Migrating to Windows 7

Is it feasible to migrate to Windows 7 directly from Windows XP ?

OR

Is the intermediate migration to Vista essential because the upgrade option
to Windows 7 is available only from Vista and NOT from XP?

P. Jayant

If you require an upgrade-in-place, which preserves installed applications
and settings, you can't do that with an upgrade from XP to Win7.

However, XP qualifies for the use of a Win7 upgrade *license*, but you must
do a "custom" (basically a clean) install.

I wouldn't care to upgrade XP to Vista, and then Vista to Win7, but it's
possible.

"P. Jayant" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Is it feasible to migrate to Windows 7 directly from Windows XP ?
>
> OR
>
> Is the intermediate migration to Vista essential because the upgrade
> option to Windows 7 is available only from Vista and NOT from XP?
>
> P. Jayant
>

Please repost your inquiry in the official Microsoft Windows 7 forum:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...nstall/threads


P. Jayant wrote:
> Is it feasible to migrate to Windows 7 directly from Windows XP ?
>
> OR
>
> Is the intermediate migration to Vista essential because the upgrade option
> to Windows 7 is available only from Vista and NOT from XP?
>
> P. Jayant
>
>

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:03:47 -0400, "Bob Knowlden" <>
wrote:

>If you require an upgrade-in-place, which preserves installed applications
>and settings, you can't do that with an upgrade from XP to Win7.


Yes, that's what I thought to but a friend of mine said a few days
back that only Vista qualifies for upgrade install. I think that is
worng and one can upgrade from Win2K even. Of course a clean install
is required because Win2K and XP are not based on the server OS that
Vista and Win7 are.

*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
"A good neighbor is one who stays on their side of the ****ING fence."
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*

"I wouldn't care to upgrade XP to Vista, and then Vista to Win7, but it's
possible"

I agree with Bob. I would rather do a clean install than jump from XP
to Vista to Win 7.

Leroy, is that group accessible from a newsgroup reader?

eg
news://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.....vista.general

Thanks, Saga

Nope. It's a Web forum.

(snip)>
> Leroy, is that group accessible from a newsgroup reader?
>
> eg
> news://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.....vista.general
>
> Thanks, Saga

Bob Knowlden wrote:
> Nope. It's a Web forum.
>
> (snip)>
>> Leroy, is that group accessible from a newsgroup reader?
>>
>> eg
>> news://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.....vista.general
>>
>> Thanks, Saga
>
Actually, that's supposed to be:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....vista.general

....and, yes, your web forum sends your messages to the *real* newsgroup,
where I'm replying.

Try it in a *real* newsreader, for free, without registering.

All file, documents and user profiles, except applications, can be migrated
from XP to Win 7 via the User State Migration Tool. Documentation and
tutorials are available at the Tech Net center and Microsoft Spring Board
sites.

"Al" <> wrote in message
news:Ocp9r5#...
> All file, documents and user profiles, except applications, can be
> migrated from XP to Win 7 via the User State Migration Tool.
> Documentation and tutorials are available at the Tech Net center and
> Microsoft Spring Board sites.

But do NOT use any sort of migration utility to migrate Outlook data.

"Gordon" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Al" <> wrote in message
> news:Ocp9r5#...
>> All file, documents and user profiles, except applications, can be
>> migrated from XP to Win 7 via the User State Migration Tool.
>> Documentation and tutorials are available at the Tech Net center and
>> Microsoft Spring Board sites.
>
> But do NOT use any sort of migration utility to migrate Outlook data.

Err, they want to export outlook data, Err, then import back to the new
system. Err.