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Avoiding Upgrade-Chain When Getting Windows 10 Free Upgrade (Vista -> Win7 -> Win10)
I have a copy of Windows 7 that was upgrade from Windows Vista and now I'm interested in accepting the free update to Windows 10. However, there are a few concerns I have related to how this works for ...
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How do I "upgrade" to Windows 7 from Vista through Windows 8 with a volume license
This is my situation. I have a computer lab of 23 machines (ACER Veriton M410) running Windows Vista business. We want to update the machines to Windows 7. The school was sold Windows 8 Pro on a ...
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Want to upgrade Windows, but it thinks I have a pirated copy
I have a current copy of Windows Vista on my laptop and I understand Windows 8 is lighter and might make things run a little better.
Pentium dual 1.47 GHz processor
4 GB RAM
Windows upgrade ...
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Win-7 Upgrade from VISTA is refused with error: Upgrade from XP not supportet
I did an successful upgrade from XP-Pro 32-bit to Vista Business SP1 32-bit. Now I want to do an upgrade to Win-7 Pro 32-bit. After checking the Vista Partition, the setup program fails with the error ...
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Upgrading Windows XP to Vista to Windows 7
Okay I am trying to do an in-place upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7, via Vista, but I am running into a problem.
I put my Vista disc in for the initial upgrade but when I get to the part where it asks ...
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Problems upgrading from Vista to Windows 7
When upgrading from Vista to Windows 7 during the final stage computer makes a loud buzzing sound and freezes. Only way to stoop this is to turn the laptop off. Windows Upgrade Advisor says ...
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Can I upgrade 32 bit Windows Vista to Windows 8 64 bit? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 and keep my files and applications?
Will the upgrade option for windows 8 allow me to upgrade my 32 bit windows vista ultimate to ...
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Windows 7 upgrade needs to uninstall programs
I am trying to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 (both Home Premium). The installer stops and tells me I need to uninstall the following two programs: 'Verisoft Access Manager' and 'HP Imagezone'. ...
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How much space do I need to upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Ultimate?
I have Vista Home Premium (64-bit) installed at the moment. How much free space would I need to upgrade it to Vista Ultimate (64-bit)? I ask this because I don't want to go through a complete re-...
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computer takes hours to shutdown after video card upgrade
My computer had a nVidia GeForce 8500GT based graphics card, the fan on that card stopped working during the weekend (so I couldn't just replace the fan) I pulled an nVidia 9500GT from a less ...
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Can I add as much RAM as I like to my old computer?
I have had my computer for around 5-6 years. It's a Dell Vostro 200 Slim model. My OS is Vista Home Basic 32-bit. It has 1.00 GB RAM and my processor is an Intel(R) Core Duo @ 2.00 GHz.
Can I replace ...
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Should I upgrade my Windows Vista to Windows 7 or wipe/format/install Windows 7? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Vista to Windows 7 - Upgrading or clean installation?
Should I upgrade my Windows Vista to Windows 7 or wipe/format/install Windows 7?
I have a Dell Precision T3400 ...
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Upgrade to Windows 7 Rolls Back To Vista
My other question was getting too long, and full of different problems, I figured I'd ask a new question. I solved most of those issues, but I'm still having issues.
I'm still unable to upgrade from ...
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Windows 7 Upgrade keeps rolling back to Vista
I finally decided that I would update my desktop from Windows Vista SP2 64-bit to Windows 7 64-bit. So I got my Windows 7 Professional 64-bit DVD, popped it into my PC, and started up the installer ...
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Installing windows 7 - no Disk Space
So I tried installing/upgrading my HP Compaq (fully sufficient specs) running Vista Home Edition to Windows 7.
I continuously get the error for upgrade that No disk space is available and if I try a ...
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