Installing Windows 7

[lilleenga]

Hey
I'd like to upgrade my system, Vista Ultimate 64bit OS retail with Windows 7 ultimate 64bit OEM upgrade version that I recently bought. I've heard that I need a system installed to be able to use the upgrade, that's ok, but my question would be:
If I use the W7 OS on my old Vista, will I lose the license and rights to go back to Vista 32 or 64bit again?

Thx

 

[lilleenga]

Hey
I'd like to upgrade my system, Vista Ultimate 64bit OS retail with Windows 7 ultimate 64bit OEM upgrade version that I recently bought. I've heard that I need a system installed to be able to use the upgrade, that's ok, but my question would be:
If I use the W7 OS on my old Vista, will I lose the license and rights to go back to Vista 32 or 64bit again?

Thx

The update says: Pre-existing OS license required...

 

[lilleenga]

Never mind...

 

[windows7guy]

Hello lileenga,

FYI, when upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7 you must upgrade the version currently installed within Windows Vista to the corresponding version in Windows 7. I.E. Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Home Premium; Windows Vista Business to Windows 7 Professional; and Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate. You also cannot upgrade a 32-bit operating system to 64-bit -- to migrate from 32-bit to 64-bit will require a custom install.
Please check out the requirements here for Windows 7:
If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it requires:
•1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
•1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
•16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
•DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
You can find the official Microsoft Windows Upgrade Advisor here:
http://tinyurl.com/no4xb7

Before making any attempts at upgrading your Windows operating sytem; you should first backup all of your important data!
You can also go with the easy transfer, there is a very well planned out tutorial on the microsoft site:
http://tinyurl.com/yz2uogt

Also, please refer to Microsoft official site:
Windows 7 Compatibility: (There you will find out about hardware and software compatibilty.)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/en-us/default.aspx
There is a pulldown from which you can choose "hardware" and "software".

Finally, if you want to do some research; there are also some great articles, instructional videos and such to help with your Windows 7 migration and upgrade decisions located at our Springboard site:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/default.aspx

Thanks again and good luck!

John M.
Microsoft Windows Client Support

 

[lilleenga]

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