I'm with Gilles here more stuff runs cleanly on Windows 6.1 (oops 7)
than on Vista
My experience is you end up in a better place by upgrading than wiping
and starting again. But be sure to have that backup etc in place first
just in case!
Quick explanation - you may have taken a deal of trouble to ensure you
are using OEM or manufacturers drivers for your machine while on Vista
and you may want to avoid the hassle of getting back to that.
The upgrade procedure includes an audit of your software and may
instruct you of things you may want to do before continuing. e.g. if you
run iTunes you should de-register prior to the upgrade then re-register
afterwards.
Ken Vickers
On 19/01/2010 23:44, Gilles Schipper wrote:
> Your existing Cisco VPN client that ran on Vista or XP, or, for that
> matter, any other VPN client - indeed virtually any other software you
> had running on Vista or WIN/XP should work fine under Windows 7 WINXP
> mode, which is actually a free subset of the free Microsoft Virtual PC
> software.
>
> The WINXP mode software is actually a fully-licensed version of
> WindowsXPP-SP3 which is available to all users of Windows 7
> Professional and higher (which includes Ultimate, and Enterprise).
>
> WINXP mode is a virtual machine which runs under Microsoft Virtual PC,
> which is available and free for all users of Windows 7 Professional,
> Ultimate, or Enterprise.
>
> The only other pre-requisite is that the host CPU be capable of
> "hardware virtualization".
>
> You can determine that with a free tool that you will find when poking
> around the Microsoft web site in the section that has the Microsoft
> Virtual PC download.
>
> I've been running WINXP mode that includes all of my customers' VPN's
> and it works like a charm - even better than on the original WINXP hosts.
>
> As far as upgrading to Windows 7, or utilizing the fresh install, I
> found that having a USB network adapter was extremly useful.
>
> In cases where the Windows XP or Windows 7 software did not
> automatically recognize the motherboard and/or associated lan adapter,
> I used the USB adapter to connect to the internet and utilize Windows
> Update to apply discovered optional hardware patches, or look for the
> required hardware patches at the motherboard or device vendor sites.
>
> So far, I have yet to fail at a Win7 or WinXP install due to
> unavailable driver.
>
> Of course, YMMV.
>
>
>
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