Is there something special I need to do to upgrade to Windows 7 Vista 64? I keep my icons the desktop and Favorites, etc. ?

upgrade to Windows 7 Vista 64

Is there something special I need to do to upgrade to Windows 7 Vista 64? I keep my icons the desktop and Favorites, etc. ?

Just the usual if update Vista 64 for Windows 7 64-bit.

Make sure you have a backup system and separate backups of your files user such as documents, images, videos, music, email and such stores. In addition, it is wide to ensure you have a way of rerstoring any application that you have added to the original instrall factory.

Good luck and enjoy your new system.

Tom Ferguson

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