Thanks for the feedback. I've been contemplating an XP 32 to Win7 64
bit myself. I ran the planning installation tool which has identified
potentially problem drivers but I've yet to pursue the list.
Chuck Norcutt
Rand E wrote:
> I went from XP Pro to Win7 Pro 64 bit about a week ago. Doing that it
> is fairly easy - all you have to do was a "Clean" install.
> i.e., clean and format the system hard drive. Which you should really
> be doing anyway. The surprise that I had, was that I was never
> asked any info on my qualifying upgrade product. I purchased a
> "Upgrade" to Win7 Pro.
> That being said, getting drivers for some things is downright
> difficult. Older flatbed scanner and the like. I can't even get recent
> 32-bit drivers for some things,
> much less 64-bit drivers. Programs that run in 64-bit haven't really
> been an issue. You load the prog and Win7 determines whether it's 32 or
> 64-bit and puts
> it in the proper program directory.
> Rand E (still trying to learn how to do some things that were easy in XP)
>
> John Hudson wrote:
>> I participated in a software seminar last last week where the presenter
>> stated that a software developer is in the final stages of presenting a
>> product that will convert directly from XP to Windows 7 without having to
>> transit through Vista.
>>
>> The seminar presenter was one of Canada's most esteemed people in his field.
>>
>> In the normal scheme of things I was led to understand that an upgrade from
>> XP directly into Windows 7 bypassing Vista altogether was not what had been
>> contemplated by Bill Gates.
>>
>> jh
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "JOHN DUGGAN" <john.duggan10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 2:32 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Windows 7 "upgrade", was: Zuiko 250/f2.0 samples
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> John Duggan,
>> Wales, UK
>> Chuck,
>> Thanks for that link,
>> It seems that Vista to Windoze 7 is straightforward but
>> XP (which I quite like) could turn out to be a pain in the backside!
>> Food for thought!
>> ........................................................................
>> --- On Sun, 8/11/09, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>
>>>> For Windoze 7, MS differentiates between what they
>>>>
>>> call an "upgrade" or
>>>
>>>> a "custom installation" although both use the
>>>>
>>> same software package.
>>>
>>>> You can "upgrade" from Vista which replaces the
>>>>
>>> underlying OS but leaves
>>>
>>>> all your apps in place. From XP you are required
>>>>
>>> to do a "custom
>>>
>>>> installation" which means starting from scratch and
>>>>
>>> re-installling all
>>>
>>>> the old apps.
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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