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Is a Windows 7 professional upgrade over vista home possible ?

This has probably been asked before, but I want to be 100% sure before buying: if I have a laptop with an OEM version of Windows Vista Home Premium installed, can I buy the Windows 7 professional …
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Upgrade Win7 RC using Retail Ultimate install DVD

I installed Win7 RC Ultimate on a friend's machine, and starting today her computer wont boot into Windows anymore. I'm not sure exactly what the problem is (waiting for her to bring her laptop over) …
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Windows 7 Upgrade BSOD after upgrade complete

Hi, I'm upgrading from Windows 7 RC Ultimate to Windows 7 RTM Ultimate. Now I know you're not supposed to do that, but I really don't want to clean install. So I did the "Beta to RC" trick, by …
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Windows 7 in Japanese?

My girl friend has a japanese computer and I want to upgrade her to Windows 7, but if I bought windows 7 in America, can I install it to display everything in Japanese? Im also somewhat worried about …
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How do I stop Jraid.sys driver file from stopping my windows 7 upgrade?

Running the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor indicated there would be no problem with an upgrade from Vista 64 Ultimate Edition. Setup starts just fine, the computer then reboots, and after reboot a …
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Windows Upgrade vs Full Install

I'm in the process of purchasing a Netbook for use while traveling. The included OS is XP, however, I would like to upgrade(?) to Windows 7. My question: Does a Windows Upgrade have the same …
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Is it possible to trick the Windows 7 installer in to doing an in-place upgrade from Vista Ultimate to 7 Pro?

There have been a ton of questions regarding upgrading all sorts of versions of Vista and 7 to different versions of Vista and 7, but I have not managed to find one with this exact issue. I want to …
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Upgrading from Vista to Windows 7 - new recovery discs?

Hi I have got Windows Vista Home Premium on my Toshiba laptop, which I bought about a year ago. I then created 2 recovery discs using Toshiba Recovery Disc Creator. One of my friends has got a …
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Possible to upgrade from Windows Server 2008 32bit (Web Server) to 64 bit?

Is it possible to upgrade Windows Server 2008 32bit (Web Server) to 64 bit, or would it require a clean install?
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Upgrade pirated Vista to Windows 7?

if i have a pirated version of Vista Premium, can i upgrade with a legit copy of windows 7? and does it have to be Win7 Premium, or can it be home basic?
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Windows 7 RC upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium?

Hey guys, I was wondering if that one hack to make Windows 7 RC upgradeable would also work for the retail release of Win7 Home Premium, since RC is Ultimate. I need to be absolutely sure this works …