Windows7 easy to transfer implementation file to pass

In Windows 7, there are quite a few amazing new features. Easily transmitted is undoubtedly one of them. As shown in the figure below, it is the welcome interface of the easy transfer function in Windows 7. With this easy transfer function, file transfer can be achieved on different computers. These files include user profiles, Internet favorites, emails, and more. This is very helpful for the upgrade and porting of Windows clients. Today, I will introduce you to the use of this tool, and let everyone be the first person to eat crabs.

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A graphical guide for the whole process, which is convenient for users to operate.

Open the "Windows Easy Transfer" tool interface, which is a very user-friendly window, as shown above. According to this window prompt, we know that in addition to using this tool to transfer ordinary files, it can also be used to transfer some special files. Such as user information, Inernet favorites and more. These files are useful for client upgrades. If an employee is promoted now, he will change from an ordinary employee to a department manager. According to the company's regulations, after upgrading to a department manager, the company will equip it with a laptop. Of course, system administrators are not just as simple as giving them a laptop. At the same time, you need to import the user account password, Internet favorites, emails and other information on the original computer to the new computer. Without this easy transfer tool, it can be cumbersome to operate, such as exporting emails to a shared file on the network. Then copy it to your new computer and import it. If you need to re-create the account and password in the new computer, you also need to transplant the user-related configuration files at the same time. In a word, letting the user change a computer or change an operating system, and let the user's original related information not be lost, it will be a very troublesome thing. But the easy transfer tool in WinDOS7 helped us solve this problem. With this tool, system administrators can easily port user profiles, emails (including account numbers, etc.), Internet favorites, and more on older computers to new operating systems. And all the way is a graphical prompt wizard, it will be very convenient to operate.

Second, the compatibility is relatively strong.

When testing this function, the author only tested on XP, 2003, Vista and other clients due to the limitations of the conditions. I found that I can transfer files with Windows 7. However, when using this tool for file transfer with different operating system versions, some additional configuration and restrictions are still required.

First, you need to install the Easy Transfer software on an operating system that is not Windows 7 version. But you don't have to download it from the Internet and install it again, but you can copy it directly from the Windows 7 operating system. In the fourth step of the wizard, you will be prompted if you need to install the Easy Transfer software. The user can select the "I need tu install it now" option, and the system will prompt the user again whether it needs to be installed via an external hard drive or shared network folder or via a USB flash drive. If the user selects "External Hard Disk or Shared Network Folder Installation", a dialog box will pop up to let the user select the directory to be stored. The user can select a directory (you can not share it first, and then share it when needed), and the operating system will copy the software to the user-specified directory. Then other operating systems can use this software copy directly. Obviously, this is more convenient than downloading the plugin from the Internet. This change in compatibility of the Microsoft operating system is worthy of recognition. And this software copy does not need to be installed, you can run it directly. This is really good.

Second, you may need to patch the operating system. However, on some operating systems, it may not be possible to use this software copy directly, mainly because the operating system is not patched with the latest patches. As the author just started testing on the XP operating system, the SP3 patch was used. However, when using this easy transfer software, the system prompts an error message. The system prompts, "Windows Easy Transfer requires the latest service pack to run on Windows XP." After I put in the latest patch, I can run the file easily and smoothly. A similar situation exists on other versions of the operating system. In general, you only need to follow the error prompts to put the latest patches, you can run the easy transfer software to achieve the file transfer.

Third, the design of security.

In the process of Windows software transfer, security needs are also considered. After the old and new computers are properly connected (if a connection request is made from the new computer to the old computer), the new computer will send a transfer password like the old one. Then on the new computer, the user will be prompted to "enter the Windows Easy Transfer Key displayed on the old computer." The user can start transferring files only after the key is entered correctly. This security measure guarantees the security of the file transmission process to a certain extent. However, this safety design is rather rough. It is only against the villain, not the gentleman. Why do you say this? In fact, its easy transfer function is implemented according to the Telnet protocol. However, this protocol has a big security flaw, that is, its content transmitted in the network is transmitted in plain text. Not only files, but passwords are also transmitted in clear text. For those who have ulterior motives, as long as you don't lose a sniffer on the network, you can easily steal the information you want. Therefore, this security measure is not strict enough. But for most companies, this security measure is enough. After all, the situation of illegally obtaining information through a sniffer is not a lot happening in the enterprise.

Although this security design has certain flaws, it can be combined with other security measures to improve the security and stability of the transmission process. Such software transfer can be combined with IPSec security policies. If you only need to enable the IPSec security policy on both sides of the transmission, the system will automatically encrypt the data that needs to be transmitted. In other words, this encryption is not implemented on the "software transfer" side, but on the underlying IP layer. Since the software transfer function can be seamlessly used in conjunction with the IPSec security policy, it is a good ending solution to use this security to encrypt related data and make up for the lack of security in software delivery. Instead of using encryption and decryption on the software transfer, you can also use existing solutions to improve security. This consideration of the Microsoft operating system is still worthy of recognition.

However, it should be noted that if a personal firewall is set in the computer, especially a third-party independent firewall, such as Rising's personal firewall, it may hinder the use of this software. To do this, you can temporarily turn off the firewall when using this software. Wait until the transfer is complete before turning the firewall back on.

Fourth, easy to manage.

After the file transfer is successful, the user can see a detailed list of the content that has been transferred. And there are related connections on this list. The user can directly open the corresponding file by clicking this connection. This is like using Thunder software to download files. In other words, you can use this software delivery tool to uniformly manage the transferred files. Undoubtedly this software delivery tool has also become a file management tool invisibly. Files that have been transferred through it can be managed through this list. Including open, delete, and so on. What's rare is that it can also choose and default the default save path based on the content of the file transfer. If the Internet favorites are transmitted, the system will automatically locate the input target and source target in the default directory of the Microsoft operating system storage favorites. If the system administrator does not need to change the target directory without changing the source directory, then just press OK and you want to be able to transfer the files to the favorites without additional operations. Of course, the system administrator can also change the relevant directory. If you need to store your favorites on a non-system disk to prevent the system from crashing and the favorites are lost, you can also change this default path. It can be seen that Microsoft has spent a lot of thought on the design of this humanization. It does facilitate the operation of system administrators and users to a large extent. It is even more foolish to use. Even if there are not many computer-based users, you can easily master this software and complete the task of file transfer.