Upgrade Vista to Windows 7

Windows ME is the greatest operating system of all time!!!! Windows millennium edition 4 ever YEAH!!!! Window 7 just isn't in the same league as "Windows ME"

EDITOR'S NOTE: Jack, quit your day job NOW... you have a great career as a comedian in your future. :-)

hey bob; i was thinking of buying windows 7 early at a reduced price but for some reason kept putting it off.after reading your article on it, i decided to do it. somehow when i was going to the windows 7 site, i dicovered that DELL was offering it almost free to those who recently purchased one of their qualifying computers. YEA!! mine qualified, so i signed up and when they become available later on,they will notify me to contact them and so i can get my windows 7. because of that, i am going to buy you a tennis lesson. you see,if you were a just a little more on the ball, you would have mentioned that in your article and i would not have come close to missing it. thanks....ta-ta....leon

Anything is an improvement over Vista ;D I have XP but heard it was just a jazzed up version of 2000/me or both???

EDITOR'S NOTE: With apologies to Bill Clinton, that depends on what was meant by "just" and "jazzed". Both XP and Win7 are huge leaps UP from Windows ME.

For me the big question is whether I'll need to repurchase programs like Microsoft Office or Paint Shop Pro.

We just purchased a new laptop; are we still able to get 7 free do you suppose? I'm a big Windows fan. Thank you for any advice, or suggestions.
Your fan,Erica

I went from XP 32 bit to XP 64 bit when I got a motherboard with a dual core processor. I had to leave behind a certain amount of hardware, and some programs still on my hard disk would run, but can't be reinstalled.
When I wanted to upgrade to Vista, it turned out I couldn't "upgrade" because there was no "path" for a 64 bit to 64 bit upgrade. Right now I'm running both Vista 64 and Win 7 RC 64. Win 7 is smoother, but Office 2007 applications keep crashing. Apparently, Win 7 doesn't like some of my Outlook add-ins.
I also had a problem upgrading to Win 7 in that it didn't have a driver for my SIIG sound card. I reinstalled the Vista driver, and that worked.
I don't have a problem with UAC under Vista because I run it as an administrator. I know, that's a no-no. But I think it beats turning UAC off entirely.
I think people are going to be very surprised if they want to upgrade to a 64 bit version of Win 7, since a lot of hardware won't work, but if they stick with the 32 bit version, the process should be easier.

I just bought a new Dell laptop with 64 bit Vista Home Premium. Will I have a problem converting to Windows 7?

OOOhhhh get a Mac. I switched a year ago, can't believe how much easier computer life is now compared to Windows. I knew most of the work arounds with windows xp, but I don't need any now, just figuring out which features I want to use. Nothing like having quality around. And no more fear of upgrades, no more "lets wait till next year so they can get their act together".

If you have an older HP PC running Vista you can pre-order an upgrade to Windows 7 fro $50.00 from Amazon, Newegg, HP and a few others. I pre-ordered from Amazon and 7 will ship a few days after it is released. I opted for free shipping to keep the cost at $50.

I've had it with Windows. Buy buy buy buy buy and make MS even richer, but still don't get any problems resolved.
Windows 95 SE was cracking, stable, fast reliable, then thy changed it to the crud that was 97. Then Windows 2000 built on the NT core was even faster and more reliable yet with more features, but they forced the crud that was ME on people. Then eventually XP gets to SP 3 and is fast, reliable as you could wish for and has all the features you could want. Then they change it again to the crud that is Vista.
It's a money making cycle and I for one have been looking at iMac's and Linux compatible machines. Really guys, Windows has had it's day and has only a short life left in it. Spend your money wisely on Linux or Mac.
Bob you've a decent mag, think of getting out of Windows while you can.

And what happens if after the "upgrade" from vista to 7 the OS goes bad (as is to be expected)? Does one then first do a fresh install of vista and then a "upgrade" since there is no way to do a fresh install of 7 with an upgrade license? I guess someone somewhere gets paid huge amounts to make life miserable for end consumers, i.e., lesser beings, like us?

Where can we find the option to order Windows 7 Family Pack for $149 from Microsoft?

Um, Gary, there wasn't either Windows 95 SE or Windows 97. There *was* a Windows 95 and Windows 98 SE. But Windows 98 SE was a ton better than Windows 95, a lot more stable and handled hardware a lot better. Windows Vista came out *before* Windows XP SP3. In fact, even Vista SP1 came out before that. So I'm not sure you know what you're talking about.

I got an early release version of 7 from Microsoft. I think it smokes Vista completely. Its faster and much easier to use. When I upgraded from Vista, I started on a super-clean computer, and removed anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, and removed all but the last restore point. It took only 1 1/2 hours to upgrade. I then reinstalled the AV, etc. My games and printer that I had problems running with Vista work great now. So I think it's worth it.
Thanks for a great newsletter, Bob!

After using Microsoft DOS and Windows for more that twenty years, I got a MacBook in November 2007. The first six months of 2008 were hell and I bitterly regretted it, saying, 'The best thing about Apple is that the dual-core Macs can run Windows.' the Vista Business edition of which, in reaction to the culture shock of trying to migrate, I installed and used almost exclusively for several months.

I spent the summer doing some Apple One-to-One session, which didn't really seem particularly useful at the time. I struggled away to adapt to Vista, having used XP until January 2008, and more or less did. Then the damn thing went wrong and got all screwed up, so I thought I'd reinstall it to fix it. Big mistake which turned out to be a godsend.

Vista didn't reinstall properly (Surprise, surprise, surprise!) and it started to be more hassle to get it to work than it was to use OSX. Then a lot of the One-to-One sessions started to gel together and pay off. Eventually, about a year after trying to make the change, it suddenly became easier and felt more natural to work on a Mac. Now, when I use a Windows machine I'm amazed how I tortured myself with them for so long. They seem so primitive now. I haven't gone retro and fired up Vista on my MacBook for months now. The last several time I did, something always went wrong and I always ended up saying to and asking myself, 'Jeeez, they were always doing things like this. How the hell did I put up with it?!' This new Windows may look, and even be, more like OSX, but there's no way I'd go back to it.

Do yourself a favour, however difficult it may seem for ever such a long time, get a Mac and stick with it. If you manage to master it, you'll never be able to entertain the thought of going back again Windows. Really!

I searched the MS Win 7 pages, but could not locate mention of the "free" Vista upgrade to 7 for those who have just recently bought vista laptop. Any pointers?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Here's the info: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/upgrade-option.aspx

I upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 and cannot find my old emails. I am aware that I have to install a mail program, however I do not know in which folder to look for those old emails. Please help.

I want to purchase Vista Home Starter to 7 Home Premium. Where should I purchase it?

i have build in vista can i upgrade online from vista to windows7