1. A method for transferring configuration settings comprising: probing a source machine for a plurality of configuration settings, wherein probing a source machine comprises executing a client application on the source machine that retrieves the plurality of configuration settings and converts the plurality of configuration settings into a platform independent format, and wherein the plurality of configuration settings comprise a plurality of power settings corresponding to a plurality of machines; generating a power policy comprising the plurality of power settings; generating a file comprising the plurality of configuration settings in the platform independent format; wherein the file comprises at least one operational policy parameter to provide at least one operational preference limit during setup of a plurality of machines and comprises the power policy; providing the file to the plurality of machines; and executing the file on the plurality of machines to apply the plurality of power settings to the plurality of machines; wherein at least one of the plurality of machines is a separate physical machine to the source machine; executing a client application on each of the plurality of machines; wherein executing the file on the plurality of machines to apply the plurality of power settings to the plurality of machines comprises the client application converting the platform independent format of the plurality of configuration setting into a platform dependent configuration setting applicable to a platform of the respective machine.