While migrating your users from XP to Windows 7 might not be completely painless, Windows Easy Transfer can ease the transition. Michael Scalisi is an IT manager based in Alameda, California.

Windows 7 only allows you to upgrade directly from Vista, so if you are looking to switch from XP you are out of luck. Thankfully the built-in Easy Transfer tool makes the upgrade process much easier.

In my capacity as man with finger in more than one editorial pie (or freelance journalist I suppose), I have been getting some feedback from Windows 7 users that the data movement wizard Windows ...

The Windows Easy Transfer utility is installed with your new installation of Windows 7, so you can run it from the Start menu (you’ll find it under All Programs, Accessories, System Tools).

Moving to Windows 7 from a 64-bit Vista system? Check outMicrosoft’s own free utility Windows Easy Transfer. It helps youcopy files and settings from one PC to another.

Windows Easy Transfer won’t move your applications to the new computer, but it will provide a list of those you should move over. Even with that list, this step could present a few challenges.

Windows Easy Transfer is the upgraded version of the "Files and Settings Wizard". Before starting you'll need to decide how to migrate your information.

Windows has had a file transfer tool for transferring data between two PCs before. The Windows Easy Transfer debuted in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and was in the OS until Windows 8.1.

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[ Windows 7 upgrade: What you can, can’t, and should do ] Easy Transfer has other uses, too. For example, you could use it to replicate the Windows and program settings between a work computer ...