• The mysterious demise of Alohabob

    Posted on July 19, 2008 at 08:30 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Ed Bott reports that Microsoft’s “Windows Transfer Companion” (better known to insiders as Alohabob) is no longer available – and nobody seems willing to explain why.

    As I explain in Windows Vista All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies and Windows Vista Timesaving Techniques For Dummies, Alohabob is what the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard should’ve been – an easy way to move settings and files from one computer to another. Windows’ original feature had problems galore. Microsoft bought the Alohabob company in March 2006 – along with their vastly superior transfer programs – and I predicted that Alohabob would be re-released with a Microsoft moniker shortly after, much like, oh, Windows Defender.

    Alas, that never happened, really. Microsoft re-packaged Alohabob and stuck it in an Internet backwater. You could use it, but there was no effort to make it half the package it could’ve been.

    Microsoft has officially pulled the program from its site. Ed speculates that MS may be building the feature set into Windows 7 – and if that’s the case I say “hurrah!” (followed by a swift “about time!”). But Alohabob’s future is by no means certain.

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