ok thank you.dede214

I think my question is, I found a lot of something called "migration " (transfering from old computer to new computer) but it only says from like windows xp to windows 7. Nothing about from windows 7 to windows 7. dede214

You can "migrate" from Win 7 to Win 7 with Windows Easy Transfer. Either 32-bit to 32-bit or 32-bit to 64-bit Win versions. Or, you can just copy entire data folders from one computer to another. However, each system has uniques hardware identifiers and whether that would affect how each one relates to the iPhone is something Apple would have to answer.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:27:08 +0000, dede214 wrote: I got a new laptop running windows 7. My old laptop runs windows 7 also. I would like to copy my itunes files exactly to my new computer. I already transfered my files, such as music, apps to new computer, but when I went to sync my iphone it sees my iphone as a new device.  i synced my iphone anyways because I have a backup on my old laptop. Is there anything I can do to make itunes not know the difference between computers?  Thank you in advance for any information.  I have searched every where I can think of but all I can find is xp to 7, etc. nothing about 7 to 7.  Transferring files is easy, but in general you can not transfer programs from one machine to another. You need to reinstall programs from their original media. Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

You need to do manual transfer of registry keys/entries for the desired programs when you copy them to another windows system. This can be easy up to almost impossible task. Everything depends on program itself - what changes/adds it does in registry during its installation and work. If you had some kind of registry changes logger - you are fine, but if not - you are doomed, i.e. it's easier to reinstall programs than copy/move them to another windows as previous person stated. And yeah - if you do clean install of that program on other Windows - obviously it has no clue of what you were doing in other Windows. Clues are saved in registry and/or some data/configuration files created by that program. So it's still possible, but... Windows does not have such migration tools yet.

I got a new laptop running windows 7. My old laptop runs windows 7 also. I would like to copy my itunes files exactly to my new computer. I already transfered my files, such as music, apps to new computer, but when I went to sync my iphone it sees my iphone as a new device. i synced my iphone anyways because I have a backup on my old laptop. Is there anything I can do to make itunes not know the difference between computers? Thank you in advance for any information. I have searched every where I can think of but all I can find is xp to 7, etc. nothing about 7 to 7.

For questions about iTunes, you need to contact Apple as iTunes is an Apple application, not a Microsoft application.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.