In corporate IT environments, the broken compatibility for user profiles leads to formidable challenges in Windows XP to Windows 7 migration projects. Even if it seems possible to automate this task using “homebrew scripts” – forget about it.

You definitely can save hours and days of development time if you spend 30 minutes in order to read Benny’s Immidio White Paper Migration To Windows 7 with Immidio Flex Profiles (Download)

Immidio made Immidio Flex Profiles 6.0 available for free. Immidio Flex Profiles is largely based on the famous Flex Profile Kit by Jeroen van de Kamp and others. However, Immidio Flex Profiles no longer uses the Microsoft Office Profile Wizard or other “third party” tools.

Upgrading your Flex Profile Kit installation to Immidio Flex Profiles is very easy since it still supports the existing Flex Profile Kit .ops files. Also, the ini files which have probably taken you a lot of time to configure are fully supported.

On a technical level the new FlexEngine, the executable which replaces the Microsoft Office Profile Wizard, is noticeably faster and it uses a zip-archive format to store files and settings. These zip files can simply be opened using the windows explorer for editing and/or troubleshooting.

Besides the technical advantages, Immidio now also offers official support for their solution. This was not really possible for the Flex Profile Kit since it depends on third party tools.

Go and check it out here: Immidio Flex Profiles