I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Andre Da Costa Volunteer Moderator. If you use a Microsoft Account to sign in on your old computer, then all you need to do is sign in with that same user name and password and it should sync your passwords web credentials. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.
By submitting your email, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Microsoft accounts are easy to transfer; you can move files manually. Transwiz free and PCmover paid also do a good job. It was a great free option to bring your settings and local user profiles from an old computer to a new computer. Starting with Windows 8, you could choose to sign in with a Microsoft account.
Signing in with that same account on any device would transfer many of your settings. When Microsoft released Windows 10, it did not bring forward Easy Transfer. Instead, Microsoft chose to partner with Laplink and for a short period offered free access to its PCmover software. Unfortunately, that free offer is no longer available. We investigated several methods of manually moving Windows user profiles from one PC to another.
That leaves you with a few reliable options to move your account: Convert your Local account to a Microsoft account, use free software like Transwiz, or purchase PCmover. Each has benefits and downsides. If you currently use a local account instead of a Microsoft account, you may want to consider converting it to a Microsoft account.
Think of this as a quick way to bring over Windows settings and get cloud sync going. The conversion process is easy, especially if you already have a Microsoft account. Click on the Start button then the Settings gear. Then follow the setup wizard. Select add a drive, then your external hard drive.
Windows will start making a backup automatically. Take your external to your new machine and plug it in. Browse to your most recent backup, choose the folders you want to restore then click on the green button. First, download and install Transwiz on both the old and new machine. The program is free. On the old machine, if you only have one profile, create a new one with admin rights. Then switch to it.
Then choose the profile you want to switch and click Next. Choose your external drive as the location to save; click next. Then enter a password if you want one. Transwiz will create a zip file on your external drive. Take it to your new machine, open Transwiz there, and choose the restore data option. Point it to the zip file on the drive no need to unzip it yourself , and Transwiz will do the rest.
A machine restart is required to finish adding the profile. Transwiz brings over user profiles, but not any data. Kudos on the find within SW I was on the link you sent earlier and even though using nirsoft is a great way to get passwords, this program violates our companies compliance. I totally agree with you, but unfortunately we need to "hand hold" the users we support at our company. Trying to make the windows 10 upgrade as smooth as possible. But if there absolutely isn't a way, ill be more than glad to let my director know.
Windows easy transfer worked seamlessly from 7- 7. I am personally not aware of a Microsoft supported way to do this. It talks about in-place upgrades and preserving data, settings, apps and drivers.
But if I remember my in-place upgrade correctly, I had to reenter PWs. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Hello, we are in the process of migrating users from windows 7 to windows Played around with registry with no success..
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