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Microsoft Fix-It For Vista 62% Upgrade Error
Nov 5th
Problem reports where making the rounds shortly after the final release of the Windows 7 operating system. It is not unusual that some users report problems when installing a new operating system or upgrading their old OS to a new one. Windows 7 in this regard did not get a lot of bad press except for a problem that got reported quite Read more ...
Upgrade or Full Version? Clean Install?
Nov 1st
There are many issues concerning the purchase and installation of Windows 7. The first question that requires an answer is : “Do I purchase an upgrade or a full version of Windows 7?”
Potential buyers need to consider the price factor. The upgrade is the cheaper option which brings me Read more ...
My Personal Windows 7 Upgrade Experience
Oct 28th
Ever since I began playing around with the first beta releases of Windows 7 I was confident that Windows 7 would be the next operating system for my computers. I had been running Windows XP since it came out many years ago and while it was still a great operating system it missed several of the important updates that Windows Vista and now Read more ...
How to clean install from Windows 7 Upgrade media
Oct 22nd
One of the biggest unanswered questions about Windows 7 is whether you can perform a clean install using the upgrade edition of the operating system.
With legacy versions of Windows you needed to ‘show’ it an install CD from your older version of Windows. The problem here is that Microsoft allowed OEM PC makers to customise these discs, sometimes to the point where they were not recognisable as upgrade media by the installer, even though you had a legitimate copy.
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