General

System Script

General script (formerly, Vista OS Settings) manages Windows Vista specific settings such as People Near Me, Ease of Access, Sideshow, and so on.

Release Date

04/29/2013

Settings Description

The script migrates the following settings:

Ease of Access settings related to Magnifier, Narrator, On-screen Keyboard, Sideshow, Speech recognition.
Auto Play settings related to the plug and play devices.
Windows Firewall settings.
Indexing and Search settings related to the indexing of the folders and search options.
People Near Me settings which include login and security settings.
Windows Defender and, Back-up and Restore Settings is supported from Windows 7 and higher.

Notes

The iSCSI service must be running on the destination to apply the settings.
The advanced settings of the Windows Firewall are not migrated.
Windows 8 and higher does not support People Near Me feature and is not available for migration.
The Windows Defender Settings migrate only if the current user has permission on both the source and destination computers before starting the migration. To provide permissions to the current user go to Registry, right click HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows Defender and follow the instructions.

Limitations

Allowed apps and features setting under the path Control Panel, System and Security, Windows Firewall, Allowed apps does not migrate in the following scenarios:
- Windows 8, 32 bit to Windows 8, 64 bit.
- Windows 8.1 32 bit to Windows 8.1 64 bit.
Back-up or restore your files settings under the path Control Panel, System and Security, Backup your computer does not migrate in the following scenarios:
- From Windows 7 to Windows 8.
- From Windows 8 to Windows 8.1.
- From Windows 8.1 to Windows 8.1.