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Forward Solutions' Migo: Leave Your Laptop at Home: Page 5 of 6

You'll also need to remember your Exchange password. For security reasons, Migo doesn't transfer your POP3/IMAP account passwords.

My IE bookmarks were accessible, though IE cookies and auto-form-fill data were not transferred. I'd like to see support for other common and personalized applications as well, such as instant messaging clients and alternative browsers. You can sync the configuration files, but most people aren't aware of the location of these files, and it would be sweet for Migo to do this for users.

Resizing the task bar proves the product isn't flawless. When I did that, all local shortcuts reappeared on the desktop and couldn't be hidden again without logging out and logging back in.

Data storage on the device appears to be secure. I couldn't see any files on the device unless I was logged in with the proper password. I copied the executable to a different USB storage device, but the application wouldn't run off a non-Migo device. Plugging the device into a Linux machine and mounting the file system provided a similar experience: The main application appeared, but no other files could be seen or accessed on the file system.

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