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Just a success story I wanted to post here, anyone who thinks to upgrade instead of a clean install (I don't know, I was quite reluctant...) , it all works fine!
Applications were checked for compatibility, the compatibility report showed what is NOT going to work after the upgrade, (and so it didn't) and except that , all drivers/software worked fine afterwards.Ofcourse you can install the updated drivers from Windows Update in Windows 7 afterwards.
Only thing, after the first compatibility check, it asked my Vista to be restarted in order to be able to proceed. I thought it was going to loop-asking that, but on the next restart, I was able to proceed with the upgrade.
A few incompatible software I noticed:
Daemon Tools:
Windows 7 found out the Virtual SCSI controller installed by Daemon tools (SPTD.SYS I think) was incompatible and reported it might not work properly. Indeed upon the first boot, errors came out about Daemon Tools, and I had to remove its startup entries manually from the registry.
However, it's not quite needed, cause to my surprise , when you right click an ISO file, Windows 7 gives you the option to Load this as a virtual drive!
Antivir Personal Edition:
Blocks write access to many folders/blocks IE file downloads!
Compatible/verified software:
Photoshop CS3
Office 2003 (duh)
Firefox 3
Flashget 1.96
Auslogics Registry Defrag
F.E.A.R. Combat
VMWare 6
Winrar
Avast Free antivirus
Regards,
Limneos
Applications were checked for compatibility, the compatibility report showed what is NOT going to work after the upgrade, (and so it didn't) and except that , all drivers/software worked fine afterwards.Ofcourse you can install the updated drivers from Windows Update in Windows 7 afterwards.
Only thing, after the first compatibility check, it asked my Vista to be restarted in order to be able to proceed. I thought it was going to loop-asking that, but on the next restart, I was able to proceed with the upgrade.
A few incompatible software I noticed:
Daemon Tools:
Windows 7 found out the Virtual SCSI controller installed by Daemon tools (SPTD.SYS I think) was incompatible and reported it might not work properly. Indeed upon the first boot, errors came out about Daemon Tools, and I had to remove its startup entries manually from the registry.
However, it's not quite needed, cause to my surprise , when you right click an ISO file, Windows 7 gives you the option to Load this as a virtual drive!
Antivir Personal Edition:
Blocks write access to many folders/blocks IE file downloads!
Compatible/verified software:
Photoshop CS3
Office 2003 (duh)
Firefox 3
Flashget 1.96
Auslogics Registry Defrag
F.E.A.R. Combat
VMWare 6
Winrar
Avast Free antivirus
Regards,
Limneos
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 RC 7100 32bit/64bitIntel Core2Duo E4500 2.20 GHz2x1GB Kinsgston DDR2 800MHzNvidia 8500GT
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- ENIAC
- OS
- Windows 7 RC 7100 32bit/64bit
- CPU
- Intel Core2Duo E4500 2.20 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS P5LD2-X/1333
- Memory
- 2x1GB Kinsgston DDR2 800MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia 8500GT
- Sound Card
- Onboard High Definition Audio Device
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Sony Bravia 42"
- Case
- LINKW 2222
- Cooling
- Standard Intel
- Keyboard
- Some cheap one
- Mouse
- Microsoft Intellimouse something
- Internet Speed
- 24MBps ADSL
