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From: Mark A. Sam on 13 May 2010 14:00 I don't understand your (and other's) confusion: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/ "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:e%23rNFLs8KHA.4648(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Huh? > > Mark A. Sam wrote: >> I recenlty purchased two laptops for a client installed with Windows 7 >> in >> XP mode. Can these be switched to Windows 7 and how. >
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 13 May 2010 14:11 On Thu, 13 May 2010 14:00:37 -0400, "Mark A. Sam" <MarkASam(a)EmEssEn.Com> wrote: > I don't understand your (and other's) confusion: > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/ 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. > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:e%23rNFLs8KHA.4648(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > Huh? > > > > Mark A. Sam wrote: > >> I recenlty purchased two laptops for a client installed with Windows 7 > >> in > >> XP mode. Can these be switched to Windows 7 and how. > > > -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
From: Mark A. Sam on 13 May 2010 14:39 Thanks again Mark "Mark Adams" <MarkAdams(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5B7AA4C6-DDD1-42C5-A977-B6C66ACF2C5B(a)microsoft.com... > > > "Mark A. Sam" wrote: > >> Thank you Mark. You got it right. I got that from HP. What I neglected >> to >> ask them is whether the product key for Windows 7 is the same as the XP >> version. Do you know that? >> > > 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. > >> >> "Mark Adams" <MarkAdams(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:D2700914-8B96-4BB8-83CA-5C3322C039D6(a)microsoft.com... >> > >> > >> > "Mark A. Sam" wrote: >> > >> >> It looks like XP from start to finish. I think I'll call HP and ask >> >> them. >> >> They installed the OS. >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> > >> > >> > Very easy to check. Right click on the My Computer icon, select >> > Properties. >> > Post back the name and service pack level of the operating system. If >> > you >> > have XP it will say so. Use your Windows 7 installation media to >> > install >> > Windows 7. >> > >> >> >> >> "News123" <news1234(a)free.fr> wrote in message >> >> news:4bec04a2$0$31720$426a34cc(a)news.free.fr... >> >> windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-xp-to-windows-7 >> >> > >> >> > Whith what you describe I think, that you got a Windows 7 license, >> >> > but >> >> > that the installed operationg system is Windows XP. >> >> > >> >> > To be sure please look at following. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > When the computer boots (is powered up), what do you see on the >> >> > screen. >> >> > >> >> > If it looks like Windows XP during the boot process, then I'd say, >> >> > that >> >> > you are running Windows XP (so your license was downgraded) >> >> > Basically you had to install windows 7 then. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > If it looks like Windows 7 (during startup), then it will be the >> >> > Windows XP emulation mode. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Windows XP during startup should look like: >> >> > Screen with the Text "Starting Microsoft Windows XP" >> >> > >> >> > Windows 7 during startup should look like: >> >> > White text on black barckground with 'Starting Windows' and the text >> >> > "Microsoft Corporation" at the bottom of the screen. >> >> > Then and a few colored animated points assembling themselves to >> >> > windows >> >> > logo) >> >> > >> >> > bye >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > N >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> . >> >> >> >> >> . >>
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 13 May 2010 15:24 +1 Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > On Thu, 13 May 2010 14:00:37 -0400, "Mark A. Sam" > <MarkASam(a)EmEssEn.Com> wrote: > >> I don't understand your (and other's) confusion: >> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/ > > > 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. > > > >> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:e%23rNFLs8KHA.4648(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> Huh? >>> >>> Mark A. Sam wrote: >>>> I recenlty purchased two laptops for a client installed with Windows 7 >>>> in >>>> XP mode. Can these be switched to Windows 7 and how.
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 13 May 2010 15:27
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. Mark A. Sam wrote: > I don't understand your (and other's) confusion: > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/ >> Huh? >> >> Mark A. Sam wrote: >>> I recenlty purchased two laptops for a client installed with Windows 7 >>> in >>> XP mode. Can these be switched to Windows 7 and how. |