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Ensure that your programs and devices are Windows 7 compatible.
Download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade advisor. This tool provides a report that lists issues and
suggests recommendations to improve Windows 7 compatibility. For more information, see
http://www.microsoft.com.
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Migrate all your applications, data, and settings information.
Many third‐party applications can help you with the migration process. Microsoft's migration tool,
Windows Easy Transfer, allows you to migrate your data and settings. For more information, see
http://www.microsoft.com.
Migrating Applications Using ThinApp
You can use ThinApp to migrate applications to the Windows 7 system. You can capture applications to
package an application into a virtual environment. The ThinApp Capture wizard is the main utility to capture
applications and set initial application parameters. Expert users who must capture applications from the
command line can use the snapshot.exe utility instead of the Setup Capture wizard.
For more information on how to capture Microsoft Office 2007 and Internet Explorer 6, see the
ThinApp User's Guide.
Setting Up Virtual Windows 7 System
After you migrate your applications, data, and settings from a physical Windows XP system to a virtual
Windows 7 system, you must configure and deploy the ThinApp application packages on your Windows 7
system.
Use the View Client to log in to a virtual desktop. For more information on how to configure the View Client,
see the VMware View Administrator's Guide.
After logging in to the virtual desktop, the client window appears, and you can access your Windows 7 virtual
machine. For information on creating and preparing virtual machines on the View Client, see the VMware View
Administrator's Guide.
Migrating Applications to the Virtual Windows 7 System
After you set up the View Client and you can access your virtual Windows 7 desktop, you can copy all the
applications, data, and settings that you downloaded from your physical Windows XP system before the
migration.
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Connect the external hard drive or to the network location to which you downloaded your Windows XP
applications, data, and settings.
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Copy all your data and settings to your Windows 7 system.
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Install all native applications from their original CDs.
Alternatively, if you had packaged your native applications using ThinApp, deploy the applications on
your virtual desktop. For more information on how to deploy and customize applications, see the
ThinApp Userʹs Guide.
You can now access the virtual desktop running Windows 7 with VMware View Client.
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