Comments on: Upgrading Windows XP to Windows 7? Wait a Bit…

By: Raju

Raju — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:32:27 +0000

@newbe5,
Mr. I-KNOW-ALL-newbe5, I appreciate your detailed reply but think again. You and me, being techies/geeks understand the technical feasibility behind upgrade, but for a layman, its plain cheating. My post is just an alert for those laymen to sit back, think and decide what to do next.

By: newbe5

newbe5 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:33:17 +0000

Get your facts straight before publishing a story.

The technology behind Microsofts new(er) distrobutions (Vista and Windows 7) uses a completely different PIE (Pre-Installation Environment) than that of XP, and since this environment is used to transfer all files and settings from an older OS (Vista) to the new one (Windows 7) it works providing the OS’s use the same environment. XP is 10 years old, and does not support this kind of upgrade from a technical standpoint.

This IS in fact an upgrade in licensing terms as you WILL have to type in your XP licence code when installing the Win7 Upgrade package, to prove that you are, in fact, upgrading. Just because it has the word “Upgrade” on the box, doesnt mean that you have to have the older system installed first, nor is this a practice that is confined to Microsofts marketing team. See any Autodesk upgrade as anotehr example.

Get your facts right before hatemongering.

newbe5

By: krishnamurthy padmanaban

krishnamurthy padmanaban — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:11:56 +0000

please upgrade my windows to windows 7

By: Iszuule

Iszuule — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:15:03 +0000

Personally, i plan on completing my migration to linux soon. I don’t care for the fact that microsoft is declairing EOL for XP, and basicly forcing users to upgrade to either vista / windows 7. After the fiasco of vista, i feel MS should allows users of vista to upgrade to windows 7 for free (as a service pack) and continue to support XP for those user’s still not willing to chance it on the new OS.

As well, i feel it’s a total waste to tell XP users if they buy the additional software, they will be able to ” upgrade ” to windows , when in fact, you are just buying the software, and being told you will need to back up your data, install W7, then reinstall your applications. This to me sounds like a clean install, not an upgrade.

Granted, linux isn’t for all people, but those of us who know, understand, and those of us who don’t, use winblows

By: abhishek

abhishek — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:33:28 +0000

i like windows beta