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The USMT team blog

Tips and tricks on using the User State Migration Tool

May 2008 - Posts

Why you want (and need) to run USMT as a local administrator
UPDATE: an updated post is available here . I'm leaving this post up to preserve the post history as well as comments. Although there are a limited number of scenarios in which USMT can be run without local administrator privileges, doing so ends up not Read More...
How to debug a USMT log like a Pro
The Scanstate and Loadstate logs contain a wealth of information on each problem that is encountered, however it does take a little bit of work to root cause a problem. For example, lets take a look at an example. A few weeks ago our team got an email Read More...
All about USMT 3.0.2
Many of you may have heard (or discovered) that there is a limited release of USMT that is available on the Microsoft Connect site. Let's take a few minutes here to clear up some of the questions about what it is and isn't. Things that USMT 3.0.2 is not Read More...
What is the User State Migration Tool?
To get started, here is the first paragraph from the USMT help content on TechNet : You can use Microsoft® Windows® User State Migration Tool (USMT) 3.0 to migrate user files and settings during large deployments of Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Read More...
Hello world!
Welcome to the User State Migration Tool (USMT) team blog!  I am very excited to claim this space on the web for USMT.  I hope that this blog can serve as a place where knowledge can be exchanged between those of us who develop USMT and those Read More...
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