Vista should i upgrade to windows 7

Windows 7 is faster and easier to use, but under the hood, they have most of the same parts. Vista is a secure, properly locked-down operating system. One of the innovations it introduced was User Account Control. UAC, although a pain in the neck at first with its endless prompts, was a huge step up for security and was refined over time to be less annoying.

One of the main problems Vista had from the outset was the way it broke many XP programs. Vista was used and tweaked for years all over the world. You cannot directly upgrade to Windows 7 from XP, meaning that the upgrades are coming from Vista. It may be hard for many to justify the increased cost for Windows 7 or later when Vista does many of the same things and does them well.

Microsoft has ended Windows Vista support. That means there won't be any further Vista security patches or bug fixes and no more technical help.

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Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. How satisfied are you with this reply?. Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Your Windows 7 upgrade will be to the comparable version: so you'll get either Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional the upgrade to Windows Vista Business , or Windows 7 Ultimate, respectively.

Some Manufacturers may choose to shorten the Upgrade Option time frame. If you can get your hand on an old PC that has Windows 7 on it, you can use the license key from that PC to get a "free" legitimate copy of a Windows 7 upgrade on your machine. Only Retail Operating System License, that you buy and install yourself, are allowed to be transferred to another machine. Thank you for your knowledge. Definitely did not know the specifics of the licensing there.

It was a practice that was done by my colleagues and did not know that that is illegal. The post has been edited to clear that part of the message. I will definitely exercise this from now on. You can run into activation problems if you don't know what type of license you are transferring.

But with a repair install Vista has to be up and running to do it, not like XP was where you could boot from the disk and do a repair install. But if you're sure you're compatible, go ahead and click Install now.

Windows 7 will begin copying temporary files and start the install. It will first ask you if you want to go online to get the latest updates. I recommend you do it; it could save you some time later. Then agree to the terms that you have fully read and understand. Select Upgrade.

Windows will check compatibility and then begin copying files. After awhile, probably hours not minutes, you're machine will start back up into Windows 7! Now you may have some settings that didn't transfer and are overwritten by Windows 7 defaults. Most notorious are the programs in your taskbar.