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Is it Possible? What sort of programs would have to be re-Installed?

I guess this is sort of a vague question, so even more general considerations and tips would be beneficial.

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  • Technically possible if you upgrade XP 32 bit to win7-32 bit, but very much undesired. In almost all cases you want to install win7-x64 which does require installing and usually you also want to clean out all ancient cruft.
    – Hennes
    Sep 29, 2014 at 19:55
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    Sure; Insert Windows 7 installation disk and just upgrade the installation while within Windows Xp
    – Ramhound
    Sep 29, 2014 at 20:13
  • If it's really important for you to keep your current environment but you won't use it so often, you may convert the current system to a VM and then use the VM from Windows 7 when you need it. e.g. kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/… By doing this, you can keep your current environment whilst using a clean installation of Win7 x64.
    – Scott Rhee
    Sep 29, 2014 at 22:54

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Direct upgrade from XP to 7 is not possible. If you have a Vista x86 DVD in your language, you can use it to upgrade through Vista — just upgrade to an edition of Vista corresponding to your target Win7 edition without entering key, and then upgrade Windows 7 normally. This way you won’t lose any programs.

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