Windows 7 - numpty question?
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IceBoy

Original Poster:

2,452 posts

242 months

Friday 19th February 2010
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Hi All,

I have Vista on my laptop, if I install windows 7 will I have to re-install all my other programs e.g. office, outlook details, printer software etc?

Thanks
IceBoy

BliarOut

72,863 posts

260 months

Friday 19th February 2010
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Not if you do an inplace upgrade. You'll have to do a fresh install if you go from x32 to x64 though.

JohnnyPanic

1,282 posts

230 months

Friday 19th February 2010
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It also depends on which versions of Vista & 7. Some paths are upgradable, others aren't.

IceBoy

Original Poster:

2,452 posts

242 months

Monday 22nd February 2010
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Done.

Wow.

Brilliant. It's like I have doubled the performance of my laptop, which was pretty powerful anyway.

I also managed to find all the drivers for graphics and sound, rather than generic stuff.

IceBoy

andyps

7,819 posts

303 months

Monday 22nd February 2010
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Did you do a clean install or an update?