Thanks, Arthur for the idea, but I have Vista Ultimate and I would need
to downgrade to I guess Business or Home Premium before then upgrading
Vista to Win7 Professional. There is nothing at that site to indicate
that I could do that. Vista Ultimate cost me $200 and then to pay
another $100+ seems over the top.
PC Mover has a special version to cover this exact scenario and costs
only $20. Still not looking forward to doing this, though. I'm sure
there may be many gotcha's. Of course, I will make a full HD backup
before doing anything.
I looked at the idea of copying over the registry, but many of the 3rd
party components have their own separate registry entries, making that
process likely to miss something.
Looks like I will need to take an inventory of all the needed 3rd party
stuff I do have and need before starting. As several people pointed out,
a new OS works best in a clean install, so I will probably do that
except for Delphi and the 3rd party components.
Bottom line, thanks MSFT for your great upgrade, not!
Chuck
Chuck,
If you purchase the Windows Anytime Upgrade for your current version of
Vista to Vista Professional, then install the upgrade you purchased to
Windows 7 Professional. This method should not affect the programs that are
already installed.
It may be a more expensive resolution, but simpler.
Here is a link:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/anytime-upgrade-overview.
aspx
Good luck!
Arthur Johnston
Meadowbrook, California USA
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