Comments on: Microsoft Windows 7 Release Insights

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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:16:32 +0000

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By: Mike McEvoy

Mike McEvoy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:01:02 +0000

@Lee Hansen — Glad you found the post helpful. It sounds like you have Vista licenses but went with the XP downgrade and are currently running XP on both of your computers. If that is the case you will need to do a “clean install” on these computers. This means back up your data and settings, reformat the HDD, install Windows 7, install your applications software packages and then copy your data and settings back on.

This require a bit of time, but the upside is that everything will be in optimal shape. Oh yeah, it is a good idea to run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor before hand to make sure that all of your components will work ok with Windows 7. Since they were OK with Vista you shouldn’t have any problems with Widows 7, but may need to get some updated drivers.

Hope that answers your question. Thanks for stopping by.

By: Lee Hansen

Lee Hansen — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:39:10 +0000

This is a seriously helpful article, Mike. I have a desktop machine and laptop both about a year old. I purchased them both with Vista backed down to XP and have had no problems installing software or with performance. I assume the upgrade will handle my dumbed down Vista setups without any special tweaks from me?

By: Rolando

Rolando — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:49:26 +0000

Great Article. I have used the Beta version a couple of times. i will definitely use it on my personal PC.

Thanks

By: BunnygotBlog

BunnygotBlog — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:01:22 +0000

I am not all that knowledgeable about this. I rely on Mike for informing me.
Thanks ~

By: Mike McEvoy

Mike McEvoy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:15:29 +0000

@Rob Bell – Thanks Rob, glad you found the article helpful. Yes, the beta versions of Windows 7 have been very solid and the performance was much, much improved over Vista. I’m looking forward to the day when Windows Vista has gone the way of Windows ME.
Thanks for stopping by; enjoy the Windows 7 Launch Party. –Mike

By: Rob Bell

Rob Bell — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:19:48 +0000

I’ve been using Win 7 Ultimate RC for the last few months, and the only problem to complain of was that it didn’t have onboard drivers for my X-Fi soundcard. It’s a delight to use, has many timesaving features, and is pretty darn nippy. I rate it, which is a good cos I’m running a launch party on the 22nd!

Nice article Mike

Rob