Upgrade of Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate
Can I switch from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit?
Upgrade paths:
When important changes to your computer, for example an upgrade, it is always recommended that you back up your system before installing a new version of Windows. In your case, you can upgrade to Windows 7 depending on the edition and the architecture of Windows Vista, you have installed. If you are running a 32-bit version of Vista and upgrade to a 64-bit (Windows 7 edition) version, you'll have a pure make install, it is the opposite case.
If you are using Windows Vista Home Basic or Premium consumer editions, you can only upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium or Ultimate. In addition, you can make downgrades, which means, if you are running Windows Vista Ultimate Edition now, you cannot downgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium. You perform logical upgrades:
Windows Vista Home Basic > Windows 7 Home Basic, Premium or Ultimate
Windows Vista Edition Home Premium > Windows 7 Home Premium or Ultimate
Windows Vista Business > Windows 7 Professional, enterprise or ultimate edition
Windows Vista Business > Windows 7 Enterprise
Windows Vista Ultimate > Windows 7 Ultimate.
Also run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor:
http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1b544e90-7659-4BD9-9e51-2497c146af15&displaylang=en
This will check your system for compatibility issues before making the upgrade so that you can resolve.
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Upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate
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For any question on Windows 7:
http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/category/Windows7
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during the upgradation he automatically took backup to an external flash drive, now every time I have to run has previously program I have to insert this flash drive.
also all the shortcuts on the desktop are not displayed, and can be created, or any folder cannot be created so that the flash disk is reinsertedHi subhshy001,
Welcome to the Microsoft Windows answers Forum community!
Try this if you do not have
Windows Explorer to create the folders and shortcuts in your document folder, drag and drop them on your desktop.
If you have completed the steps and was not even useful,
Follow these steps:
Try to create a shortcut and sending it on the desktop.
(1) open: Start Menu ,.
(2) right-click: Internet Explorer icon .
(3) select: send to > desktop (create shortcut).There should be a shortcut on the desktop .
Make sure that the "show desktop icon" has a check against it
OR
Just click on the empty part of the desktop, choose new > then select the folder to create. Right click on this folder , select Rename it.
If the steps above do not work then:
You can scan your computer for malware.
You can download, install and update anti-malware free of your favorite search engine and find malware.
Important note: this response contains a reference to third party World Wide Web site. Microsoft provides this information as a convenience to you. Microsoft does not control these sites and no has not tested any software or information found on these sites; Therefore, Microsoft cannot make any approach to quality, security or the ability of a software or information that are there. There are the dangers inherent in the use of any software found on the Internet, and Microsoft cautions you to make sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving any software from the Internet.If the scan comes back clean, so I recommend doing a System File Checker too l to analyze your OS system files.
To help resolve this problem, use the tool (SFC.exe) System File Checker to determine which file is causing the problem and then replace the file. To do this, follow these steps:
1. open an elevated command prompt . To do this, click Start , click principally made programs , Accessories , right-click guest , and then click run as administrator . If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or click allow .
2. type the following command and press ENTER: sfc/scannow (Yes there is a space after sfc) the sfc/scannow command analyzes all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with appropriate Microsoft versions. This analysis do take some time to complete.Hope this information helped!
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Although of course, the CD-ROM drive worked during the upgrade.
I noticed that when I turn firstly on the laptop, the last two lines of the front entry from Windows 7 are the following.
PXE - E6i:Media Test Failure, Check Cable
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Can someone help me please?
Best regards
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The message of PXE boot that you receive when you start your computer has nothing to do with your CD/DVD-Rom drive. Your computer uses a PXE boot method to attempt to load Windows from a location on your network. Since you do not have this configuration, it is safe to ignore it. If it slows down the startup time of your system, contact your manufacturer and ask them for instructions on how to "disable PXE Network Boot of the BIOS.
Hope this helps,
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I've upgraded from vista home premium to windows 7 Professional and had to do a custom installation
I've upgraded from vista home premium to windows 7 Professional and had to do an installation custom and lost all my Hp software, HP Advisior, PC doctor among others. Is there a way to get them without reinstalling everything again
Here are the specifications of your HP Pavilion Media Center m8120n desktop. According to specifications, your computer comes with the following software factory installed;
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Microsoft Works 8
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 trial edition
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If you don't create HP recovery discs for your m8120n, you can buy a set of ComputerSurgeons.com for $27. You will find the software included in the HP disc #1 folder.
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Can I upgrade Edition Vista Home premium to windows 7 using vista anytime upgrade for free?
anytime upgrade is included with the purchase of windows vista
can I upgrade Edition Vista Home premium to windows 7 using vista anytime upgrade for free?Lol you cannot use Anytime Upgrade upgrading Vista to Windows 7. The Vista program to THE was the upgrade of a Vista edition to a higher edition of Vista only. The Vista program to THE ended when Vista was removed from retail sales. It has never been free.
THE present program is to upgrade an edition of Windows 7 to a superior and is only available to current users of Windows 7.
If you want to upgrade Vista to Windows 7, you must purchase a standard upgrade of Windows 7 at retail price. Please see
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/list/parentCategoryID.44066700/CategoryID.50726100
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Not to say could not upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional
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I guess I have no choice now but to do a clean install of Windows 7 and then reinstall on my computer that will put me out of use for a long period of time? I backed up the entire hard drive before trying to install, but I doubt I can get by simply restoring this backup. Is this correct?
Hi pwcushman,
Thank you for visiting Microsoft Answers.
Windows Live OneCare Backup works in stages. You start by setting up how you want Backup to run and save the configuration. The backup will then run according to schedule and backup your files according to the saved configuration. You can make changes to this list or add other files and folders.
You can restore all files and folders, but you will have to reinstall all the programs.
Check this link for more information:
http://OneCare.live.com/standard/en-us/prodinfo/backuprestoredetails.htm
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The upgrade in Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate
Hello
I HAV downloaded the ISO file following from the MSDN (en_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x86_dvd_u_677460.iso) site for the upgrade from Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit for Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit.
How should I now improve my OS from Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit for Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit. Double-click the ISO file says that Windows cannot open the file. How can I open the file? Should it be converted into a .exe file. If so, how?
Thank you.
A .iso file is an image of a dvd. It is not a program or data file. You need to burn this image on a dvd with your burning program. Copy disc, burn to disc. We'll then work the disc in your optical drive.
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can I upgrade Edition Vista Home premium to windows 7 Professional. __
You can do a professional Windows7 upgrade if you have vista Home premium
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This is not an upgrade path.
http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/Windows-7/get/Upgrade-Advisor.aspx
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.
http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579 (WS.10) .aspx
Railways upgrade to Windows 7 at the link above.
http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/compatibility/Windows-7/en-us/default.aspx
Windows 7 Hardware/Software Compatibility Center.
For any question on Windows 7:
http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/category/Windows7
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You are in the Vista Forums.
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Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner
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I updated my Vista home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate but my Nvidia GeoForce 9600 m GT does not work
Hello
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I have HP HDX X 18 - 1180US laptop.
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2016-05-30 10:58:23, info [0x0a013d] UI accept Cancel. Leaving the Page's progress.
2016-05-30 10:58:23, current user interface pages and destination Info [0x0a013e] are the same. Judgment of navigation.
2016-05-30 10:59:51, CallBack_DiagnosticDataSend DIAG Info [0 x 070042]: called with the notification of error published by ErrorHandler
2016-05-30 10:59:51, info [0x0a0023] run UI ProgressInfo\SendDiagnostics task: StartProgress
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2016-05-30 10:59:51, info [0 x 070045] DIAG diagnosis treatment given to the 2016-05-30 10:59:51
2016-05-30 10:59:51, DiagnosticDataSendWorker DIAG Info [0 x 070046]: endSetupTimeInSecs = 0X30D5CAE27
2016-05-30 10:59:51, DIAG DiagnosticDataSendWorker info: setupInstallTime = 0X1C90
2016-05-30 10:59:51, DIAG DiagnosticDataSendWorker info: the user is NOT ACCREDITED-IN M² and Watson.
2016-05-30 10:59:51, info [0x0a0024] run UI ProgressInfo\SendDiagnostics task: EndProgress
2016-05-30 10:59:51, AsyncCallback_DiagnosticsSendStatus MIG of information: status: 0
2016-05-30 10:59:51, MIG AsyncCallback_DiagnosticsSendStatus info: no information available courses
2016-05-30 10:59:51, info [0 x 090095] PANTHR called WdsExitImmediate! The execution stops and the queue will not be saved.
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2016-05-30 10:59:51, info [0 x 090086] PANTHR pWorkerThreadFunc - stop
2016-05-30 10:59:51, PANTHR DeleteCriticalSection info to pExecQueue-> csLock;
2016-05-30 10:59:51, info [0x0500bd] of THE Module_Term_DU called
2016-05-30 10:59:51, info [0 x 050081] of THE WaitAndCleanUp of THE...
2016-05-30 10:59:51, info [0x0500a1] OF THE fact with THE... DUMgr cleaning
2016-05-30 10:59:51, info [0 x 050082] with WaitAndCleanUp BECAUSE of THE...
2016-05-30 10:59:51, info UI CallbackWin32UITerminate: removed WizardUI
2016-05-30 10:59:51, info [0x0605a6] IBS requested UI to hide pages selection of language and regional settings.
2016-05-30 10:59:51, Module_Term_Productkey IBS Info [0x06010d]: the valid product key in the table, see the property hide the value.
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2016-05-30 10:59:52, info [0x0601d7] IBS InstallWindows:Error Type = 3211266
2016-05-30 10:59:52, info [0 x 090009] PANTHR CBlackboard::Close: c:\windows\panther\setupinfo.I'm puzzled. I looked in the forum for this error and did not find the same upgrade scenario that I am experiencing. All advice is appreciated. Thank you.
Hi Tom,
Thanks for posting your query on the Microsoft Community.
According to the description, I understand that you can not upgrade to Windows 7.
I suggest you to refer to the suggestions by Andre Da Costa MVP responded on December 12, 2009 and check if that helps.
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Upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional and I have a few questions?
I'm about to upgrade to Windows Vista 32-bit to Windows 7 64 bit, but I'm very nervous (stupid - I know). Currently I have Vista on a SATA internal hard drive, but is planning to install Windows 7 on my much bigger and 2nd inside SATA hard drive, which currently has no importance to this subject?
- Is it possible to install Windows 7 on an internal hard drive with Vista on another? I have no intention to use Vista more so once Windows 7 installed will not need to keep if it is possible to do.
- Assuming that I can install Windows 7 on disk more while Vista is a smaller, I cause operational problems by removing Vista once Windows 7 has been wing not unhooked?
- Assuming the above is possible I will be able to "faithfully" copy/move/import (not sure of the method - help please) users existing file structure and data from the old files of user profiles of Vista on the smaller disk to the new files in user profiles Windows 7 on disk more nothing lose or create compatibility problems?
- If not, should I just stick with the installation of Windows 7 over Vista and use the larger 2nd disk to store users. I chose this option will data being stored on the disc more to maintain its security between users. That is, if Winodws 7 is intalled on the smaller C drive and I connect like me, can I keep my data of user on the 2nd drive internal more all ensuring that other users cannot access the data just by accessing the 2nd disc via "my computer"? I hope that makes sense!
- It is even possible to store data of the user safely on another drive to the operating system, but still maintain user security principals / separate secure?
- It is possible to install Windows 7 on the 2nd largest drive I can (before deleting Vista) user folders simply drag - move in new files of the user, I create in Windows 7 or is it more complicated than that. (I'll try to find the simplest method to keep user files structures and existing Vista and import/copy/move data in new user profiles in the new operating system).
Sorry for all the questions but the family counts on me to get it right.
Show stopper, is that you can do a upgrade in place of a 32 bit OS (Vista in your case) to a 64-bit (Windows 7 64 bit) OS, you must perform an installation "Custom"and clean. "
This means that you should backup your media files data external 9to) before starting and reinstall all of your applications after installing Windows 7 64 bit.
Question: Did you buy an "Upgrade" version or the "full version" of Windows 7?
Regarding the drive to use, either will work, but the procedure is different.
J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com
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Free upgrade in Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate
where is the link for the file of windows 7 installation, other than the DVD image file that does not work?
This is the free upgrade kit supplied with some Vista PCs before the release of Windows 7?
You still have the product key and is it readable?
If yes follow Clean reinstall Windows 7.
If she rejects the key during installation, leave the empty key, then after installing, do the workaround solution 3 Quick Option in Clean install with a Windows 7 Version upgrade.
Let us know how it goes.
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upgrade from vista home premium to windows 7 Professional
can I switch from wondows vista home premium windows vista profesional then upgrade to windows 7 Professional, and if so how much does it cost? College, I work for that sells US software at discounted price so I bought Windows 7, but it is the professional version instead of Home premium, that I should have bought.
Hello
Microsoft sells more Vista
and Vista Home Premiun to Vista Business (NOT Vista Business) has never been a way to upgrade
I'm sorry, but you bought the edition of Windows 7 hurt
see if the College will exchange it
Here are the supported Vista to Windows 7 upgrade paths
Windows Vista (SP1, SP2) Upgrading to Windows 7 Company
Professional, company, full
Enterprise
Enterprise
Home Basic
Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate
Home Premium
Home Premium, ultimate edition
Ultimate
Ultimate
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so eager to upgrade to Windows 7, it will depend on if the manufacturer of your computer/laptop has windows 7 drivers available for your computer/laptop as to whether Windows 7 will work properly on your machine
check with them
and read this
Windows 7 upgrade advisor
http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=1b544e90-7659-4BD9-9e51-2497c146af15
Windows 7 system requirements
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/products/system-requirements
Windows 7 upgrade paths
http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579 (WS.10) .aspx
Compare editions of Windows 7:
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/products/compare
Windows 7 Compatibility Center to check software and hardware compatibility:
http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/compatibility/Windows-7/en-us/default.aspx
Windows 7 price:
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/en_US/list/CategoryID.50726100
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and the link below is to an instance of installation of Windows 7 for any other questions about the installation of Windows 7
http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-windows_install?page=1&tab=all
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