So, when is an upgrade of your currently installed operating system installation not really an upgrade? Anytime you choose AUTORUN within a non-supported operating system and you choose the “upgrade” option because the setup installation routine will eventually stop you from completing this action.Īs a point of reference, the Windows Vista upgrade options from prior installations of Windows XP and Windows 2000 are shown on the Microsoft website on the Get Windows Vista: Upgrade options page and it shows you which installations allow an in-place upgrade and on which ones you’ll need to perform a clean install.

īecause the content is still under development and in beta release it is a preliminary tutorial and is subject to change upon the final release of this new version of Windows. The version of Windows 7 that I am using for this walk through is Windows 7 Ultimate edition, build. – It is important to note that Windows 7 is only in beta release at the present time. This article is a complete walk through on the steps taken when attempting to upgrade your Windows XP Professional SP3 installation to Windows 7 Ultimate edition.

Windows 7 is the next generation of operating system due from Microsoft and it is still working on a planned release for early 2010 – on target for the three year window after the release of Windows Vista.

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