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Windows 7 10/10 support about 2/10
I was recently persuaded at a Microsoft Presentation to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7 Ultimate. First problem - no seller seemed to know how many licences came with the pack - 1, 3, 20, unlimited were all quoted. In the end I needed to buy one for my desk top and one for the lap top. The desk top conversion went well although it was time consuming. Then I made the huge mistake of installing 7 into my Sony Viao Lap top. The result is that I now have a 1600GBP PC that is almost useless for the main purposes that I use it. The display fills 3/4 of the screen, the web cam doesn't operate, the biometrics don't work and I cannot now use my projector because the serial port doesn't work. Contacted Windows tech help - they say it is Sony's problem but Sony don't want to know because it is not the original pre installed operating system. and they don't provide driver upgrades I was then directed to Paretologic - this is supposed to be a free down load - yes it is - it identifies the drivers that have problems - In my case it was 83 problems - you need a fix you pay 30USD. Amazing just by paying 30 USD the 83 problems became 1 problem. - not sure what happened to the other 82 but I wonder if this is just a scam - 83 sounds a lot of problems needing to be fixed - 1 isn't. Anyway I persevered and down loaded the repair. Guess what the camera doesn't work, the display covers 3/4 of the screen, the biometric doesn't work and the projector doesn't work.
Basically having invested into what is, when it is working an excellent system it looks like I have a high spec but scrap lap top.
What amazes me is that there must be hundreds of thousands of people upgrading from XP to 7 since Vista was a bit of a white elephant but how many will fall for the hype and regret it later. I guess the thing that really grates is the Microsoft guy said it is simple you put in the disc and it does it all for you - yeh right
Has anyone out there had similar problems and found solutions that really work ??
Adrian