Easy Transfer

[Guest]

I want to use the "windows easy transfer" program to my new Vista system, but
the old XP machine keeps coming up with "not responding." How can I repair
the not responding? I have rebooted and reistalled about 50 times.

 

[Guest]

Is it a Network connection, or a "Easy Transfer USB Cable"? Serial port
cables don't work well enough.

 

[Guest]

I have the Belkin USB Cable. When that cable gets plugged in the easy
transfer program opens up, but when I hit the next button nothing happens.
Then I open up task manager and it says not responding.

 

[Guest]

Is it a Network connection, or a "Easy Transfer USB Cable"? Serial port
cables don't work well enough.

 

[Guest]

I would suspect some USB driver problem on one end, or the other. In both
systems:

Go to Start/Run, and type DEVMGMT.MSC , highlight the USB Root Hub
device(s), Action menu, "Uninstall", then restart Windows, to find the device
drivers again automatically.

 

[Guest]

Same result. The CPU goes up extremely high after plugging in the cable.

 

[Guest]

I found these Kbase articles on Easy Transfer. It couldn't hurt for you to
touch base with these other problems, hoping for some kind of hint into your
problem.

a special problem:
The user name and password are not transferred when you try to use Windows
Easy Transfer to transfer files and settings from a Windows-based computer to
a Windows Vista-based computer : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929821/en-us

and a list of issues :
How to use Windows Easy Transfer Companion to transfer programs from Windows
XP with Service Pack 2 to Windows Vista :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931696/en-us

 

[Guest]

A later find. This says you must have SP2 in XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopdeployment/bdd/2007/getstg_3.mspx

If all else fails, and since this is an important issue, I would suggest
removing SP2, (if possible, in Add/remove), and maybe even then doing a
Repair setup of XP, then reinstall SP2 to try the Easy Transfer.

 

[Guest]

Instead of doing the uninstall of SP2 I'll try doing a repair. And thank you
so much for your continued assistance on this matter! P.S. Just to see what
should happen with the easy transfer program I started the process at work on
my desktop and it worked. Tested another person's laptop also. Appears to be
something unique on my home computer.