Tag Archives: Upgrade
Windows 8 has been recently announced at Build Windows conference. It has been adapted very warmly and enthusiastically amongst the geek community. However people running different versions of Windows like Windows 7, Vista , XP still wonder if they can …more >>>
Windows 7 is by far the bestselling operating system. Right from it’s launch last year in October it’s been quite a joyful ride for Windows 7 with record number of licenses sold till date.
If your Windows 7 upgrade has failed with message “The upgrade was not successful” and your computer reboots repeatedly, then this article may help you troubleshoot the issue.
Windows Anytime Upgrade is a method provided in Windows 7 & Vista, for upgrading from one Windows edition to a higher edition. While the WAU procedure in Windows Vista involved a setup.exe, the process in Windows 7 is different, as …more >>>
In the rare eventuality that you get a Black Screen while upgrading to or installing Windows 7, you can try and see if any of the following troubleshooting steps help you.
This article shows the difference between Upgrade Warnings & Upgrade Blocks, and tells you how to go about resolving them, should you encounter any of them, while upgrading to Windows 7.
It is always recommended that you backup your data before upgrading Windows. But if you did not and if you have just upgraded to Windows 7 and find that for some reason, your data is missing after the upgrade, here …more >>>
A Windows 7 upgrade from Vista will show you some missing features! When upgrading Windows Vista to Windows 7, the following features will be removed after the Windows 7 upgrade installation:
Microsoft has launched a new help site focusing solely on how to install, reinstall, upgrade or uninstall Windows 7, Windows Vista & Windows XP. If you are now planning to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 7, this is a great …more >>>
In less than a month since its launch on October 22, over 2,000 Indian companies are in the process of installing Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7.
Depending on your data, your number of applications, installed, your system & hardware configuration, a Windows 7 upgrade could take anywhere from around 30 minutes to over 600 minutes.
Windows 7 comes with an inbuilt tool called as Windows Easy Transfer which enables you to automatically copy your files, photos, music, e-mail, settings, and more to your new Windows 7.
Starting today, for a month, those visitors to this site, who are still using Internet Explorer 6, will be greeted with the following message :
If you have gone in for the option to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7, and if you find that the upgrade attempt has failed and you get an error message “This version of Windows could not be installed, …more >>>
Microsoft appears to have sent an “Official Windows 7 Upgrade chart” to Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal.
In response to a query from my MVP collegue Vijay : “What exactly is the incentive for users to upgrade XP to 7? Is it purely gfx? I would honestly like to know what feature 7 offers that can’t be …more >>>
If you have skipped Vista and are now planning to upgrade from XP to Windows 7, then this read may help you. The upgrade option of upgrading from XP to Windows 7, is not available in Windows 7 Setup when …more >>>
European customers will pay up to twice as much for Windows 7 compared to U.S. users, even though the new operating system will ship without a browser in Europe, according to Microsoft.
Windows Vista Ultimate users are not too happy with the way Microsoft has chosen to ignore them.
Microsoft has introduced a special time limited offer, where one has the opportunity to pre-order Windows 7 at a more than 50% discount.
