigAssistant and USMT 3 on XP SP3 32-bit machine with appropriately modified XML files to capture state.
Ran MigAssistant and USMT 4.01 on Win 7 Ultimate 32-bit. Got “ERROR: RuleSet files were not found in the WMA folder. (C:\Program Files\USMT4.01) An attempt was made to copy th edefault RuleSets from USMT failed. The application will now close.” [ I got this same error running USMT 4.01 on the same XP SP3 box. Cannot install USMT 3 on Win 7.]
Have admin rights all around. What is this really telling me? What solution does it lead me to?
It’s a bug I’m afraid. WMA is looking for the same files in USMT3 as in USMT4. The problem is, MigSys.XML (I think?) doesn’t exist anymore. If you just create an empty file, it should bypass the check.
Cheers, Dan.
Hello. Downloaded 1.09 and chose the option to backup all profiles on the computer. I only see one when I back up, Is there some log file that will show all the profiles that were backed up?
Thanks
Jeff Betts
Hi Jeff,
There’s full logs of everything in the Migration folder, under Logging. Scanstate_Progress.Log is a good place to start – it’ll quickly show you all the users that were backed up.
Cheers, Dan