XP To Windows 7 Upgrade Incompatibility?
Oct 21, 2012
I am trying to prep a computer to give to a friend. Last night, I reformatted it using the recovery discs that came with it. It is a Tosh Satellite A105.Today, I have been finding and installing updates to the system, trying to prepare it for an upgrade to Windows 7, which is no easy task since I have had to go out and find some of the drivers and service pack 3.I am using the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, and need input on which of these 11 issues really are issues, and which I can skip and just install new once I upgrade.Adobe issues -- I uninstalled it.Toshiba Blue Tooth Stack for xp version 4.0 -- I downloaded and installed version 7.0, but have not uninstalled 4.0. It doesn't make sense to my feeble brain why I would have to uninstall 4.0 if I installed 7.0 unless it is because I downloaded the 7.0 instead of upgrading to it?
Here is a list of the rest:MS .NET Framework 1.1 --I downloaded and installed a later version, so which version do I need to find?Toshiba ConFigFree -- No clue what this is.Intel ProSet/Wireless software -- ZeroCfgSvc Application -- No clue Toshiba Utilities -- I have updated everything available from ms, so is this another one that I have to go find, and if so, what version?
Messenger
Realplayer
Realtek HD audio driver
Sonic Record now
Yahoo music engine
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Nov 19, 2011
definite fixes for the problem of compatibility between Windows 7 Professional and the D-Link WBR 1310 router? My brand new super-duper computer running Windows 7 won't recognize it as a viable means of getting on the internet. I am currently typing this on my Lenova laptop, XP Professional SP3, which runs fine wireless on the same router.Regardless of what I've tried (enter static IP addresses, opening up a new Broadband connection), the system won't recognize the router. The computer worked fine, and accessed the internet easily on my son's network (he put it together with the supervision of two of his techy friends).I am not technical enough to run diagnosis stuff, nor do I have the time to do so (in process of packing to move). Since I'm moving 300 miles away from my son, I'd like to get this fixed now, if it's something he has to do. If I just need to go out and buy a new router (even though I think this router is fine, and maybe Windows 7 needs to be more compatible to everything else out there), I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and do that.
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Jul 10, 2012
I have Windows 7 Ultimate running 64 bit. The program causing issues is not new. It worked OK until yesterday. I have Roxio Creator 11 Pro installed and it will let me load individual parts of the program to use but when I try to open the full version I get the following:-C Windows Microsoft Net Framework v2.0.50727 cvtres.exe cannot start or run due to incompatibility with 64 bit versions of windows. PLease contact the software vendor to ask if a 64 bit Windows cojmpatible version is available.I have Microsoft.NET Framework 4 Client Profile showing in my Programs and Features. I have uninstalled Roxio and reinstalled it but get the same message on my screen which will not disappear until I close the Roxio program.
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Dec 19, 2009
Admitted tech-tard here. I just got a new computer with windows 7 installed. Came with a wireless keyboard/mouse. I found that (only) in email my keyboard is not responsive. It is slow and types about every third letter. I got a new keyboard and it does the same. It is fine in word or searches--anywhere else. Anyone know if this is a windows 7 problem or is there is a fix? Also, it does it in all email-yahoo, gmail and outlook.
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Dec 25, 2011
My wife is getting colors that are different between her hp dv7 windows home and hp all-in-one b210 printer. The colors are correct on the laptop but come out quite different on the printer. I haven't been able to find any knobs to turn on the laptop to correct this. I don't have this problem with my xp desktop and hp 7200 printer.
Does anyone know where to begin looking for settings on either the laptop or on the printer?
Comments: To help others who may have same problem, this is what I discovered. I had her print a web page and the colors were really off. I replaced the print cartridges then ran another print. The colors compared well to the monitor. These (B210) cartridges are small and store a salesman had previously commented that they tend to dry up. The problem thus was probably gunky cartridges. I found a "clean print heads" function on tools. I recommended she run this monthly to keep the them clean (I don't normally use her printer). In thinking about it, I realized my 7200 automatically cleans the print heads plus its cartridges are much larger.
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Oct 6, 2011
MY case has a 7" screen that is NOT hdcp compatible. So to watch bluray's (TMT5) I have to disable it. I usually do this through the screen resolution property page. Is there a quick way to toggle this? Will turning off the 2nd monitor, turn off Imon?
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Dec 13, 2009
I just built my first rig a week or so ago. I'm not the most experienced troubleshooter.
Building went just fine- everything posted right away. I set up a Windows 7 Professional 64-bit and Ubuntu 9.10 dual boot. Two partitions for the two OSes, and a third for general storage. My copy of Windows 7 was purchased from my university's webstore, and the .iso burned to DVD using ImgBurn on a slow speed. The installs went smoothly, everything operated well for about a week.
I started to get some error message about win32kernell.dll being messed up. I thought I might have let AVG move something it shouldn't have. Then on a reboot, I got the "Windows was unable to start" jazz and the repairer, which eventually let me back into the OS, which was still not running smoothly, same error. I didn't have much installed on the machine yet, and decided to just do a new clean install from my install disk rather than mess with it.
Windows 7 reinstalled smoothly on its partition, if slow, and it seemed alright again for about a day. I then started receiving errors about installers not being able to run properly, and then on reboot, Windows was unable to start again. The repairer got me into the OS, but Windows Explorer was crashing every three seconds and it was unfortunately rather fubared.
Tried to clean install again and got right up to the end before getting a message that Windows 7 could not set up on my hardware.
The hardware seemed to work fine once, so has something failed recently, and how should I go about testing? If not that, please share. I could try completely reformatting the entire hard drive, not just the Windows partition, but I don't know if this would do any good.
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Aug 7, 2009
I ordered the 50$ Windows 7 upgrade disk. I realize that Windows 7 will need vista or XP already installed for the upgrade version of Windows 7. But if I want to upgrade my Vista 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit, Will I be able to do it with this upgrade disk? after all I will need a fresh install (because 32 to 64) and this is the upgrade version...
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Dec 24, 2012
I have a pc with Windows XP pro 32bit retail version. First I have made an image, just in case. Then I have upgraded it to windows 8, 64bit by using the retail upgrade DVD and clean install. However, I found out that my motherboard is so old (5 years old) that there are no drivers for win8 and after asking ASUS they said that the motherboard is not supported any more and that there will be no new drivers for it. I tried using win7 drivers but it did not work and without correct drivers a lot of things does not work (in particularly hdmi port).What I want to do now is to revert to my image (windows xp), buy a Windows 7, 64bit upgrade retail DVD and upgrade windows xp to windows 7 for which there are drivers for my motherboard.
1) Can I use windows xp retail (whose product key has already been used to upgrade to win8) image to upgrade to windows 7 retail? will the activation of windows 7 succeed? I want to use clean install again since i upgrade from 32bit to 64bit
2) If the answer to question 1 is a yes, how does microsoft prevent users from using the same windows image file to upgrade different pc's? I mean, theoretically, I can make an image of pc1, copy it to a hard drive of pc2 (even if it will result in erroneous installation due to different specs) and upgrade both systems by using two VUP product keys which are cheaper than one VUP + one retail product keys
3) Can I use windows 8 upgrade DVD which is not used any more to upgrade another PC?
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Aug 26, 2011
can i use the windows 7 professional student upgrade to upgrade from windows 7 home premium?
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Feb 27, 2010
I purchased Windows 7 Professional through the Ultimate Steal.
Downloaded it, put it on a disk also.
It will go through the start of the setup and copy files etc, and then it will give an error and say to install from a current version of windows I need to use the upgrade anytim through windows.
But when I go to upgrade anytime it asks for an upgrade key, but all I have with the purchase was a product key and it says that I can't use the product key.
any help?
edit: also i have windows 7 home premium installed right now
and here is exactly what it says:
"To upgrade from one edition of Windows 7 to another edition of Windows 7, use Windows Anytime Upgrade. Cancel the upgrade, open the Start menu, and search for Windows Anytime Upgrade. "
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Nov 13, 2009
I installed Win 7 RC on a new build and purchased Vista Home Premium 64bit OEM with upgrade to Win 7 Home premium. The Win 7 upgrade disc has arrived. I understand that Vista must be installed and activated for the upgrade to work. Attempts to install Vista with Win 7 RC running or booting from the Vista disc lead to error code 0x80070103, insufficient free space. My HDD has > 450 Gb free space in 2 partitions. Do I need to reformat the HDD in order to install Vista over Win 7?
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Nov 30, 2009
Customer dropped off a laptop telling me that his Windows upgrade had failed.
It's a new HP DV6 that had Vista pre-installed on it.
I've taken a look at it, and there's a "Windows.old" folder on the root of C:, which is of course a back up of all his data.
There's also a batch file inside the folder with the following inside of it:
"REM Dummy file for NTVDM"
I'm wondering if there's a way to "continue" the upgrade / merging process? He has asked me to re-install all of his software the way he had it. So i'm hoping there's an easier way to continue where he left off.
I know Windows 7 creates a "Windows.old" folder when upgrading from XP. Not sure why one was created for a Vista to Windows 7 upgrade though.
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Mar 20, 2010
I'm considering whether to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7. IMHO, the new OS seems to be not sufficiently "mature" yet, and it is better to wait for the first service pack to come out before actually upgrading.
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Jul 7, 2009
If I bought Windows 7 Upgrade for 49.99... could I use it to upgrade windows 7 RC instead of vista or XP assuming it even supports XP.
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Oct 27, 2009
I have Windows 7 Home Premium installed on my my machine, but is is not activated yet. I will be getting a Windows 7 Professional key from the student offer, and I would like to use that. Is it possible to use that key in Anytime upgrade?
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Jan 24, 2012
Bought a new computer 8GB DDR3, 500GB HD, Core i5.Installed XP Pro on active partition 1 (100GB)Restored XP and files/programs from the Windows backup utility. All good, everything works. Insert Win7 Pro upgrade disk (legally purchased from Microsoft)Starts install 'copying temporary files'Error message 'Windows Setup cannot find a location to store temporary installation files. To install Windows, make sure that a partition on your boot disk has at least 686 megabytes of free space - error code 0x80070490 )Boot disk C has over 60GB free space.If I try to boot from the Win7 CD to do a clean install I get an error message that it is an upgrade version and must be started from within Windows.Have reformatted hard drive and gone through it all again but same result.
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Nov 3, 2012
Have very recently purchased a Windows 7 Laptop and only now i have learnt that i might be able to obtain an upgrade to Windows 8.
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Nov 6, 2011
I upgraded my Acer 5100 x86 from Vista to Win 7. I do have Vista recovery discs, however I was checking to see if I could recover the laptop to Windows 7 by using Alt/F10. Actually I was just trying to see if Alt/F10 worked at all and what I found after the Windows 7 upgrade was that I got a screen with the following:
Edit boot options for: Win 7
PathWidowsSystem 32Winload.exe
Partition 2
Hard disk 2522d7dc
/No execute=optin/PAE/Numproc=2
Enter=submit Esc=Cancel That is at the very bottom. What does all this mean and what does it mean as far as Alt/F10 goes? Does it mean that there is no way that works anymore because of the upgrade? I still have eRecovery and my Recovery partition is still "Healthy". I don't get why the Alt?F10 quit working though.
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Mar 25, 2011
my operating systemis windows 7 ultimate x32 bit.Recently i decided to upgrade to windows 7 ultimate x64
i purchased a license key and downloaded from the official site this version of windows-i decided to install it using a bootable usb flash drive. i've followed all the steps to make the flash drive bootable and copied the files into it,however i can't install it.
after booting from the usb drive, it gives me a message"loading windows files" and after that is done,appears the normal "starting windows" image for a couple of seconds but after that the screen goes black with a moving cersor for a while and after that it freezes on something like windows 7 main screen-i can move the mouse but nothing happens
My motherboard is :GA-880GM0UD2H
CPU:AMD Athlon 2 x3 (3.2 ghz)
ram: 2 gb ddr3
usb device:jetflash trancend 8 gb
needless to say i have tested whether i can upgrade to windows 7 x64
i have also taken a video of the whole process but i can't attach it"error you aren't permitted to upload this kind of file"--the video is in vlc form
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Oct 12, 2010
I am currently running on a Windows 7 Home Basic 32 bit 1Gig memory. I just upgraded my memory to 2 gig. I want to know if I can upgrade my system to 64bit now that I have a 2Gig memory.
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Dec 23, 2010
I have a system that recently "died" and just ordered the components to build a new one.I had purchased Windows XP for that system (the one that died) and have the CD.Does owning the XP CD qualify me for a Win 7 "upgrade"? Or do I have to go thru installing XP from that CD onto my new system (which will no doubt force me to call Microsoft since as soon as I go online with it it will not be seen as "Genuine" until I go thru that process) before I can use the Win 7 "upgrade" DVD? I know that, in years past, doing an upgrade would let you simply insert the CD from the old version of Windows and it would accept that - as opposed to finding it already installed on the HD.
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Feb 3, 2011
finally got the new rig up and running great, and have demoted my old workhorse to the basement, its been a great machine and still works great, but would like to upgrade/new install to windows 7, I know I probably will need a new graphics card to rune
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Apr 8, 2011
i run so many softwares that require 64 bit win 7.so should i upgrade or not or is 32 bit good??
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Dec 30, 2011
If I buy a family pack it says I can't upgrade to Windows 7 from XP but if I buy a single upgrade (Home Premium) is says I can. Anyone knows anything about this?
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Jul 26, 2010
Not long purchased a new PC with 7 HP 64-bit pre-installed. Have been given a genuine copy of Ultimate, unused, and am wondering the best way of installing it.
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Feb 5, 2011
I bought my laptop and it came with vista business, last September I bought windows 7 Ultimate off ebay and just found out last month when I reformatted my laptop that it is fake and the Windows 7 ultimate key is MSDN key and is now banned by Microsoft.Therefore I am currently running Windows 7 ultimate with banned keys, I just bought and downloaded windows 7 professional upgrade from Microsoft student website and it was surprisingly affordable. So what do I need to do to upgrade? Will I need to install vista business first before I can upgrade or can I just put in the new windows 7 professional product key in my current windows 7 ultimate, or burn the windows 7 pro upgrade iso and clean install?
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May 18, 2011
I upgraded from Vista Premium to Windows 7 Pro 32 bit. I am unable to install many of the Windows Updates such as SP 1, Explorer 9 and many of the the intermittent Windows updates.
I have downloaded the SP1 from Microsoft and tried to manually install, but it works acts as though it is installing for about 45 minutes then gives me an error. It tells me that i should be download the Windows Readiness Tool. I did that and it grinds away for a while and then sits at this message - "Installing Hotfix for Windows (KB947821) (update 1 of 1)...".
I try to intsall Office 2010 and that install fails as well. I don't know what the heck is wrong, but all other programs that I install do just fine. It is just Microsoft products that crash.
At even validated my copy of Windows 7 Pro - it is Genuine. Needless to say I am .
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Nov 27, 2012
so my PC that was running windows vista ultimate 32bit has decided to completely freeze up. Basically getting the black screen of death on startup which is when a black screen appears with a hanging cursor. It's been 2 months now I've brought it in to local PC repair shops, tried a number of different 'fixes' for it after doing a ton of searches but unfortunately nothing has worked so far.So I decided just to do a clean sweep and install windows 7 ultimate...which got me thinking maybe I can just do a 32 bit to 32 bit upgrade and keep all of my files...but after booting from disk all I get is this message "Compatibility Report The computer started using the Windows installation disc. Remove the installation disc and restart your computer so that Windows starts normally. Then, insert the installation disc and restart the upgrade.
However as I said my PC won't start up at all and I can't upgrade that way. So is there ANY way to do an upgrade through the boot disk without vista having to start? or do I actually just have to man up and do a clean sweep (in which case I might as well upgrade to 64bit)?
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Jan 27, 2013
I've been trying to upgrade to Windows 7 SP1 for awhile now. I am using Windows 7 N x64.I have downloaded the install (the windows 7 update) separately and the validator. The validator ran fine but the update keeps failing with the following error;Error: ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND(0x80070002)I tried going to the Windows 7 Update Troubleshooter in the Control Panel, it found something wrong, fixed it, then tried to apply the update again and it failed.I seem to be going around in circles trying to get this update processed.
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Oct 27, 2009
I bought the "win 7 home upgrade" and installed over my existing XP with no problems (didnt use upgrade option did a clean install).
However I have a new motherboard/CPU arriving today and will need to reinstall win 7 again. My question is can i do this easily as the is no XP to "upgrade" from anymore.
Also, how many times can you use the "upgrade" disk on 1 PC?
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