Re: Favorites - move from a Win XP system to a Win Vista system

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"Move "Favorites" to new system" wrote

I have an older laptop running Windows XP. I have a long list of "Favorites"
on it.
I have a new laptop running Microsoft Vista.
I would like specific instructions ... method ... to copy or extract the
"Favorites" from the older system and place them on the newer system. So far,
I haven't been able to get any workable advice. Can anyone help me? DALE

Use Windows Easy Transfer to migrate data and settings from a Windows XP installation to a Vista installation.

How to use Windows Easy Transfer to migrate files and settings from one Windows-based computer to another Windows Vista-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928634/en-us

Note Vista questions should be asked in one of the Vista newsgroups. In this case microsoft.public.windows.vista.general would have been the one to use. Look under micrsoft.public.windows.vista or a list of all the Vista newsgroups.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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