Vista to 7 upgrade advice please.

Ivrytwr3

My desktop is currently running Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 64bit and i think its time to upgrade to 7.

However, there is years worth of settings, installed programs (some paid for, some not:)) and i have the pc runninb the way i like it. Will Microsoft Office still work? I rely on Word and Outlook.

Will a new OS flatten everything? Or will an upgrade move everything over too?

Lastly, any links to the best place to buy the upgrade software?

Ta!

pappa_golf

in order to proceed further up the Microsoft ladder you cannot "upgrade" vista , you must do a clean install of a later system


office will still work on a later OS , other programmes , who knows if they will be compatable?

50Twuncle

Make and Model of PC ?
Version of Office ? (Win 7 doesn't run Office 2000 without problems)
Whichever OS you upgrade to - I would advise a "clean install" rather than an upgrade - so back up all of your data and ensure that you have all of your installation CD/DVD's for programs !
Why not consider / Try Openoffice for Office and Thunderbird for Outlook ?

Ivrytwr3

It's Office 2010

Mesh AMD Phenon II X4 955 Processor (3.2ghz)
8GB Ram

50Twuncle

Ivrytwr3 wrote: »

It's Office 2010

Mesh AMD Phenon II X4 955 Processor (3.2ghz)
8GB Ram

Thanks - so no compatibility issues
I would consider Win 7 from as cheap a genuine source as possible then upgrade from that to Win 10 for free !

pappa_golf

50Twuncle wrote: »

Make and Model of PC ?
Version of Office ? (Win 7 doesn't run Office 2000 without problems)
Whichever OS you upgrade to - I would advise a "clean install" rather than an upgrade - so back up all of your data and ensure that you have all of your installation CD/DVD's for programs !
Why not consider / Try Openoffice for Office and Thunderbird for Outlook ?

how can you upgrade vista?


there is NO upgrade path from vista




OP , you need to buy a licence for win 7 or win 8 and do a clean install , maybe buying a fast SSD drive at the same time (£35) and keeping your files/data on the old and retrieving as and when needed

Ivrytwr3

http://www.alphr.com/tutorials/352696/upgrade-from-vista-to-windows-7

Confused now.

pappa_golf

try it , however it never worked for me in the past

pappa_golf

I was going to suggest http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Windows-7-Home-Premium-64bit-CoA-Full-Version-OEM-DVD-SP1-Broken-Laptop-/231817882879?hash=item35f96c2cff:g:EF4AAOSwqYBWnO2N


however it is the upgrade version you will need not the full version

50Twuncle

Of course there is a straight forward upgrade path from Vista to Win 7
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
There is no straight forward upgrade path from Vista to Win 10 (although, apparently it can be done)

pappa_golf

enjoy http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-vista-to-windows-7-custom#T1=tab01