Workaround to Upgrade from 32-Bit (x86) to 64-Bit (x64) Windows 7 Operating System
Direct upgrade from 32-bit (x86-based) operating system of either Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 to 64-bit (x64-based) Windows 7 OS is not a supported upgrade paths to Windows 7. When user tries to run 64bit setup.exe Windows 7 installer from within 32bit operating system, the following error message will occur.
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3.11.2009 Should You Upgrade from Vista to XP SP3?
Windows Vista was released to manufacturing and to businesses in November 2006, and the operating system hit the shelves only at the end of January 2007.
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27.12.2007 Vista upgrade invalidates your XP key
If you choose to purchase an upgrade version of Windows Vista to upgrade XP, you will no longer be able to use that version of XP.
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30.1.2007 New exploit blows by fully patched Windows XP system
We saw a new nasty exploit yesterday around 5:00 PM. This is a totally new exploit and is not the same one posted by FrSIRT back on 11/30/05.
We have a number of sites that we have found with this exploit. Different sites download different spyware.
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28.12.2005 XP to Windows 7 Upgrade Scenario - Hardlink Migration
With Window 7, Microsoft provides a direct upgrade path only from Windows Vista, not allowing a similar scenario when it comes down to Windows XP.
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18.4.2009 XP to Windows 7 Upgrade Scenario - Hardlink Migration
With Window 7, Microsoft provides a direct upgrade path only from Windows Vista, not allowing a similar scenario when it comes down to Windows XP.
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19.4.2009 Your XP-to-Windows 7 upgrade path: Buy a new PC
Microsoft's leaders really, really want you to forget about Vista and move right on to Windows 7. And who can blame them?
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17.9.2009 System Builders: Microsoft Makes Windows XP Downgrades Tough
Microsoft has made it difficult for new PC buyers and channel partners to use Windows XP downgrade rights, system builders say.
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25.5.2007 Move Windows XP Start Button & System Tray on Taskbar
Do you want to impress your friends and colleagues then here is small freeware tool for you.
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30.9.2009 One More Reason to Upgrade to Vista: 6-Minute XP Hack Is Frightening!
Six minutes... that is all it took to hack Windows XP, and to completely take over the operating system. Nick McGrath, Director of Platform Strategy at Microsoft U.K., witnessing the XP hack first hand, described the effortless attack and compromising of the platform as "enlightening and frightening.
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13.11.2007 Windows 7 E Full Version at Upgrade Prices, but No Upgrade SKU
With a new edition of Windows 7 tailored especially for Europe, Microsoft revealed that with this release of its Windows client, it was doing things differentially.
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25.6.2009 Tell Hasta la Vista to XP - Time to Upgrade to Vista SP1
Like it or not, this is the right time not only to upgrade to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 but also to tell hasta la vista to Windows XP.
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30.6.2008 Windows 7 System Properties for Windows XP
By now almost every one is aware of latest Microsoft operating system Windows 7 and many users have already enjoyed Windows 7 Beta and Windows 7 RC via public preview.
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28.8.2009 Microsoft: Windows XP to Windows 7 upgrade possible
Microsoft has confirmed that customers can purchase upgrade media and an upgrade license at a discounted price to move from Windows XP to Windows 7.
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4.2.2009 CosmoSaver: Solar System
Set up a scene of heavenly bodies as seen from any distance, angle, date, and time. Show prominent features of the sun, darken the sky as the sun sets on Earth, watch the Martian polar caps freeze and melt, look at surface detail on Jupiter and its four principal satellites, and enjoy Saturn's rings from that planet's surface.
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System Mechanic v7.1.3
Thanks to matt for inserting the info to our forum. 'System Mechanic' is a tool that checks your computer for errors, security problems, and performance issues. It's designed to keep your system running smoothly. The application is designed for beginners. Its downside is that an advanced user isn't able to customize fully some of the repair jobs it does.
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2.2.2007 Windows 7 Domain Name System
Windows 7 and Windows 7 Server (Windows Server 2008 R2) are due to come, bringing to the table enhancements designed to increase the security of Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructures.
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12.11.2008 Windows 7 system requirements
When Microsoft released the official beta for Windows 7 a while back, it also published a set of system requirements. These were a general overview, and it seems that they have been updated to match the Windows 7 RC recently made available.
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3.5.2009 Auslogics System Information 1.1.6.155
Auslogics System Information provides comprehensive and easy to understand information about your system configuration.
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7.10.2007 Midori - Next operating system from Microsoft
Windows 7 and Windows 7 Server are not the only operating systems under development at Microsoft.
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30.6.2008 Windows 7 -- Approach to System Performance
Many folks have commented and written email about the topic of performance of Windows. The dialog has been wide ranging—folks consistently want performance to improve (of course).
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28.8.2008 Should I upgrade to Windows 7?
A question that’s hitting my inbox a lot lately: Should I be starting to think about upgrading to Windows 7?
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20.4.2009 Build a Windows Vista System Today!
Within the next few weeks, Microsoft will be releasing beta 2 of Windows Vista . The actual ship date of Vista hasn't been announced, but Microsoft's new OS is likely to ship sometime this Fall.
Since Windows Vista (formerly codenamed "Longhorn") was announced, some of the bleeding-edge features have been scaled back. For example, WinFS, a file system built using relational database concepts, won't be included in the final release.
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2.2.2006 One of the worst operating system experiences ever encountered
VIRTUAL MICROSOFT employee, columnist Gary Krakow, says installing Vista Beta 2, "was one of the worst operating system experiences that I?ve ever encountered."
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26.5.2006 Quad-Core Xeon System Previewed
Tyan Computer is showing off one of the first hardware systems containing Quad-Core Xeon 5300 processors at the Intel Developer Forum here today.
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17.10.2006 2007 Microsoft Office System Is Golden
2007 Office system released to manufacturers; the company looks ahead to worldwide business availability.
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6.11.2006 Bill Gates says U.S. education system needs work
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Monday that the U.S. higher education system is the envy of the world but primary and secondary schools are failing to adequately prepare students for college.
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14.11.2006 Microsoft Turns Off Office System Users
Next week's launch of Office 2007 and Windows Vista will introduce a perplexing new feature: Reduced-functionality mode.
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21.11.2006 Microsoft's Last 'Big Bang' Operating System?
Despite forays into Web software with Windows Live and Office Live -- collections of e-mail, instant messaging, and Web publishing apps -- Microsoft's core franchises remain wedded to the PC.
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12.4.2006 Windows Vista System Requirements Released
Microsoft has updated its Get Ready Web site to include the minimum system requirements to run Windows Vista.
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21.12.2006Microsoft: Windows XP to Windows 7 upgrade possible
Microsoft has confirmed that customers can purchase upgrade media and an upgrade license at a discounted price to move from Windows XP to Windows 7.
However, customers need to do a clean installation of Windows 7. The pricing details of XP upgrade licenses are not yet known. An operating system
upgrade offers users the option of choosing between in-place upgrades, with installed applications & data in-place in the machine and a fresh
installation which overwrites the hard drive's contents. By eliminating in-place upgrades, users can have a reliable installation after backing up
all their data and applications.
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04.02.2009Ballmer tells companies to upgrade from XP
CEO of Microsoft Corporation, Steve Ballmer, has warned companies to upgrade from Windows XP, or else they will face anger from employees. The reason
for this is because, according to Steve, "If you deploy a four or five-year old operating system today, most people will ask their boss why the heck
they don't have the stuff they have at home". Many of you know that many companies chose to stick on Windows XP when Vista was released, due to
poor driver support on Vista, and the fact that XP did everything they needed. However, PC World states that 31 percent of IT decision-makers said
they are beginning the switch to Windows Vista.
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06.02.2009Understanding Windows 7 upgrade paths
Windows 7 has already earned itself a blue ribbon, and it isn't even in stores yet. Many Vista users will migrate to Redmond's latest and
greatest operating system in search of greener pastures, and countless Windows XP laggards will be lured from the woodwork by Windows 7's polish.
Microsoft will be granting both XP and Vista users the right to buy "Upgrade" versions of Windows 7 which run for considerably less money. But in
terms of how you can perform an upgrade on a machine already running Windows, for some the in-place upgrade option will make the experience seamless;
all your programs, files and settings will remain untouched coming from certain versions of Vista.
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03.09.2009Top 10 reasons why you should upgrade to Windows 7
With the Windows 7 Release Candidate already leaked to the public, and the the official bits coming May 5, there's been a lot of hype surrounding
Windows 7, with generally positive reviews from the community. Windows 7 is everything Vista wasn't... and some of what it should of been. If
you're using XP or Vista, there's no excuse not to upgrade to Windows 7. In no particular order, here are my top 10 reasons why: Virtual XP
Mode: Many users and businesses have been reluctant to upgrade past Windows XP, and who can blame them? Microsoft had to keep extending support for
Windows XP for this reason.
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28.04.2009Will XP SP3 Slow Vista`s Adoption?
Analysts say that the more secure, stable and reliable Windows XP is, the less reason businesses have to upgrade to Vista in a hurry. The upcoming
release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 will further slow the rate of business adoption of Windows Vista by extending the life of the older operating
system, some analysts say.
Microsoft quietly released Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 to the masses Feb. 19. But the company
finds itself in a Catch-22, given its need to provide comprehensive security to protect its large installed base of business customers still running
XP while, at the same time, encouraging those customers to upgrade to the new Vista operating system. But the more secure, stable and reliable XP is,
the less reason they have to upgrade in a hurry.
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21.02.2008XP Holding Pattern Set To End With Windows 7
The success of Microsoft's Windows 7 beta test phase has organizations that have been locked in a Windows XP 'holding pattern' looking to jump
directly from XP to Windows 7. And now that Microsoft has said it will allow XP customers to buy Windows 7 upgrade media and upgrade licenses, that
path is about to get pretty crowded.
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10.02.2009Will XP SP3 Slow Vista's Adoption?
Analysts say that the more secure, stable and reliable Windows XP is, the less reason businesses have to upgrade to Vista in a hurry.
The upcoming release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 will further slow the rate of business adoption of Windows Vista by extending the life of the
older operating system, some analysts say.
Microsoft
quietly released Windows XP
Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 to the masses Feb. 19. But the company finds itself in a Catch-22, given its need to provide comprehensive security
to protect its large installed base of business customers still running XP while, at the same time, encouraging those customers to upgrade to the new
Vista operating system.
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21.02.2008Vista upgrade invalidates your XP key
If you choose to purchase an
upgrade version of Windows
Vista to upgrade XP, you will
no longer be able to use that
version of XP. Either on
another system, or as a
dual-boot option. The key will
be invalidated, preventing
activation.
From
Vista's EULA found
here
(PDF) :
13.
UPGRADES. To use upgrade
software, you must first be
licensed for the software that
is eligiblefor the upgrade.
Upon upgrade, this agreement
takes the place of the
agreement for the software you
upgraded from. After you
upgrade, you may no longer use
the software you upgraded
from.
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30.01.2007Windows 7 upgrade chart available
Microsoft has made available the official Windows 7 Upgrade chart, via allthingsd which indicates which previous versions of Windows are available for
an in-place upgrade to Windows 7, and to which version they can upgrade. You can view the chart below: As you can see from just a glance at the
chart, it's relatively confusing. Windows 7 offers no direct upgrade path from XP, which was announced very early on in the Windows 7 development
life cycle. Very specific upgrade paths from other versions of Windows Vista exist also. You can perform a "Custom Install" which is pretty much a
clean install, but you have the option to install Windows 7 to another disk without overwriting data.
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10.08.2009Dell to Sell Windows XP Professional with PCs Through 2009
In a letter to some of Dells customers, they said that " XP Professional is available for OEM installation on your Dell PC purchases through at
least 2009 and likely longer." The "official" OEM and retail end date from Microsoft is June 30, 2008, just a few weeks away. There has been
much talk of whether Microsoft would bow to the demand of the consumers to keep XP alive, and with this it is still hard to tell if Dell bought a
years stock of licenses ahead of time, or if this is the precursor to an announcement from Microsoft.
Dell's plan for users is to have
Windows XP Professional installed on their machines, but include the Vista install disk for when they are ready to upgrade. "With XP installed,
we will send media for both Vista and XP with each PC so that when you are ready to migrate to Vista you may at no addition upgrade cost." The
demand seems high, so let's hope others follow suit to allow companies the time and resources to fully upgrade.
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10.06.2008Free Windows XP tuneup: Put new life into an old workhorse
Microsoft may have given up on Windows XP, but that doesn't mean you have to.
While there's plenty of life in the old operating
system, there's also a good chance XP may start looking long in the tooth to you. The good news is you don't have to live with an XP that feels
sluggish or looks and acts outdated. In this article, we'll show you plenty of ways to spiff up XP -- and make it faster and more reliable -- without
spending a penny. So come along and get your free DIY Windows XP upgrade.
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07.08.2008Windows XP lives on in the next embedded OS upgrade
The versatility of Microsoft's previous generation of operating system is about to be shown off some more, with a new edition that will be
customizable for various embedded devices, using a special version of Visual Studio...
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05.06.2008No More Clean Installs Using Windows Vista Upgrade Discs
Although it has been discussed
to death
here,
some official coverage on the
front page is needed. Thanks
to Ambiance for
posting a
direct response from
Microsoft about the issue.
Unlike with the
Windows XP Upgrade CD, with
Windows Vista users are forced
to have a valid install of
Windows XP Home or
Professional on their machines
before upgrading with a Vista
Upgrade DVD. This typically
isn't a big deal for the
majority of users on the first
install of Vista; but think
about the necessary steps if
you already have Vista
installed or no operating
system on the computer:
- Install a
genuine copy of Windows XP
Home/Professional
- Acti
vate Windows XP through
Microsoft
- Upgrade to
Windows Vista from within
Windows XP
Either
shell out the extra cash for
the full version or be
prepared for the extended
process of installing XP, and
then Vista. Of course there is
always the OEM road, but
remember that such a copy is
limited to the computer it is
first activated on.
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29.01.2007Microsoft Plans Vista Upgrade Coupon For Holiday PC Buying
Microsoft later this month
plans to roll out an Express
Upgrade program that gives
buyers of Windows XP-based PCs
a coupon for a free or
discounted upgrade to Windows
Vista through March 15. As
part of the deal, designed to
drive PC sales though the
holiday season, Microsoft will
include coupons in each
Windows XP SKU that will
entitle users to a free or
discounted Vista upgrade when
the next-generation operating
system ships in the first
quarter of 2007, industry
sources said.
For
instance, customers who buy
PCs equipped with Windows XP
Pro, Windows XP Pro Tablet PC
Edition and Windows XP Pro x64
Edition are entitled to a free
upgrade to Vista, sources
said. Customers will be
responsible for fulfillment
costs. Not all of the coupons
will be for free upgrades.
Customers who buy systems
running Windows XP Home
Edition can upgrade to Vista
Home Basic Edition for a flat
แ fee and to the
higher-end Windows Vista Home
Premium Edition for a cost of
.
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05.10.2006Microsoft Clarifies XP SP 3 Flash Issue
Amid concerns that users of its Window XP Service Pack 3 operating system may be vulnerable to online attacks, Microsoft has finally broken its
silence and explained which XP users need to upgrade their Adobe Flash Player software.
The confusion started Monday, when
handlers at the Internet Storm Center pointed out that Microsoft had quietly noted that the recent XP SP 3 was vulnerable to five Flash bugs patched
in November 2006. Some took this to mean that if an XP system was updated to Service Pack 3, it would somehow wind up with an older, buggy, version of
the Flash Player.
Microsoft originally declined to comment on the matter, but on Tuesday it reconsidered and said that this is
not the case.
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04.06.2008Windows 7 upgrade details leak out
A document has leaked out that details the upgrade plans for users who purchase PC's with Vista this summer. According to the document obtained
by Tech Arp titled " The Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Program Rev 2.1" states that computers purchased after July 1st will be eligible to upgrade to
Windows 7 free of charge. The plan will follow in a similar path the Windows XP and Vista transition occurred. The idea behind the plan is to not
prohibit people from purchasing computers as they wait for Windows 7 to be launched.
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12.02.2009Microsoft Extends Sales Availability of Windows XP
Responding to feedback from its customers, the company decides to give small businesses and customers in emerging markets more time and flexibility to
test and prepare for the operating system upgrade...
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28.09.2007Will your PC run Windows
Vista? Download the Windows
Vista Upgrade Advisor
The Windows Vista Upgrade
Advisor is an application that
you can run on your current
Windows XP-based computer to
find out if it's ready for an
upgrade to Windows Vista...
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25.05.2006U.S. agency may keep Windows XP on its PCs for three more years
The U.S. government's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives may stick with Windows XP for as much as three more years, even though the
agency plans in January to begin refreshing its PCs with hardware capable of supporting Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows Vista operating system.
The hardware upgrade will be managed by Electronic Data Systems Corp., which announced Wednesday that it has received a two-year,
$68 million extension to an initial five-year IT services contract with the bureau, which is known as the ATF. The contract includes management by EDS
of about 7,000 desktop PCs.
Dr. Gregg "Skip" Bailey, the ATF's CIO, said the planned desktop system replacements are part of
the bureau's normal three-year upgrade cycle for PCs.
The decision not to go with Windows Vista was made for a number of
reasons, according to Bailey. Probably the most important one, he said, is the ATF doesn't have enough time between now and January to verify that
all of its systems will run effectively on the new OS...
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30.08.2007Windows XP SP3 Final Available at MajorGeeks
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new
functionalities, which do not significantly change customers experience with the operating system.
Supported Operating Systems:
Windows XP; Windows XP Home Edition ; Windows XP Home Edition N; Windows XP Media Center Edition; Windows XP Professional Edition ; Windows XP
Professional N; Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows XP Starter Edition; Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.
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