[geeks] Windows 64-bit insanity

[Dan Sikorski]

nate at portents.com wrote:
>> It's here on my copy of Vista Enterprise x64.
>>     
>
> I think you're confusing Windows Easy Transfer (which does exist and is
> included with both Windows Vista and 7) with Windows Easy Transfer
> Companion.  Windows Easy Transfer does not transfer installed
> applications, whereas the Companion does (or did, since you can't get it
> anymore).
>
>   
Oh, ok, yeah.  They probably removed the ability to transfer programs 
since migrating an OEM copy of Office from one PC to another would be 
violating their own license agreement.
> And yeah, Microsoft can't name things worth sh*t.
>   
I seem to recall this being called FAST in XP.  If at first you don't 
succeed at naming, try, try again.  (Windows genuine advantage to 
Windows activation technology, Windows CE to Windows Mobile, NT to 2000 
to XP to Vista to 7, why have one naming scheme when we can have five?)

    -Dan Sikorski