Returning to Windows 7

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Thanks again Mark


Mark Adams said:
No, it's not the same. Your Windows 7 product keys should be on a sticker
attached to the bottom of the laptops. The machines probably have a hidden
restore partition on the hard drive that you can invoke by selecting the
proper keystrokes during startup (read the owner's manual). This will
restore
Windows 7 to the machines and wipe out the XP install along with any data
on
the drives. Make sure you save any data that you want to keep before you
do
this. The Windows 7 install will be preactivated, you won't need to enter
a
product key.

It would be a good idea to make a recovery image of the XP installs to an
external hard drive before you do this, because you will not have any
other
way to reinstall XP if ever you want to.
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+1

You say the two laptops have Windows 7 installed on them and you want
to know whether they can be switched to Windows 7?

We're not the ones who are confused; you are.
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See Ken's reply.

If you've got XP Mode installed, you're already running Win7.

Installing XP Mode is /not/ what an OEM is going when it downgrades a Win7
computer to WinXP.
 
your (and other's) confusion:
You say the two laptops have Windows 7 installed on them and you want
to know whether they can be switched to Windows 7?

We're not the ones who are confused; you are.
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There is an XP Mode and there is an Xp Installation. If you read through
some of the posts, you will see that Windows 7 can be initiated. In my case
Windows 7 needs to be installed.

Some of you seem to have a hostile attitude and I don't know why. All I did
was ask a question. Isn't that what this forum is for?
 
...I ordered the machines with XP, but they
referred to it as Windows 7 downgradable to Windows XP.
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Contact HP Support under terms of the Warranty.

QED: If you wanted Win7 installed, why did you order WinXP?
 
The client wanted them, but since then he bought a couple Windows 7 machines
and I have upgraded some Vista machines, and they work fine, so I want to
upgrade these too. He will probably be replacing all of his machines in the
next could years, so I think it best to be standard.
 
Again, contact the OEM.
The client wanted them, but since then he bought a couple Windows 7
machines
and I have upgraded some Vista machines, and they work fine, so I want to
upgrade these too. He will probably be replacing all of his machines in
the
next could years, so I think it best to be standard.
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Before going anywhere with this I would quiz the client as to WHY he/she
wants to change to 7.

Windows 7 works. Vista did not work, at least not properly. That said, XP
works, and for most users there is no real advantage to 7, over XP. Over
Vista, definitely.

A key issue will arise if the client has a LAN with existing computers,
especially if it's a server/domain setup. If so it would be better to stick
to the same OS family (2000/XP or Vista/7) throughout. Mixing OS families on
a LAN will give rise to lots of problems.
 
On 5/14/2010 1:22 AM On a whim, Anteaus pounded out on the keyboard
Before going anywhere with this I would quiz the client as to WHY he/she
wants to change to 7.

Windows 7 works. Vista did not work, at least not properly. That said, XP
works, and for most users there is no real advantage to 7, over XP. Over
Vista, definitely.

A key issue will arise if the client has a LAN with existing computers,
especially if it's a server/domain setup. If so it would be better to stick
to the same OS family (2000/XP or Vista/7) throughout. Mixing OS families on
a LAN will give rise to lots of problems.
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Care to elaborate?

On one network I admin, there are servers with WS2003 and WS2008. Most
workstations are XP, but we have been upgrading workstations and laptops
that can handle it to Win7. There have been NO issues.


Terry R.
 
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PA Bear said:
[We must've hit a nerve...]
True, some of the people here have a hostile attitude.

It has to do with being picked last in gym class and
something or other about their mommies I'd rather not know.
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