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Question: I would like to upgrade to this version of Windows, I'm currently using Vista. How can I retain my MS Office and other installed program in my laptop?
Document: I ran the "Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor" to be sure my computer would support Windows 7. Because the "clean start" required when loading Win 7 leaves nothing on your hard drive, I ran the "Windows Easy Transfer" to save folders and files to an external disk drive. Programs (like MS Office, Kaspersky Internet Security) are not saved when Win 7 loads and have to be reloaded after Win 7 is installed.
I'm quite happy with Win 7. It was a little trouble installing, just a little, possibly because I installed Thunderbird and Firefox  immediately after I installed Win 7  before MS had a chance to update Win 7 on my PC. So then I reinstalled Win 7 and all has been just fine. I reloaded MS Office and some other software including Kicad, MS Visual Studio and Octave 3.6.4 and all have worked just fine.
a good program , alot on this version I don't understand how it works, and alot of added stuff to this verson is a waste of hard drive space , but thats ok , I'm not worried about that too much , I like the fact there isn't no requirement to install any antivirus program like the previous versons, it comes with its own antivirus . something that nickeled and dimed the hell out of a person yearly.
I started using Windows 7 since 2010 after I got the upgrade disc for Windows 7 for Christmas. I upgraded from Windows Vista to this OS back in 2010 and I say 7 is much better than Vista. Vista is the worst OS due to issues like BSOD at startup, viruses, and lag. After my old eMachines T3646 got fried, I used my aunt's old Gateway Essential 400c that she gave me running Windows 2000 for few days.
Oh my gosh! I absolutely love Windows 7. I had been using Windows XP for such a long time, I didn't know what I was missing. Before upgrading OS, my computer would freeze up constantly or wouldn't open the page when I did a search. I always thought it was due to having an older version of Internet Explorer but once I made the upgrade, I don't have any more problems with my computer freezing up. I received the product within the time frame expected and it was in excellent condition.
I found it easy to install and upgrade from Vista Home Premium.Certainly recommend it to others. Like the program.
I'm still learning about his, had Vista before. Found I got a corrupted MS Word 2013 which failed on me 2 times and cost me a lot of money and much time talking to foreign speaking techies. Was there some kind of connection with Windows 7?
My 2006 Dell desktop that came with Windows XP is now working well on Windows 7 by using the Windows & Home Premium OEM disc from Amazon. I'm no computer geek, but I did not run into significant problems. Even though this OEM disc does not come with Microsoft support, I found all help eventually needed on the Microsoft website prior to ordering the disc from Amazon, including that Amazon is an authorized reseller of MS products.
I needed to use a really old version of Lotus Notes so I purchased the 32 bit version of Windows 7. It worked like a charm. Another installation in the office is 64 bit and I was not able to install Lotus on that machine.Backward compatibility is a wonderful thing!
Ordered 32 bit to upgrade from XP. My old laptop only has 2gbs. memory. So 32 bit is fine. I did not notice any change in speed or obvious problems. Just a few driver upgrades for compatibility, thats it!. The old Dell Inspiron 9300 lives on. IF I did'nt like pc's so much I would have either thrown it out or given it away.
Answer: From Vista (32 bit) you should be able to upgrade and everything will transfer over. Your system should meet all the minimum requirements for Win 7 if it was running Vista, check this page http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/system-requirements to make sure. If you buy this and find it won't upgrade, you won't totally lose the value of buying Windows 7 as you can also do a 'clean' install that would require you to reinstall Office and others.However, you should backup your important files before you upgrade, just to be safe.