update

[Guest]

If I update from windows xp to windows vista will I loose my programs ?
(illustrator, photoshop, office 2003, ect... )

 

[Conor]

If I update from windows xp to windows vista will I loose my programs ?
(illustrator, photoshop, office 2003, ect... )

No.

 

[Beck]

If I update from windows xp to windows vista will I loose my programs ?
(illustrator, photoshop, office 2003, ect... )

You will not lose them, but you may find that some programs do not work.
Run the Vista Upgrade Advisor on XP first and see if there are potential
problems.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx

 

[Dustin Harper]

No, you will not lose them. But you might check to see if they are
compatible using the Update Advisor.

Dustin Harper
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.vistarip.com

 

[emanon]

If I update from windows xp to windows vista will I loose my programs ?
(illustrator, photoshop, office 2003, ect... )

Check the Adobe User Forums for details on your Adobe products. While some
people are saying everything still works, Adobe's official party line is to
transfer activation of your Adobe programs, uninstall, do the OS Upgrade,
the reinstall and reactivate your Adobe apps. From there, some problems are
version specific, so I STRONGLY suggest you look on the Adobe User to User
forms as previously suggested.

I was just at the New Day launch event in my city. I was mildly surprised
that one of the biggest WOW factors people were Ohhing and Ahhing over was
so similar to Adobe Bridge, I was wondering if that's what they were
running.

For reasons other than Adobe compatibility, I'm wondering if I will upgrade
to Vista or not. I am looking for something that XP presently does not do
that I wish it did. So far, I can't think of anything.

 

[Rock]

If I update from windows xp to windows vista will I loose my programs ?
(illustrator, photoshop, office 2003, ect... )

First make sure that the version of Vista you want to upgrade to, can do an
upgrade of the for the XP OS you have. There is a difference between the
ability to use an upgrade version of Vista and the ability to do an in place
upgrade (which retains installed apps and data) which is what you want. See
this link for upgrade paths. The green dots mean you can do an in place
upgrade. The yellow means only a custom install so programs will have to be
reinstalled and data migrated:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradepaths.mspx

Some programs are incompatible with Vista. I know Office 2003 runs fine.
Run the Vista upgrade Advisor first to get an idea though the Advisor is not
always accurate. You must uninstall any AV programs, 3rd party firewalls,
CD burning programs like Roxio and Nero, and any other system level
utilities (like Tweakui and Partition Magic) and programs that use drivers.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx

To be sure check with on the web sites for the programs you have to see if
they are vista compatible.

You should have the means to reinstall XP if needed, always have the
original media for any software and make a backup of all important data
before doing the upgrade.