Conversion from Vista to Windows 7

When I bought my HP I no. CHOICE but to have Vista installed on the machine. Having purchaes XP would not have guaranteed a perfect converson as (I was told) many of the pilots did not convert. I hated Vista every day since. With the new version of Windows 7 Microsoft has thought or considered as a patch that "Vista Haters" allows to convert their Windows 7 machines or wil be even - buy the software and it will not convert everything?

Unless you qualify for a recent purchase there is no free upgrade to Windows 7.

Read below to see if you qualify.

http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/buy/offers/upgrade-option.aspx

Above Microsoft link has info for the Windows 7 upgrade Options from the various participating computer manufacturers.

http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/buy/offers/upgrade-FAQ-option.aspx

FAQ about the upgrade is at the link above.

http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579 (WS.10) .aspx

Railways upgrade to Windows 7 at the link above.

For any other question of Windows 7:

http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/category/Windows7

Link above is Windows 7 forum for questions on windows 7.

Windows 7 questions should be directed to the it.

You are in the Vista Forums.

See you soon.

Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

Tags: Windows

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