How can I check to see if my system and components are compatible with VISTA, given that the counsel is no longer available and my office will take too many changes to make it compatible with WIN 7?

I am running WINDOWS XP on my desktop and would like it ungrade to WINDOWS VISTA, but I don't know if all my devices are compatible with WINDOWS VISTA! I would like to upgrade my desktop computer for WIN 7, but it would take too many changes, so I'm going to update my laptop for WIN 7 and I have another laptop running WIN XP! So basically I want to have at least one of the three operating systems (XP, VISTA and WIN 7) on my different computers! WIN XP on my laptop older, WINDOWS VISTA on my desktop (currently in XP) and WINDOWS 7 on my laptop latest (running VISTA)! I just want to know how to find out if there is a way to see if all my components on my desktop are compatible with WINDOWS VISTA, but the Advisor WINDOWS VISTA is no longer available? I used the WIN 7 Advisor to check what is required for me to upgrade my desktop PC to WIN 7 but there are too many changes that need to be done! I also used the WIN 7 Advisor on my new laptop and it has only a few changes that need to be done and that is why I want to upgrade my laptop to WINDOWS 7 and my desktop for WINDOWS Vista!

Hello

I already gave you advice available to upgrade to Vista in your other thread earlier in this forum

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-windows_install/how-can-i-check-to-see-if-my-system-and-components/7e626228-5572-E011-8dfc-68b599b31bf5

You should check with the manufacturers of hardware and program

and use the Vista Compatibility Center

http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/compatibility/Windows-Vista/

and read the vista system requirements

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/products/system-requirements

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