My wife's hardware was busted under XP x64, so I did a clean install to Win7 x64 Ultimate. It was a dream. I especially loved it when it came up with the wireless connections to choose from.
My daughter's was an in-place upgrade over Vista, and that took a little longer, with lots of reboots, but she's working fine and lost no data. I haven't decided if I will do my home laptop as a clean rebuilt as yet, but that's likely. Just went to make sure all the data gets synchronized to my remote folders first. My desktop will be an in-place upgrade from Vista x64 Ultimate to Win7 x64 Ultimate, as I have lots of disk space and a pretty clean install going on there. I'll probably perform a clean install for the boys' desktop which is the only remaining XP system in our house. -ASB On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Martin Blackstone <[email protected]>wrote: > On the family computer was XP Pro. > > There is no XP Pro to Win7 upgrade so I had to go XP > Vista Ultimate > > Win7 Ultimate. > > Took half the day but worked like a charm. > > My PC I flattened XP and installed from scratch. > > > > Not for the faint of heart of for a computer that matters (like a work > computer) but a fun challenge. > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2009 5:53 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Windows 7 > > > > Windows 7 is very, very nice. I especially like how the Taskbar has been > changed, and the fact that you no longer need a sidebar (just drop it on the > desktop). > > It's faster than Vista. I have two installs done so far -- a clean x64 and > an in-place upgrade of x86, and they're both running smoothly. > > Wireless networking configuration is MUCH better than before. > > Overall, lots of pleasant changes including performance and usability. I > have 3 more systems to convert by the end of the month, or early September. > > *-ASB* > ------- > http://Home.ASBzone.com/ASB/ > http://www.linkedin.com/in/AndrewBaker > ------- > > > On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have my first Windows 7 x64 Enterprise client up and running. I have > added the RSAT for 7 RTM, and the System Center Essentials Console as well. > Office Enterprise 2007 and a couple of more applications like Forefront > Client Security. I have run into on issue that may be just a bug in my > setup or something more but I can only get 2 Hotmail accounts configured. > Under Vista I had three. System Center Essentials can not deploy a client > to this system but I have just started looking at the issues. > > > > Other than what I have mentioned so far I see a big differences in the GUI > (think some users will like it others will dislike it but all will need > training). The load time is much faster to get to the login but about the > same to get to a useable desktop but I have not really done any timing of > the loads. The ability to load Bluetooth devices as in they are ready at > the login prompt, very sweet. Cisco AnyConnect works a bit faster but we > will see if it stays that way. Windows Explorer GUI is a major change and I > think the users will hate it. The Firewall GUI has been changed big time > but I think this is a good change. It is easier to see what applications > are permitted under which of 3 network conditions. You can make changes but > at the moment I need to be the Administrator to make the changes (users are > permitted to allow exceptions by GPO). All of this within about 2 hours of > loading and starting work with if. Loading the OS (scratch load), loading > the Vista drivers, and loading all the applications took about 12 hours in > total with about 2 to 3 of those hours spent transfering files from a USB > drive. I did all the patching off domain and only put the machine into the > domain after it was loaded with programs/applications but before any AV or > personal files. Adding it to the domain and getting it configured with AV > was just as fast as with Vista or faster. Windows Update Services seems to > be a bit faster. > > > > Jon Harris > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
