1. A method for automatically transitioning configuration settings from a source computing system to a target computing system, comprising the steps of: locating a plurality of configuration settings on a source computing system using a Personality object; extracting the plurality of configuration settings from a plurality of locations on the source computing system; storing the plurality of extracted configuration settings in a pre-determined transition format; manipulating the plurality of extracted configuration settings stored in the pre-determined transition format; and preparing a transition package from the plurality of manipulated configuration settings stored in the pre-determined transition format, wherein the transition package is used to transition configuration settings from the source computing system to a target computing system.