I have a Genunine Windows XP (Home edition) installed PC imy. My RAM is 3 GB. Can I upgrade my system Windows Vista withuot spend the extra money?

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  http://us-store.Acer.com/RCD/

  And if the Acer never included a drive to purchase, you should have a recovery Partition on your hard disk to reinstall Vista to how it was when new.

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• I have Windows XP Home Edition SP3, 32-bit and IE8. Do I need to upgrade to Windows 7?

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  Go to your computer / computer laptop manufacturer Web site and see if Windows 7 drivers are available for your make and model computer / laptop.

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  Run the "Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-US/Download/details.aspx?ID=20

  Check if your specifications are compatible for Windows 7:

  "Windows 7 system requirements"

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/products/system-requirements

  "Windows 7 Compatibility Center" for software and hardware:

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  Windows 7 upgrade paths:

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

  «Installation and reinstallation of Windows 7»

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/installing-and-reinstalling-Windows-7

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  Do the following before upgrade you to Windows 8.1.

  Check if the manufacturer of your computer/laptop has Windows 8 drivers available for your model.

  If this is not available, Windows 8/8.1 not install and work properly for you.

  There is a lot of information in this first link from Microsoft:

  Download and run the Windows Upgrade Assistant 8.1 of to see if your machine is compatible Windows 8.1 and read the update for Windows 8.1: FAQ here

  :

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/upgrade-to-Windows-8

  "8.1 for Windows system requirements.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/system-requirements

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  Microsoft on Monday said CNET Windows 10 will cost just as much as its predecessor. This means price for Windows 10 will run anywhere from $110 for Windows 10 Home package at $199 for Windows 10 Pro edition. In addition a Pack Pro 10 will allow users upgrade Home Pro for $99.

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  https://www.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Windows-10-specifications#sysreqs

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  And to Metman.exe:

  "How easy to clean an infected computer (malware removal Guide).

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• I have a copy of Halo 2 for Windows Vista disc and the login screen keeps telling me 'No product valid key'

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  Hello

  Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Community!

  We have a dedicated team that leans on issues with Halo 2 for Vista.

  You can post the question here:

  http://forums.haloonwindowsvista.com/forums/

  You can also refer to:

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  Hello

  I have an owner of the M40 motorway m but I didn t install Vista on my laptop.
  Why? good Vista needs a lot more material resources like the XP.
  In addition many additional applications that are running on my system are not compatible with Vista.
  Last but not lease I didn t find the drivers of Toshiba for the M40 on the Web site.

  I think that the drivers Vista missing on the page is not a problem serious because important factors as driver graph, sound driver, lan and Wlan driver can be downloaded from the website of chip manufacturing.

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  To my knowledge the Vista installs a clean boot manager and it should be very easy to switch between XP and Vista.

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• Can someone help me? I have a dell windows vista and the cd/dvd drive won't work correctly. Whenever I have insert a cd/dvd, it takes forever to read, and it ejects itself. Why?

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  Detect and automatically fix problems of CD/DVD
  http://support.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/DSN/document?c=us&l=en&s=Gen&docid=56A1F87CD8895B0EE040AE0AB7E15FFC

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  Hello

  1. don't you make changes on the computer until the problem started?
  2. do you receive error messages when you start?

  I suggest you perform a repair of the system using a Vista installation disc.

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  Hello

  The best way is to clean install and start over.

  In addition, it is not legal to have both installed version that the license is for a single installation.

  If it is a dual boot with 32 bit and 64 bit installed on different partitions, there would not have been the conflicts you would have never started in one or the other.

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