created a fastwiz diskette on a sp2 machine and took it to a 98 machine
, gathered all the files and settings, then went to another newly
installed sp2 machine and ran fast only to get
The location you specified does not contain stored informatIon. checked
some postings and found that they have to be the same version of
windows, ie the one that created the fastwiz diskette has to be the
same version as the one the files and settings are being transfered to
guess what THEY ARE !!!
then found another posting about using some FASTCONV.EXE program.
guess what I DID !!

once again, here in the enterprise, something that is supposed to work
doesnt.now we will probably have to restore the files and settings to
the machine that created the fastwiz diskette and then copy the files
manually to the new machine.
thanx for another days work.

ive answered my own question, i updated the new machine to the latest
using windows update and now the fast program can read the usmt2.umc
folder and it transfered all the files and settings, that it gathered,
from the 98 machine. i was really excited when, at the end, it said
that it couldnt migrate the folders referenced by message rules in
outlook express, i thought no problem, ill just re setup those folders.
upon further examintation, i found that it transfered the email
settings alright, minus the password, but not the data itself that was
in the files. like inbox, sent items etc.
it also didnt transfer the address book for outlook express either.
i thought the name was files and settings transfer
wheres the files ?