Windows 7 / Getting Started

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.

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In this tutorial:

  1. Managing User Profiles
  2. Migrating User Profile Data
  3. Windows Easy Transfer
  4. Windows Easy Transfer Migration
  5. User State Migration Tool
  6. ScanState
  7. LoadState
  8. Migration Store Types
  9. Performing Offline Migrations