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Windows Vista Desktop to Windows 7 Laptop

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Hi there. I'm having trouble finding exactly what I'm looking for so I'll post my question here.

I have Acronis True Image Home 11 that I purchased in 2008 for my desktop Windows Vista PC, used to back up the whole system to an external hard drive in case of failure.
I have now purchased a laptop with Windows 7 Home on it. I would like to transfer all of my programs and program settings (specially so that the registration information for those programs is already inputted).

I used the Windows Easy Transfer utility but of course that only transferred documents and settings for a few programs.

I assume my best option would be to purchase the $29.99 upgrade to True Image Home 2011, download this on my "old" computer, purchase/download the Plus Pack on my old computer, and back everything up to the external hard drive, then transfer to the new computer.

Does anyone have any experience in doing this, any tips, or detailed/itemized instructions to follow? I am trying to prevent having to install all of my programs separately on the new computer and going through and putting in all of the settings for them again on the new PC.

Thanks
-Chris McCray

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Your prob is you waat to move progs that are installed on one OS to another PC with a diff OS, but you don't want to move the OS. This is a bit like moving the rooms of a house without moving the walls.

I think your best best is to reinstall your old progs on your new pc. Trying to get all the registry settings from one OS into another ,plus relocating the files is generally a dicey affair at best. You probably spend more time trying to get everything to work my "moving" the prograsms, than by reinstalling. There are some progs around specifically for doing what you want but I haven't heard about there track record.

Some of yuor installed progs might even allow you to export and import settings, which can help after you reinstall. But even these don't always cross OSes.