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  I want to update Windows Movie Maker 6.0, where can I get it or how to find it?

  Hi MichaelFishback,

  As you use Windows Vista, movie maker 6.0 is already on your system.

  To access it type moviemk.exe on the search box of start and check.

  For reference: getting started with Windows Movie Maker

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/getting-started-with-Windows-Movie-Maker#section_2

• I just bought Windows 7 upgrade Windows Vista. I get the error message: operation is not supported on this platform. What should I do to get this latest version in my computer?

  The upgrade from Vista to Windows 7

  I just bought Windows 7 upgrade Windows Vista. I get the error message: operation is not supported on this platform. What should I do to get this latest version in my computer?

  Have you tried to do an upgrade installation or a custom installation?  A custom installation requires you to back up your files and settings with Windows Easy Transfer and then reinstall everything after installing the new.  If an update install does not install work, you need to do a custom.

  In addition, a Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade will not work and you get a message from a platform if you have bought a UA and tried to use it with Vista.  Vista upgrade requires a detail, a copy in the Windows 7 box.

• What is the best way to upgrade Windows 7 Professional to Windows 7 Ultimate

  What is the best way to upgrade Windows 7 Professional to Windows 7 Ultimate to load the language packs?

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  Welcome to the Microsoft community. Sorry for the delay in responding.

  Please take a look at this article for more information on the upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate.
  Upgrade to another edition of Windows 7 by using Windows Anytime Upgrade but now it would be better if you upgrade to Windows 10 directly. If you have Windows 7 Professional, you qualify for a free update to Windows Professional 10.

  Upgrade to Windows 10

  Which edition of Windows I get as part of the free update?

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  Hope that the information provided has been helpful and let us know if you need more help. We will be happy to help you.

• I was offered an upgrade of windows 10 on my laptop that is running windows 7, but my wifi button was not working when I installed 10 windows so I started 7 what can I do?

  Hello

  I was offered an upgrade of windows 10 on my laptop that is running windows 7, but my wifi button was not working when I installed 10 windows so I started 7 what can I do? It is an Acer Aspire 5920 G (old enough)

  Thank you.

  There could be a problem with the wifi driver that comes with Windows 10. I think that you first need to find the right driver for Windows 10 on the Acer site. Otherwise, you may need to install a usb wireless card.

  Thanks for reading.

• What is price upgrade windows vista home premium to windows 7 Edition home premium?

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  Hello Mahmoud Farahat,

  Thank you for visiting the Microsoft answers community.

  You can visit the store of Microsoft, or any other store for the pricing of Windows 7. Microsoft store can be found here: http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Windows-Windows-7/category/102

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• Pavilion 6650z: upgrade Windows 10

  I was wondering if an upgrade to Windows 7 SP 1 Windows 10 could prove useful. My desktop computer Pavilion meets all the hardware requirements to run Win 10. It's a CTO in January 2011.

  I've already tried an update to Win 10 on-site the weekend of the new year, earlier this year. While the update process, the indexing for my Corel Photo Paint Shop Pro X 3 process lasted several hours with no end in sight. It is at this time that I decided to go back to Windows 7. Could not find the link "back to the previous Windows" in the Windows 10 settings, I used my system recovery disks to reinstall factory on my Pavilion.

  Before considering a new attempt to upgrade Windows 10, I would like to know if it's worth my time and effort to install Win 10. Also, I would like to know which is better: an upgrade in place against the clean install.

  I read Windows 7 machines that met in the hardware configuration required to win 10 has failed as well in the upgrade process, that the results are mixed at best.

  Thanks for your help.

  Westin doc

  Doc-Westin

  You are right to be cautious about making the upgrade of Win10 on a Win7 PC.

  I did it on several\ PC Win7 and it completely trashed both of them - where they were to be restored to factory settings to restore operation.

  I wrote the following to inform people about the measures to be taken during the upgrade PC Win7 to Win10...

  Desktop computers older Win7 tend to fare badly when upgraded to Win10 - mainly due to lack of HP Win10 drivers for older hardware.
  
  If you are determined to upgrade to Win10, you must be willing to do four things:
  (1) do a full image backup of disk external drive or USB stick, capacity
  (2) changes to the reserved system partitioning hard disk recommandΘes mΘthodes,
  (3) use a different approach and maybe more than one, as Windows Update to do the upgrade,
  (4) prepare for a clean install.
  
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  1: backup of images:
  This is VITAL, because the machine is doomed to failure of the upgrade, and when that happens, you will learn that GoBack to Win10 function is NOT reliable, and that can leave you with a corrupt machine that will require the factory reset and lose all that on it, to get it working again.
  
  You can avoid this by making an image backup to an external hard drive or a USB drive using Macrium reflect (MR), which provides a FREE version that can be used to image and restore partitions or drives together.
  
  What I recommend is the following:
  (1) download and install Macrium reflect (MR)
  (2) run M. and choose the option: "Create an image of the partition (s) required to backup and restore Windows" to write a full backup to an external drive or USB key
  (3) use the option to create a CD or a USB startup key
  
  NOW, you have the means to restore a full system that works for the external hard drive or USB key in a few minutes.
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  2: System reserved for resizing:
  There is a small partition on the HDD with Win7 preinstalled machines known as system reserved.  It is something known as the boot loader code.  There is 100 MB format: all that is necessary for Win7.  But Win10 needs 350 MB and, in some cases, is NOT able to resize it on its own.  IF this happens, you must manually use a partitioning tool to resize it yourself.
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  3: use a different approach to upgrade:
  Windows Update is the simpler, but less reliable, way to do the upgrade from Win10.  A much better and more reliable way is to use Microsoft Media creation tool: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/media-creation-tool-install?ocid=ms_wol_win10 choose the upgrade this option now PC.
  
  After all this, you know that MS install drivers with only the most basic features.  Given that HP does not have drivers for your PC Win10, this limited functionality is the best you're going to get.  HP does not actively write new drivers from Win10 for the old PC Win7.  To keep all the features of your PC, your best shot is NOT to upgrade to Win10.
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  4: be prepared to clean-install:
  If you do all this, and after the upgrade, your PC works partially, this means that the upgrade is not well and stuff is still there the previous OS corrupt the functionality of Win10.
  
  You MIGHT be able to solve the problem in fact a clean install of Win10. Problem is that, often, a clean-install does not recognize prior activation, even if it should. So, before doing the upgrade, follow these instructions on the community forums Win10 on creating a genuineticket.xml file: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/23354-clean-install-windows-10-directly-without-having-upgrade-first.html
  
  You need more later to activate your pc Win10 after the installation of clean.
  
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• Pavilion d61 40f PC: upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 7 (64-bit)

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• Satellite P300 - upgrade Windows 7 could not be done.

  Hello

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  Now, I have installed Windows 7 with 32-bit on my E: partition. But this isn't what I want and what it should be. I want to update my Windows Vista 64-bit Edition of Windows 7 Home edition 64-bit, and then I want to buy an upgrade to Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.

  My laptop model must have a BIOS update?
  Laptop: Toshiba Satellite P300-23F PSPCCE-06T03HGR model number

  Please help me in this case.

  Hello

  Do you find more infoarmations why the upgrade couldn't t do?

  On the Toshiba site I found a upgrade step-by-step instruction that might be useful:
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB9902P60000R02.htm

  As you can read that some programs must be removed before the upgrade. Did you do that?

• Pavilion all-in-one 23 q011a: no sound after upgrade windows 10

  Operating system is window 10, do not know what bit. Sound works well on windows 8 that came with the computer after the upgrade to not win 10 no sound. Reflected on the line and tried to change the bitrate and the speaker on the range. Have reset the computer - still no sound. Thank you

  Have you installed the audio driver Windows 10?

  http://ftp.HP.com/pub/SoftPaq/sp71501-72000/sp71569.exe

  You can find all other 10 Windows drivers available for ytour all-in-One PC at the following ADDRESS.

  http://support.HP.com/au-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-Pavilion-23-all-in-one-desktop-PC-series/7902091/model/7842738#Z7_3054ICK0KGTE30AQO5O3KA30R1

• HP Pavilion x 2 10-n011nl (Suns: laptop locked after upgrade windows 10)

  Two days ago, I bought a HP Pavilion x 2 (red sunset) 10-n011nl and immediately I started upgrading Windows 10. This medication is ok (no error message), but the first new starting system, the machine is in a loop! Only a black screen with white logo of HP and animation circular points. It is impossible to stop this, none CTRL-ALT-DEL or other. I have to wait for low battery condition (more then 6 hours!).

  And even once, he repeats the loop.

  What can I do?

  Thanks in advance

  Because it is new, maybe start to type Esc as soon as you press the button start.  That should bring up a menu before starts the boot process.  In this menu, click F11 to run the recovery.  Who will restore the PC to 'new factory' and retry the upgrade of Windows 10.  You might want to try the media creation tool page, if it fails again.

• Laptop HP Pavilion G6: after upgrade windows 10 - cannot detect wireless network

  Hello

  I upgraded my computer windows 10 laptop and it cannot detect a network.   The network adapters that appear in the Device Manager - controller Realtek PCI FE and Qualcomm-Atheros 802.11 AR9485 wifi adapter but I can't see any network.   I tried to install several drivers for Atheros without success.   I went back to windows 8.1 and network drivers works, I have upgraded to windows 10 back and I can't connect to wireless networks. I tried to update the drivers without success, uninstall and reinstall without success, I have alos tried the solution published on the microsoft unsuccessfully Web site: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3084164

  I get an error message saying "the system was unable to find the key to register specified or the value '. '" I didn't install any software VPN or another, is there a solution to my problem?

  Hi there @tikaro23,

  Thank you for visiting the Forums HP's Support and welcome! It is an excellent site to find answers and ask questions. I understand that you have a problem with your Wi - Fi on the laptop HP Pavilion G6. You mentioned that you can't detect a wireless network.

  I did some research and found a great document for you called HP PC - troubleshooting wireless network and Internet.

  What happened with you have attempted to use the resolution of the problems mentioned in the link you so much?

  Have you tried to restore the BIOS?

  Have you tried to connect directly to the Modem/Router?

  Have you tried to boot mode safe?

  You can maneuver in Mode safe without problem?

  In my research, I also found a Support Forum on the page called Microsoft Community after upgrading Windows 8.1 for Windows 10, no wireless networks are available.

  There is a post of RajithR. Read his message in its entirety. (I also provided it below.)

  

  You said you tried to uninstall the driver. Are - what you got to do it in the order shown below?

  • Uninstall the driver of network card in Device Manager,
  • Reboot the laptop twice,
  • Reinstall the driver.

  Please use the HP Support Assistant, it will help with the software and drivers on your system at the time of purchase or this update of need.

  I know you said you tried to update the driver also. Have you tried to do it in the Device Manager in the order given below?

  • In the Device Manager
  • Click the network adapters to expand
  • Right-click on the network adapter family
  • Select software update of the driver
  • Choose search for automatically updating driver software.
  • Once the installation is complete, restart your laptop.

  Please follow the troubleshooting steps above and the re-post with the results, information from the above questions and HP Pavilion G6 Notebook PC model number.

  Thank you!

• upgrade Windows 8.1 of Windows 8 Pro (OEM_DM)

  Hello

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  However, I am not able to see the Windows 8.1 upgrade tile in the Windows store.

  I checked that there is no pending updates and Windows 8 is freshly installed (formatted the HARD drive and installed using the Windows 8 Pro DVD came with the computer).

  What is going on? I don't see the tile upgrade Windows 8.1 in Windows store?

  Thank you!

  Hello:

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• Desktop all-in-one HP 19-2113w: desktop PC HP all-in-one 19-2113w: upgrade Windows 8.1 for Windows 10...

  Greetings.

  I am considering upgrading my HP 19-2113w all-in-one desktop for Windows 8.1 for Windows 10 PC.

  What is the best way to do it?

  Thank you

  R. cline

  I like to use this tool.

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