Roheart Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Hi there.I am thinking of upgrading my current windows vista ultimate to windows 7. I was wondering - if I use the upgrade function during install, will this allow me to keep using my currently installed programs and games, or will I need to reinstall all of them?Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Remember that Windows 7 is not yet available in its final version so it would be best to wait until October 22 and buy a full copy.Having said that, my granddaughter has been looking at the RC version of W7 and has upgraded XP to the later version with a few programs not successfully transferring - but the install does tell you that. Vista may be more compatible.Whatever you do, though, make sure you have a full backup or clone of your current setup before doing anything irreversible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roheart Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Thanks for your response. I am fully aware of the current conditions regarding windows 7, and the potential risks regarding an upgrade. Your reply made me wonder, however, do you have an approximation of how many of your granddaughter's programs that transferred properly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 The things that didn't transfer were drivers for an auxiliary IDE/PCI card (bit of an unusual one in any case) and two printers but fortunately, W7 had its own drivers so that all that was lost were some of the printing addons.It was the same with XP to Vista upgrade and I expect better compatibility XP to W7.There is an upgrade advisor which will help on this:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roheart Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Oh, okay. I'll look into that. Thanks for your support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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