windows 7 upgrade

will windows seven retail upgrade over windows seven RC

Thank you:)

Yes. But, unless, I am mistaken, you will be stuck with a folder called windows.old.

The best thing is a clean install.

Search for a cversion.ini hack.

Does that not depend on whether you have a full W7 edition or an upgrade edition? For the upgrade edition I understood that you have to have XP or Vista as the base.

depends on what version you buy. retail or upgrade, rc is utltimate, retsil is whatever you buy.

If you are looking to do an upgrade instead of clean install, it isn't recommended by Microsoft, and most of us.

Ken

Antman said:

Yes. But, unless, I am mistaken, you will be stuck with a folder called windows.old.

The best thing is a clean install.

Yes, and Windows will clean the windows.old very easly. properties, advanced and If you have any Old Windows Program it will show... click yes and THEY ARE GONE.
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Windows.old Folder - Delete

You're supposed to be able to use the upgrade discs coming from the RC with it recognized as a prior genuine version of Windows. You're not supposed to be required to re-install Vista, etc. to get them to work.

Microsoft technically blocks your ability to have files, settings, and programs move over to the final version if you "upgrade" the RC to the final version, however. You're forced to fresh install, just like if coming from XP.

You can modify the cversion.ini file on the installation media to get the RC to "upgrade" with things actually transferred over, but it's not recommended and not a supported upgrade path.

thanks for all the help and suggestions:)