Making the switch

Rich · **Joined:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:33 am **Posts:** 946

I'm moving to Windows 7 Ultimate. I just hope the cost of a license isn't too high when it finally comes out!

If anyone's interested, here are the things I am doing before I wipe Vista and install 7:

My personal folders are all on my Media (E) partition, so no data movement necessary.
Take screenshots of my installed programs to remember what I installed
Backing up my drivers (just in case I can't get any online and the Vista ones work)
Saving my Firefox passwords and taking note of my installed add-ons (Bookmarks are saved via Foxmarks)
De-authorizing my computer on iTunes (so it doesn't remain authorized and count as one of my five computers)
Backup my Outlook calendar and contacts to my iPhone
Backup my Rainmeter and Samurize settings

Things I'll do once Seven is installed:

Install updates
Install my programs
Get Mozy Backup running
Get Firefox set up again
Make a VMWare image of Windows Vista

Probably boring for most of you, but may be helpful for anyone planning to "make the switch."

shobankr · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:24 am

I liked the Second tip Rich! Taking screenshot of installed programs.

Rich · **Joined:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:33 am **Posts:** 946

I actually went ahead and did an upgrade (to save time... or so I thought.)

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I actually went ahead and did an upgrade

Usually I like a clean install, but I wanted to save time...

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(to save time... or so I thought.)

The upgrade took about three hours. Yes, I'm not kidding, but so far, I see that it did an excellent job. I feel like I just applied a Windows 7 skin to my desktop because everything carried over!

Good job Microsoft.

mikill71 · **Joined:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:04 am **Posts:** 39

so theres gonna be two or three different versions of 7

shobankr · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:22 pm

mikill71 wrote:

so theres gonna be two or three different versions of 7

Yeah!! But lesser versions compared to Vista I guess

Rich · **Joined:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:33 am **Posts:** 946

There will be (to this date)

7 Starter
7 Home Basic
7 Home Premium
7 Business
7 Ultimate

MSherwood · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:28 pm

Glad to hear that everything is working well for you. I'm sure a 7 key (especially if you upgraded and didn't clean install) will not be that expensive. Hopefully 7 will still run everything you need it to and not run in to too many "beta" problems. But let's be honest it will sometimes.

Rich · **Joined:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:33 am **Posts:** 946

Yeah I've already had problems, but they are mainly configuration problems that a restart fixes. I don't expect much right now, but I was getting tired of Vista.

MD_Otoum · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:17 pm

good work Rich , thx for the tips
your are more orgenized than most of us , at least more than me

i hope that you will find peace in 7 after all the suffers in Vista

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