Microsoft windows 7 professional upgrade from xp professional

United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Dell Inspirion with XP Professional - wanting to upgrade to windows 7. Anyone have any problems doing this Would appreciate reply This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question 2. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Run the Win 7 compatability utility,download it from microsoft.

How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Janet, I have written about both Windows 7 and Windows 10 in this post just for completeness. I did not observe any problems running Windows 7 on my old XP [] during my short test of it. Windows 7 can be installed on a Windows XP system, as longas it meets the minimum requirements. However, it must be a cleaninstall; a direct upgrade from Windows XP is not possible.

It scans your hardware, devices, and installed programs for known compatibility issues, gives you guidance on how to resolve potential issues found, and recommends what to do before you upgrade.

Unlike people running Vista, you can't do an 'in-place' upgrade from XP to Windows 7 even though that was offered as an upgrade choice to Vista, and Microsoft's bragged numerous times about how. Well look how much fancy graphics it has and if you upgraded to windows 7 from xp then your computer was probably built for xp not windows 7.

But my computer is faster with windows Obviously it can run Windows XP applications. Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 1 person found this reply helpful. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I purchased a Windows 7 Professional Upgrade disc to be able to do course work.

The product key was included. My computer fails to read the disc. I installed the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor and it states that my computer has the right amount of hard drive space, as well as meeting all other requirements.

Is this a hardware issue?