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[BigTy]

Have at it guys and gals simple question.

[Shikyo]

I've been using Windows 7 RC for a while already and I don't really want to go back so when the time's up for this one I will be "upgrading" over to Home Premium. I don't see a reason to pay more for any other version as they don't really give anything special to me to make it worth the extra price.

[Moonie]

i have upgrade the vista crap to Win7 and i will never go back ^^

[Charalambos]

I'll stick to my Windows XP for now, untill I buy a new computer with Windows 7 or perhaps Windows 8.

[Moonie]

I'll stick to my Windows XP for now, untill I buy a new computer with Windows 7 or perhaps Windows 8.

my favorit is XP too but i cant install on my laptop.
there a no x64 driver for that so i can use with xp only 3gb ram (4g installalled)

on my "Monstermachine" ^^ runnig still XP and this will never upgrade to Win XXXX ^^

[alexzamp]

Upgraded few days ago to Win7 Ultimate and I'm very happy with it. I don't even think to go back.

[MaLing]

I always have an idea that the very first version of each Windows is not consistent with subsequent editions, eg the very first Windows XP (without SP) ceased supporting after the SP1 had released and also some new parts do not match with that Windows by design, so I shall wait and see the results of Windows 7 first.

Well, just discovered that Windows 7 is actually not Windows 7.0 but 6.1.

[Charalambos]

Windows XP (without SP) ceased supporting after the SP1

No, Microsoft supports its products for 5 years, that's probably why the SP3 for Windows requires SP1 or SP2 to be installed since SP3 was released more than 5 years after the original Windows XP.

Well, just discovered that Windows 7 is actually not Windows 7.0 but 6.1.

That's right, they probably named them Windows 7 in order to distinct them from Windows 6- which of course is the not so successfull Windows Vista.

[MaLing]

Microsoft supports its products for 5 years, that's probably why the SP3 for Windows requires SP1 or SP2 to be installed since SP3 was released more than 5 years after the original Windows XP.

Oh! I see! Right, this is very probably the reason why SP1 or SP2 must have been installed before SP3. You have enlightened me! Thanks!

[Charalambos]

You are always welcome.

[Smabbage]

Just upgraded to Home Premium. 3 hour process but went off without a hitch. The upgrade broke Alcohol (Fixed with a reinstall) and HP's Quickplay Media player (Fixed with compatibility mode tweaks). All in all though, it was relatively painless.

[Moonie]

first for all before you upgrade you should uninstall virtual drives, STPD and burning software

you can download a retail Win7 wihtout HP brand and install with your serial!

[Moonie]

Just upgraded to Home Premium. 3 hour process but went off without a hitch. The upgrade broke Alcohol (Fixed with a reinstall) and HP's Quickplay Media player (Fixed with compatibility mode tweaks). All in all though, it was relatively painless.

i see you have an HP Laptop. Which Model you have and you same problems like me when you try to play from a full image a SECUROM protected game?

[Smabbage]

I'm running a dv7-1183cl laptop. 2.0 Ghz dual core, 4 Gigs of RAM, and two 250 Gig Hard Drives. Nice enough system I guess. Haven't played any games protected by Securom in a long time. Most of the games I play are older Safedisc protected titles. Go figure.

[shawn_nee]

I purchased the home premium family pack. I have upgraged my main XP home, the only hitch I found was getting my Audigy 2 ZS Platinum installed with the correct drivers. I cannot get the same functions like before and that irks me just a bit. Other than that the wife's computer is scheduled next, just getting all the documents off of it to be saved.

[Smabbage]

Aw heck, do like I did. Cast restraint to the wind and throw the install disc in. Don't back up jack and hope all goes well. Worked a treat for me. Probably should have uninstalled Alcohol and deauthorized iTunes before I began but NO! Where's the fun in that?! Just gave me something to do for an hour after the three hour upgrade.

[BigTy]

I went the technet route myself , all desktops and laptops are now on W7 Ultimate the noly issue I did have with fresh install of upgrade was with Alc. But over very smooth transition.

[Robbo]

Fresh install of Ultimate 64bit till now no real problems at all.

[Smabbage]

Since upgrading to Windows 7 Home Premium 64 from Vista 64 the only thing I've had to do so far was delete and rebuild my Gadget's settings .ini file. Not to shabby.

[ptolomeus3]

Installed Ultimate