Upgrading to Windows 7 Starter

supanatral

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There is a netbook that has Vista home premium installed on it but I'm looking to upgrade it to windows 7. I've tried a demo version of 7 perfessional but it's just way to slow on it. Am I able to upgrade from Vista home premium to windows 7 starter?
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Professional 32/64 bit

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Build
OS
Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
CPU
AMD ADA5600CZBOX Dual-Core 2.8GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA77
Memory
8 Gig OCZ
Graphics Card(s)
Asus Geforce 8600GT PCIe
Sound Card
Onboard & MIA
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell 19"
Screen Resolution
1440 x 900
Hard Drives
3 160 Gig Western Digital (2 SATA/1 IDE)
PSU
Corsair CMPSU-550VX
Case
Antec (Server Case)
Cooling
Thermaltake on the CPU, Cooler Master case fans
Keyboard
MS Comfort Curve 2000
Mouse
Logitech LX3
Internet Speed
6-meg (if I'm lucky)
Other Info
AT&T ADSL - Westell 6100 modem, MSE, Defender, MS Office 2003, Paintshop Pro 11, Browsers: IE8, Opera, Safari
There is a netbook that has Vista home premium installed on it but I'm looking to upgrade it to windows 7. I've tried a demo version of 7 perfessional but it's just way to slow on it.

If you were running Ultimate with disk encryption turned on and lots of services, I could see that Starter might be faster -- simply because it wouldn't be running so many services. But, can think of no reason why Win7 Started would be noticeably faster on your machine than Win7 Pro.

Am I able to upgrade from Vista home premium to windows 7 starter?

If you're asking about an in-place upgrade where your settings, files, and apps are all preserved -- no. You would have to do a clean-install "upgrade" which will effectively start you over from scratch.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Win7 Pro 32-bit, Win8 Pro 32-bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
Motherboard
Gigabyte
Memory
4GB ddr3 1300
Graphics Card(s)
AMD HD 4290 onboard
Sound Card
Builtin Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 24" widescreen, LG 23" widescreen
Screen Resolution
1920x1200/1920x1080
Hard Drives
Kingston 256GB SSD
Keyboard
Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
Mouse
Logitech M705 wireless mouse
Antivirus
Norton Av 2013
Browser
IE v10
I'll bet you got a bad install if Pro bogged your netbook but Vista doesn't.

Win7 runs much leaner than Vista, with better memory management and most services set on fast triggers. It really learns the lessons of Vista.

Suggest you try another install of Win7. If you want in-place Upgrade (less clean) then locate and try a copy of WIn7 Home Premium or Ultimate. They will default to lower resource usage (e.g. no Aero) when installed to your netbook.
 
Vista did bogg it down actually. What I did was installed XP with all 3rd party drivers since XP wasn't supported. It ran great after that just not the most stable (especially with wireless). But oh well, sounds like I'm going back to XP
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Professional 32/64 bit
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