[hernan7]

Hi Mike, thanks for your kind offer!

We have an old Windows XP machine that I would like to replace with a newer Windows 7 one. However, my wife is used to the old machine; in particular she has Internet Explorer manage all her auto-complete's and username/passwords for different sites she uses.

I looked around for tools to at least copy the passwords to the new machine but 1) Microsoft says it's not supported 2) the unofficial tools all look super-sketchy.

Any ideas of how to transplant the auto-completes and passwords to a new machine?

[mikegreenberg]

You could try the Files and Settings transfer wizard (In Start, Accessories, System...) and see if that works for you. I'm not aware of any tools off the top of my head, but (on principle) I would not rely on any auto-complete/password storage to ensure I could do my day-to-day computing.

There are plenty of tools which help in this area which are guaranteed to provide better support than Microsoft will. Things like KeePassX (for password management) and (while I don't use it, I've hear good things about) Roboform are supported by communities who are invested in a long-term solution. I would really try to migrate to a new solution. Anything else would be putting a band-aid over a festering wound.

Good luck! :)

[TheCowboy]

Which version of IE?