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Summary: Keep your money
Review: After trying this program 10 times, I still have not managed to migrate my files to the new computer. Paid extra for the USB version of this program, and all I can say, is keep your money. We've had numerous problems with the connection being broken during transfer, which leaves no option other than to start over again. There is no way to resume the transfer after it has stopped. Over 12 hours later, still trying to transfer the files
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Summary: Nothing Intelligent About This Product
Review: Don't even bother. I tried to use this to move data from a Windows 98 PC to a new Windows XP PC at my home and couldn't get the PC's to communicate via the parallel ports. After 3 days of this, I ended up buying an external Zip drive and manually moved the data myself. Save your money and try another product. This wasn't just a waste of money, but a big waste of time.
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Summary: Waste of Money
Review: For the cost of this product, go out and buy your own parallel or USB cable and use the FREE Windows Files and Settings transfer wizzard. It will save you money and do the exact same thing.
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Summary: Worked as designed & even transferred Outlook Express files!
Review: Having read lots of online reviews here and at CNET on this software, plus asking a Microsoft Certifed Professional consultant who had used IntelliMover with Windows, I was a little worried. Several mentions in the reviews, plus the face to face review, mentioned problems with Outlook Express. The client works as a business consultant, and bought IntelliMover with their new Dell/WinXP laptop, to move files from an HP/Win98 tower. Emails being a crucial part of business documentation, the client needed to keep them all. Also the client wanted the exact same settings and preferences on the laptop. Just in case, I exported the address book using the instructions in Outlook Express Help. I also saved the email files (I've forgotten the extension, something like WXT or WXB. The Personal Address Book extention is WAB). When given the chance to choose what to export, I went with the default: everything. My client is rather meticulous, had gone through and deleted unwanted files beforehand. But there was no problem. The Outlook files all transferred, and the client was able to open and read them. I work with PCs at my job so I am fairly familiar with computers, connections, hierarchies, directories, settings, install wizards, etc. However I think with careful attention to the instructions, a person who does not care to go deeply into technical stuff could use this without problems. You need to understand a bit about directories (if you know Windows Explorer, you'll do fine) and how to connect USB to USB or parallel to parallel. For the rest, you just need to know how to read, point and click as instructed. In using IntelliMover, you put in the CD and set up on the old computer, then put the CD in the new computer, set up and and connect them. It really took a little less time than Detto's predicted 90 minutes. This was the first time I had used a transfer application. But with the benefit of user comments such as here on Amazon.com, as noted, and by going over the instructions a few times before actually hitting any keys, I didn't have a problem setting this up and getting it to work. In the event, it went like a charm. As I said, the Outlook Express files migrated as well as all the other files, settings and preferences. The software interface was easy to use, the documentation - a colorful three-fold glossy brochure - was spare but concise and fairly well written. Really, the file transfer was the shortest part of the setup session -- setting up Windows on the laptop, hooking it up to broadband and setting up the Internet connection took way more time. I saved the logfiles just in case but no hitches, and no problems reported as of a week later.
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Summary: Worked as designed & even transferred Outlook Express files!
Review: Having read lots of online reviews here and at CNET on this software, plus asking a Microsoft Certifed Professional consultant who had used IntelliMover with Windows, I was a little worried. Several mentions in the reviews, plus the face to face review, mentioned problems with Outlook Express. The client works as a business consultant, and bought IntelliMover with their new Dell/WinXP laptop, to move files from an HP/Win98 tower. Emails being a crucial part of business documentation, the client needed to keep them all. Also the client wanted the exact same settings and preferences on the laptop. Just in case, I exported the address book using the instructions in Outlook Express Help. I also saved the email files (I've forgotten the extension, something like WXT or WXB. The Personal Address Book extention is WAB). When given the chance to choose what to export, I went with the default: everything. My client is rather meticulous, had gone through and deleted unwanted files beforehand. But there was no problem. The Outlook files all transferred, and the client was able to open and read them. I work with PCs at my job so I am fairly familiar with computers, connections, hierarchies, directories, settings, install wizards, etc. However I think with careful attention to the instructions, a person who does not care to go deeply into technical stuff could use this without problems. You need to understand a bit about directories (if you know Windows Explorer, you'll do fine) and how to connect USB to USB or parallel to parallel. For the rest, you just need to know how to read, point and click as instructed. In using IntelliMover, you put in the CD and set up on the old computer, then put the CD in the new computer, set up and and connect them. It really took a little less time than Detto's predicted 90 minutes. This was the first time I had used a transfer application. But with the benefit of user comments such as here on Amazon.com, as noted, and by going over the instructions a few times before actually hitting any keys, I didn't have a problem setting this up and getting it to work. In the event, it went like a charm. As I said, the Outlook Express files migrated as well as all the other files, settings and preferences. The software interface was easy to use, the documentation - a colorful three-fold glossy brochure - was spare but concise and fairly well written. Really, the file transfer was the shortest part of the setup session -- setting up Windows on the laptop, hooking it up to broadband and setting up the Internet connection took way more time. I saved the logfiles just in case but no hitches, and no problems reported as of a week later.
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Summary: It Works!
Review: I bought this because I bought a new computer and needed to transfer my old data to the new one. It worked perfectly the first time. Besides transferring your application settings, there is a file transfer feature that transfers your data files as well. It was easy to use -- but be sure to follow the instructions. Not that it's tricky or anything, but judging from other reviews, I think you might run into trouble if you take shortcuts or back out and restart. But if you just follow the "wizard," it will walk you through everything perfectly the first time.
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Summary: It's not as easy as advertized.
Review: I bought this product with a new computer because I had downloaded several hundred - nearly one thousand - MP3 files, on the old computer, and I wanted to use them on the new one. The salesperson and many of the editorials (and testimonials) billed Intellimover 3.0 as an extremely user-friendly product that would transfer any file between two machines. However after using this program I would not reccomend it. First, the program requires that you run on the old computer. It reads all your settings, your files, and any piece of data that is stored. Then, once the user installs the software onto the new computer, the files are transferred via a USB or Parallel cable. My first problem was with the IntelliMover program itself. Before a user can transfer specific files, like MP3's in my case, he or she must move all preferences. This may be convenient for many users who have meticulously configured settings on an older computer, but for a user like me (who was trying to escape the incoherent configuration of Windows XP)it simply spread the confusion of many settings from the old computer to the new one. Meanwhile, I found it nearly impossible to reverse the setting change. I strongly suggest that a user DOES NOT use this software unless he or she is completely and utterly satisfied with the settings that their old computer has. Otherwise, if a user isn't happy with the old computer, they'll be sharing it with the new one. Secondly, the file transfer software does not seem to work under my cofiguration. I have one computer that I have been using for 3 years; it runs a Windows XP OS but has very little RAM. The second and newer computer is an extremely fast and efficient Gateway. Any time that I have tried to create a connection between the two computers to transfer the files that I need I get stalling until the system freezes and I must restart the operation. Currently I have not been able to fix the operation after nearly 20 attempts. I am disappointed with this software. For the $50 that I spent, I receieved a USB cable, a parallel cable, and the Detto Intellimover software. For under $20 it is possible to buy a short cable at a computer store and use Windows XP's file transfer system. That software is no cost and has worked for me. Although the review is critical of the software, I do concede that it is great at making a new computer work like the old one. However if file transfer is your central purpose for buying this software, back away slowly and don't look back.
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Summary: Not even a last resort
Review: I just got a new pc and it had a demo of this itellimover on its desktop after checking it out it looked too easy, so I read some of the reviews from others that tryed it... they didnt sound too happy, but I bought one anyway from amazon.com tryed it out and YES it was as easy as 123! it did everything that I needed it for. The only thing that I didnt like was that it said that it would take about 1 hour and 32 min. (with usb cable) when it was like 2 hours and 32 min. that was no big deal. So if you are thinking about trying "intellimover" I say yes it is easy as 123! a+
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Summary: easy as 123? yes!
Review: I just got a new pc and it had a demo of this itellimover on its desktop after checking it out it looked too easy, so I read some of the reviews from others that tryed it... they didnt sound too happy, but I bought one anyway from amazon.com tryed it out and YES it was as easy as 123! it did everything that I needed it for. The only thing that I didnt like was that it said that it would take about 1 hour and 32 min. (with usb cable) when it was like 2 hours and 32 min. that was no big deal. So if you are thinking about trying "intellimover" I say yes it is easy as 123! a+
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Summary: Excellent and easy to use.
Review: I purchased the Detto Intellimover only to transfer large data files between my desktop PC and my laptop computer. (I did not want to match system configurations or profiles.) Other similar software does not let you select specific files to transfer, and will only match configurations/profiles (the Intellimover is more versatile). The software was easy to install and it came with good directions. The program is very easy to use (drag and drop files across a split screen); it transfered files quickly via the USB cable, between a Windows Me desktop and Windows XP laptop. It met my needs perfectly. Highly recommended.
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