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Vista Upgrade
Paths
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Windows Version |
Version
of Windows 7 you can upgrade to |
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- Windows Vista Business (Requires Service
Pack 1 or later)
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- Professional, Enterprise,
Ultimate
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- Windows Vista Enterprise
(Requires Service Pack 1 or later)
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- Windows Vista Home Basic
(Requires Service Pack 1 or later)
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- Home Basic, Home Premium,
Ultimate
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- Windows Vista Home
Premium (Requires Service Pack 1 or
later)
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- Windows Vista Ultimate
(Requires Service Pack 1 or later)
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Anytime
Upgrades to Windows 7
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Windows
Version |
Anytime
Upgrade to Windows 7 |
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Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate
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Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate
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Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate
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Fresh
install only with upgrade DVD paths
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No upgrade available but
fresh install allowed using upgrade DVD |
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- Windows XP Media
Center Edition
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No Upgrade Paths available or use for upgrade DVD
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No
upgrade use at all |
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Windows Millennium Edition
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Other upgrade Paths that will not allow an upgrade install
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Other
unavailable upgrade Paths |
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- Cross-architecture
in-place upgrades (for example, x86 to x64)
are not supported.
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- Cross-language
in-place upgrades (for example, en-us to
de-de) are not supported.
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- Cross-SKU upgrades
(for example, Windows 7 (Korean
release) to Windows 7 (US release)
are not supported.
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- Upgrades from Windows
Vista to Windows K or Windows KN.
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- Cross-build type
in-place upgrades (for example, fre to chk)
are not supported.
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- Pre-release in-place
upgrades across milestones (for example,
Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 RTM) are not
supported.
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Windows 7E for
European users
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Windows 7 KN (Korean version) |
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No version will be available
in the EU, and at time of writing no version
is available for sale even to do a fresh
parallel install
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Windows 7N does not contain
an internet browser or Media Player
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