|  | Transferring User Settings and Files by Using the USMT Transferring a User State by Using Command-Line Tools
Another way to transfer users' states is by using the command-line tools scanstate, which captures information, and loadstate, which restores or deploys information. This method can be used to transfer a single user's state, or to transfer multiple users' states. If you are deploying Windows XP Professional on more than one computer at a time, use the command-line method. When running the USMT as part of a mass installation, the scanstate and loadstate tools are included as batch files.
| Note: For more information about using the command-line tools, see Chapter 7 of The Change and Configuration Management Deployment Guide in the Windows XP Professional Resource Kit.