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All Programs Is Blank On Win7 X64 (upgrade From Vista Premium X64)
I installed Windows 7 Beta x64 as an in-place upgrade over Vista x64 Premium Service Pack 1. There's one minor hiccup in the UI post-upgrade: when I go to the Start Menu and click on "All Programs", nothing at all is displayed.

Ironically, this hasn't been a major impediment for me because of how I work.Â I usually get to what I need through QuickLaunch icons (which came through fine), application launch via hotkeys, finding items in Recent Items, or using the Control Panel. All of those work fine.

If I right-click on All Programs, I canÂ successfully open my personal start menu folder nested under my AppData, or the All Users menu folder under the root ProgramData folder. I just don't get a vertical list of items as expected.

Anyone have any ideas? I'm guessing this is probably due to a glitch during the migration process, andÂ since the menu appears very similar to Vista's this may beÂ something that happens there as well.Â

EDIT: This isn't the problem documented in MSKB 939041Â or 932404. Actual paths to the folders containing the items are:

C:Users<name>AppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuPrograms
C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuPrograms

Also note that the menu plainly does "update". I get the <Back displayed after clicking "All Programs".

Posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:07 PM

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I don't have convenient access to a computer with 64-bit Windows Vista/7 (I work at an academic institution where all pubic computers have XP or Linux), so I'm wondering if there's any way to get around this and create a bootable USB for 64-bit Windows 7 via a 32-bit OS.

Posted: 09-23-2009

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Posted: Saturday, January 09, 2010 2:44 PM

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Posted: 03-03-2009

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I have tried upgrading my Vista Hope Premium X64 system to Windows 7 Home Premium X64 system many times in the past few days and I am having a problem with the process aborting. I am running an Acer Aspire x1200 with 4GB of ram. System is running fine on Vista but I wanted to upgrade my home network with Windows 7 for ease of use.

I have run the Upgrade Advisor and the only thing it flags is the NVIDIA nForce System Management Controller with a status of Unknown and "We don't have compatibility information about this device". I have checked and the driver is up to date.

When I run the migration, I run in an update mode. It runs for about 4 hours. When it gets to the "Transferring files, settings, and programs (62%)" point, it sits there for about an hour while it moves thousands of Sun cache files. This appears to finish normally. I then get a screen that says "Setup will continue after restarting your computer".

I then get the Windows Logo screen. The next screen says "Setup is starting services". Next, the process continues with the "Transferring files, settings, and programs" at the (63%) point which seems to indicate that things are going forward.

Next comes the BSOD. "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION. The technical information on the screen:

*** STOP: 0x0000003B (0x00000000C000001D, 0xFFFFF88006277D30, 0xFFFFF880054C5EC0, 0x0000000000000000) .

It then states that it is collecting data for a crash dump. At this point, to MS credit, the process rolls back to my Vista system and I am able to have my system back in an operational manner.

I have disconnected all of my USB devices except for my wireless mouse. I ran scans to get rid of any spybots and ad-bots before I started the migration. I turned my McAfee security software off before starting the migration. I have the latest Vista updates applied. All of my other software is up to date.

Posted: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 9:38 PM

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Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 2:59 PM

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I upgraded my machine (dell vostro 1500 with T7100 Intel 4gb memory) recently to Windows 7 ultimate 32 bit (build 7600 vers 6.1) and in 4 days have has 10 BSOD not arising from the same operation on my end.Â I have used the debugger and below is the last crash data that I have.Â

Debugging Details:

EXCEPTION_RECORD:Â 8eb0f900 -- (.exr 0xffffffff8eb0f900)
ExceptionAddress: 82f3d87b (nt!ExDeferredFreePool+0x0000021b)
Â Â ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation)
Â ExceptionFlags: 00000000
NumberParameters: 2
Â Â Parameter[0]: 00000000
Â Â Parameter[1]: 4431c8c4
Attempt to read from address 4431c8c4

CONTEXT:Â 8eb0f4e0 -- (.cxr 0xffffffff8eb0f4e0)

eax=c2917d98 ebx=4431c8c0 ecx=000001ff edx=00000003 esi=c2917000 edi=c2917008
eip=82f3d87b esp=8eb0f9c8 ebp=8eb0fa00 iopl=0Â Â Â nv up ei ng nz ac pe cy
cs=0008Â ss=0010Â ds=0023Â es=0023Â fs=0030Â gs=0000Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â efl=00010297

nt!ExDeferredFreePool+0x21b:

82f3d87b 397b04Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â cmpÂ Â Â Â dword ptr [ebx+4],edi ds:0023:4431c8c4=?

Posted: Thursday, November 05, 2009 1:07 PM

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I have a lot of documents and programs that I want on my PC and I don't want to have to "easy transfer" all of them from and to my computer, and I do NOT want to reinstall all the applications I have. Any ideas?

Posted: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:25 PM

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Upgrade XP Prof X64 English To Win7 Ultimate X64 Dutch
Ok, i'm dazzled by the many websites with each a different opinion, upgrade paths, and so. It took me hours of reading and clicking. I'm nearly fed up. So finally made it to this forum. With my question:

Is it possible to legally upgrade from XP professional X64 English (OEM) to Windows 7 Ultimate X64 Dutch? Retail or OEM needed?

BTW: Windows 7 Professional X64 Dutch would be a good alternative.

It's unclear to me if it' s allowed to switch from an English OS to a dutch OS. Some say any new OS MUST be the same language as the old one. But is this also appliable for the Ultimate version, since it can switch to other languages after install?

I will be doing a clean install.

Further on i am struggling with the ' professional' to ' ultimate' switch. In some cases that path would not be allowed, others say it is allowed.

What we'd need is a wizard containing all the different choices and possiblilities. Simply choose the old OS from a drop down menu and the new OS, and it would tell you YES thats possible or NO, impossible. And under what conditions. Would draw a lot of site visitors.

Just my 2 cents.

Posted: 3 Weeks Ago

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Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 2:30 AM

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I am trying to upgrade from Vista to Win 7 and get the following error:

The following issues are preventing Windows from upgrading. Cancel the upgrade, complete each task, and then restart the upgrade to continue.

For these items, make the following changes:

Install updated drivers for the following devices. If you already have updated device drivers, click Load Driver if available and follow the instructions. Or, open Control Panel and search for "update device drivers".

IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers: Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller

I have my SATA drives configured as 1 stand alone for boot C: and the other three in RAID 5 configuration. Win 7 wants an updated driver but I can not locate any as all scans for updated driver come back empty. This is an onboard controller on a MSI P45 Nero3 board.Any assistance would be appreciated.

Posted: Monday, November 16, 2009 10:10 PM

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The "hang" is not absolute, which is to say that all the rotation of "please wait..." messages continues, so it's not a totally lockup. That said, I let it be for about 8 hours the first time with no changes, and a whopping 35 hours last time (about 46 hours of total time with the upgrade running) - again without any change. Since there is no option to cancel, I was forced to shut down both times, and the rollback has taken perhaps a half hour.

There are, of course, several questions to come out of this, but the primary one is "Where is the log?", and how can I determine what the heck it was working on when it decided to go away. Frankly, the idea that someone would RTM this when I'm hearing that a 5 hour in place upgrade is "fast", and it can take as long as 85 hours seems a bit more than ridiculous, but I'm doing my best to go with the flow.

Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 5:24 AM

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I tried to upgrade from Vista Ultimate x64 to Windows 7 Ultimate x64.Â This is supposed to be a supported path for an in-place upgrade. When choosing Upgrade from Setup I get the following message: Windows Vistaâ„¢ Ultimate cannot be upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate. You can choose to install a new copy of Windows 7 Ultimate instead, but this is different from an upgrade, and does not keep your files, settings, and programs.

You'll need to reinstall any programs using the original installation discs or files. To save your files before installing Windows, back them up to an external location such as a CD, DVD, or external hard drive. To install a new copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, click the Back button in the upper left-hand corner, and select â€œCustom (advanced)â€. I have run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor and uninstalled any application or driver that reported problems.Â

The only application left with a warning is Visual Studio 2008.Â Everything else is reported as compatible (green check mark).Â In fact, the Upgrade Advisor indicates that an in-place upgrade is available as an option. I haven't been able to find anyone else with this issue and there is nothing else pointing me in the right direction to resolve this.Â Has anyone seen this before and/or found a work-around.

Posted: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:12 PM

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Posted: 08-21-2009

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I select the x64 version. After thinking on it for a while, the installer kicks me out saying that I can't upgrade from a 64 bit version to a 32 bit version, even though I selected the 64 bit version. If nothing else works, I'll download the 64-bit only ISO from the website, but I'd rather save the hassle - has anyone else had a similar problem?

Posted: Sunday, October 25, 2009 2:46 PM

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selection, when I select Vista:

failed to start

windowssystem32winload.exe

status: 0xc000000d

And nothing helped /tried to repair from Vista DVD/.

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So the intaller of Vista didn´t finished installing Vista. Any idea how to fix it?

I read some articles about EasyBCD,etc but I´am not shure if my problem can be fixed with there utils. Can I install WinVista to a "logical" partiotion? /win 7 is on "primary"/

Posted: 04-09-2009

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Posted: Friday, November 13, 2009 8:03 PM

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Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2009 2:39 AM

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Posted: Monday, November 02, 2009 8:12 PM

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3. Not sure about going from 32 bit to 64 bit.

I am correct in my thinking??? If so I may have to cancel my upgrade buy from Newegg..Or change it somehow.

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