Upgrade from Vista Ultimate 32 bit to Windows 7 Home Premium

I'm running a GM 5424 Gateway System I bought with Vista 32 Ultimate on it.    A year ago I bought the dvd of Windows 7 Home Premium at Wal-Mart.    Can I do a upgrade in place without having to reinstall all my programs application?   I understand the Win 7 Upgrade advisor a few programs may not be compatible and is not a problem.

I was wondering if the upgrade in place is available for this combination or to I need to do a clean install (which I am dreading because it means at least a week of work to re - install everything what I really need.)     Whether it is a new installation or an upgrade in place, I also know that I have several days of Windows updates for Windows 7 until the current patch level, since the OEM Win/7 disc includes only through SP 1.    I have other computers (laptops) running Windows 7 and 8 to win.

My PC has a 500 GB drive and I've upgraded to 8 GB of memory in a couple of years (I realize the 32 bit OS does not use everything), but I want to go to the 64-bit version of Win/7 since my CPU and hardware will support it.   I've already replaced my NIC with a compatible card Win/7.

I already intend to have at least 2 backups made to two different USB 1 terabyte disk drives and also will have all of my data backed up online via BackBlaze.

Please notify.  Thanks in advance!

Saturday, December 12, 2015 15:59:37 + 0000, Doe Hunter [Insider] wrote:

I'm running a GM 5424 Gateway System I bought with Vista 32 Ultimate on it.    A year ago I bought the dvd of Windows 7 Home Premium at Wal-Mart.    Can I do a upgrade in place without having to reinstall all my programs application?   I understand the Win 7 Upgrade advisor a few programs may not be compatible and is not a problem.

I was wondering if the upgrade in place is available for this combination

Yes, no problem, as long as you stick with 32-bit Windows. And almost
all the programs will be compatible.

or that I must do a clean install (which I am dreading because it means at least a week of work to re - install everything what I really need.)

but I want to go to the 64-bit version of Win/7 because my processor and hardware will support it.

However, it is not possible to change the number of 'bits' of Windows, of
32-bit to 64-bit or vice versa. The only way to get there is what you
Dread - a new installation.

Another point: Windows 7 is now two generations old. As far as I am
concerned, she brings more much sense to upgrade to a young person of these
Version. I recommend going to 10 Windows instead.

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