Migrating to Windows 7

P

P. Jayant

Is it feasible to migrate to Windows 7 directly from Windows XP ?

OR

Is the intermediate migration to Vista essential because the upgrade option
to Windows 7 is available only from Vista and NOT from XP?

P. Jayant
 
B

Bob Knowlden

If you require an upgrade-in-place, which preserves installed applications
and settings, you can't do that with an upgrade from XP to Win7.

However, XP qualifies for the use of a Win7 upgrade *license*, but you must
do a "custom" (basically a clean) install.

I wouldn't care to upgrade XP to Vista, and then Vista to Win7, but it's
possible.
 
W

Wad Medani

If you require an upgrade-in-place, which preserves installed applications
and settings, you can't do that with an upgrade from XP to Win7.
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Yes, that's what I thought to but a friend of mine said a few days
back that only Vista qualifies for upgrade install. I think that is
worng and one can upgrade from Win2K even. Of course a clean install
is required because Win2K and XP are not based on the server OS that
Vista and Win7 are.

*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
"A good neighbor is one who stays on their side of the ****ING fence."
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
 
S

Saga

"I wouldn't care to upgrade XP to Vista, and then Vista to Win7, but it's
possible"

I agree with Bob. I would rather do a clean install than jump from XP
to Vista to Win 7.

Leroy, is that group accessible from a newsgroup reader?

eg
news://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

Thanks, Saga
 
K

KristleBawl

Bob said:
Nope. It's a Web forum.

(snip)>
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Actually, that's supposed to be:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

....and, yes, your web forum sends your messages to the *real* newsgroup,
where I'm replying.

Try it in a *real* newsreader, for free, without registering.
 
A

Al

All file, documents and user profiles, except applications, can be migrated
from XP to Win 7 via the User State Migration Tool. Documentation and
tutorials are available at the Tech Net center and Microsoft Spring Board
sites.
 
G

Gordon

Al said:
All file, documents and user profiles, except applications, can be
migrated from XP to Win 7 via the User State Migration Tool.
Documentation and tutorials are available at the Tech Net center and
Microsoft Spring Board sites.
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But do NOT use any sort of migration utility to migrate Outlook data.
 
G

Gordon's Psychotherapist

Gordon said:
But do NOT use any sort of migration utility to migrate Outlook data.
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Err, they want to export outlook data, Err, then import back to the new
system. Err.
 
A

Alias

Gordon's Psychotherapist said:
Err, they want to export outlook data, Err, then import back to the new
system. Err.
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And using the User State Migration is NOT the way to do it. With
Outlook, one should not import the data. Of course, you barely know how
to use Outlook Express, much less Outlook so, once again, a very
unhelpful post from you, a troll. In fact, it's a dangerous post from
you because if someone followed your "advice", they would **** up Outlook.

Alias
 
G

Gordon's Psychotherapist

Alias said:
And using the User State Migration is NOT the way to do it. With Outlook,
one should not import the data. Of course, you barely know how to use
Outlook Express, much less Outlook so, once again, a very unhelpful post
from you, a troll. In fact, it's a dangerous post from you because if
someone followed your "advice", they would **** up Outlook.

Alias
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Damn, you are stupid. I never said to use User State Migration. I said ti
Export, then Import with the new Outlook. You have no clue what you are
doing.
 
A

Alias

Gordon's Psychotherapist said:
Damn, you are stupid. I never said to use User State Migration. I said ti
Export, then Import with the new Outlook. You have no clue what you are
doing.
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One should never, ever import a .pst file. Outlook 101. You're a
computer N00b. Do you even have a clue as to *why* one should not import
a .pst file? Do you even know what a .pst file is?

Alias
 
G

Gordon's Psychotherapist

Alias said:
One should never, ever import a .pst file. Outlook 101. You're a computer
N00b. Do you even have a clue as to *why* one should not import a .pst
file? Do you even know what a .pst file is?

Alias
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Any why should you never import a pst file?
 
A

Alias

Gordon's Psychotherapist said:
see you have no reason. You are just a dumb ****. Come on tell me why you
should never import a .pst file?
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Why don't you try it and see what happens? You can't afford Outlook or what?

Alias
 
G

Gordon's Psychotherapist

Alias said:
Why don't you try it and see what happens? You can't afford Outlook or
what?

Alias
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I have been using export and import for years. Never had a problem with it.
You are just full of shit.
 

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