The Move My Printers application can migrate a variety of user profile configurations.

• Thin Client, Remote Users: If you have multiple remote users in a thin client configuration, Move My Printers can identify each user/profile when a user session is created. Migrations will be performed on only the session profile.

• Static Profiles: Not sharing profiles a crossed machines? Move My Printers will migrate a static profile even when multiple static profiles are on the same machine.

• Roaming Profiles: Sharing profiles from a single share to multiple machines? Move My Printers will migrate the shared profile on the first machine the profile is loaded and then never again (unless specified by other options) . Even if the profile is loaded on a different machine. (Windows 2000, 2003 and XP Only)

The Move My Printers application can move printers by using Active Directory or any of three Manual Configurations.

• Active Directory: If you use Active Directory within your domain you can use Move My Printers to consistently and automatically move client printers when changes are made on print servers within the network.
• Manual Configurations: If you’re not using Active Directory or you want more control over a client printer moves, use the three Manual Configuration modes:
  • Printer To Printer mode: “Printer A” and “Printer B” both exist on “Server A”. “Printer A” fails and I want to change all of my client printer configurations to use “Printer B” on “Server A” instead.
  • Server To Server mode: “Printer A” exists on both “Server A” and “Server B”. “Server A” fails or is old and being replaced by “Server B” and all client printer configurations using “Server A” now need to use “Server B”.
  • Mixed Printer and Server mode: “Printer A” exists on “Server A” and “Printer B” exists on “Server B”. “Server A” or “Printer A” fails or are replaced with new hardware. All of the client printer configurations need to be changed to use “Printer B” on “Server B” instead.  

The Move My Printers application can notify you (or the person whose printers are being migrated) in any of several methods of the execution status of a Move My Printers migration on each client.

• SMTP (Email): Receive email messages (via SMTP) with a report on the success or failure of a client's migration. (This feature requires an SMTP server on the network).
• File Output: Save a list of files to a network share or to the local client computer with a report on the success or failure of a client's changes. Sounds like too many files? The Move My Printers application has options for attaching the computer name and outcome of the move to each file name to allow for easy file searches and identification of failed printer moves.
• Client Pop-up: Want the client to know when the Move My Printers application has completed? The Move My Printers Client Pop-up option allows for a custom message on either success or failure.
• Application Event Log: Monitor your event logs? The Move My Printers application can log information and warning messages to the application event log on each client computer with a report of the client's migration status.

• Prune: To delete a client printer without the need to add one first. Prune can delete a local or networked printer, delete all local printers or for Active Directory it can delete all orphaned Active Directory printers.
• Populate: To add a client printer without the need to delete one first. Populate can add a local or networked printer. When adding a local client printer you will need to specify a print driver in the new Drivers Feature.

• None: if the default printer is deleted during a migration or maintenance activity, a new default printer is not set. This mode allows the client to select a new default for themselves.
• Migration: if the default printer is deleted during a migration activity, the newly added printer now becomes the default printer.
• Force: sets the default printer to a pre-selected printer name independent of any migration or maintenance activities.

We at Fluentware know that there are thousands of different network configurations around the world. We also know that because of this, there may become a time when the Move My Printers application has an issue with a particular network configuration.