Comments on: I Took The Plunge – Upgraded My Toshiba Laptop From Vista To Windows 7 http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/10/26/i-took-the-plunge-upgraded-my-toshiba-laptop-from-vista-to-windows-7/ Technology News, Reviews & How-To Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ron Schenone http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/10/26/i-took-the-plunge-upgraded-my-toshiba-laptop-from-vista-to-windows-7/#comment-60962 Ron Schenone Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:39:11 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/?p=9699#comment-60962 Hi Felix, OK. MS Office Outlook can be reinstalled to W7. I even got a old copy of Office 2003 working after I installed SP3. :-) I am not sure which version of Outlook you have, but the Outlook backup utility has worked great for me. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8B081F3A-B7D0-4B16-B8AF-5A6322F4FD01&displaylang=en Thanks for the clarification. Hi Felix,
OK. MS Office Outlook can be reinstalled to W7. I even got a old copy of Office 2003 working after I installed SP3. :-)

I am not sure which version of Outlook you have, but the Outlook backup utility has worked great for me.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8B081F3A-B7D0-4B16-B8AF-5A6322F4FD01&displaylang=en

Thanks for the clarification.

]]> By: Felix http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/10/26/i-took-the-plunge-upgraded-my-toshiba-laptop-from-vista-to-windows-7/#comment-60961 Felix Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:50:17 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/?p=9699#comment-60961 Ron, An afterthought....I think I may have misinterpreted what I have been hearing. If I am a Microsoft Office Outlook user, the Outlook Express omission from Windows 7 is moot, right? I do the clean Windows 7 install, re-install Microsoft Office (along with other apps), get updates through autoupdate, restore backup data and all is back to normal? Or not? Felix Ron,

An afterthought….I think I may have misinterpreted what I have been hearing. If I am a Microsoft Office Outlook user, the Outlook Express omission from Windows 7 is moot, right? I do the clean Windows 7 install, re-install Microsoft Office (along with other apps), get updates through autoupdate, restore backup data and all is back to normal? Or not?

Felix

]]> By: Felix http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/10/26/i-took-the-plunge-upgraded-my-toshiba-laptop-from-vista-to-windows-7/#comment-60960 Felix Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:16:50 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/?p=9699#comment-60960 Hi Ron, Thanks again for your response; you add interest to this otherwise "dud" upgrade experience. The Toshiba tech stated (twice, just to be certain) that if I strip and dip, going the necessary "clean" install route, I can recover my Vista-created backup files from within Windows 7. If I were to acquire Thunderbird, can you tell me whether it would be possible (and yes, easy) to restore my mail, contact lists, and task lists (part of the same backup files) from within Thunderbird / Windows 7? Don't mean to talk this to death, but perhaps I can kick in some useful feed-back from the 64-bit arena over the holidays. Best, Felix Hi Ron,

Thanks again for your response; you add interest to this otherwise “dud” upgrade experience. The Toshiba tech stated (twice, just to be certain) that if I strip and dip, going the necessary “clean” install route, I can recover my Vista-created backup files from within Windows 7. If I were to acquire Thunderbird, can you tell me whether it would be possible (and yes, easy) to restore my mail, contact lists, and task lists (part of the same backup files) from within Thunderbird / Windows 7? Don’t mean to talk this to death, but perhaps I can kick in some useful feed-back from the 64-bit arena over the holidays.

Best,
Felix

]]> By: Ron Schenone http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/10/26/i-took-the-plunge-upgraded-my-toshiba-laptop-from-vista-to-windows-7/#comment-60959 Ron Schenone Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:41:14 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/?p=9699#comment-60959 Hi Felix, You are most welcome. I switched to Thunderbird since it is almost like the OLD Outlook Express. Just another thought. Hi Felix,
You are most welcome. I switched to Thunderbird since it is almost like the OLD Outlook Express. Just another thought.

]]> By: Felix http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/10/26/i-took-the-plunge-upgraded-my-toshiba-laptop-from-vista-to-windows-7/#comment-60958 Felix Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:50:54 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/?p=9699#comment-60958 Thanks for your prompt reply Ron. That sounds like a good idea, and I can find out more about how to adjust to life without Outlook, which seems like a pretty weird part of the Windows 7 bargain. Thanks for your prompt reply Ron. That sounds like a good idea, and I can find out more about how to adjust to life without Outlook, which seems like a pretty weird part of the Windows 7 bargain.

]]> By: Ron Schenone http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/10/26/i-took-the-plunge-upgraded-my-toshiba-laptop-from-vista-to-windows-7/#comment-60957 Ron Schenone Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:14:16 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/?p=9699#comment-60957 Hello Felix, I was sorry to hear that the TUA didn't work for you. I would wait until the driver problem is corrected. I would venture a guess that this may just be a problem for the 64 bit systems. When I used the TUA it was for a 32 bit upgrade. All the best, Ron Hello Felix,
I was sorry to hear that the TUA didn’t work for you. I would wait until the driver problem is corrected. I would venture a guess that this may just be a problem for the 64 bit systems.

When I used the TUA it was for a 32 bit upgrade.

All the best, Ron

]]> By: Felix http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/10/26/i-took-the-plunge-upgraded-my-toshiba-laptop-from-vista-to-windows-7/#comment-60956 Felix Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:30:11 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/?p=9699#comment-60956 I bought a Toshiba A500ST5601 running Vista Home Premium 64-bit in August. I received my free upgrade to Windows 7 this week and gave the Toshiba Upgrade Assistant a shot, finally realizing after waiting all evening for some sign of progress that I had no idea how long this was supposed to take. I let the computer sit for 24-hours, still with no outward sign of progress and shut it down. It was clearly still Vista and seemed functional although my disc free space had been reduced by about 3 gigs. I tried the Assistant again (still interested in preserving files) and finally called the Toshiba help line to get a time estimate for completion. The tech simply stated that the TUA-setup has a driver conflict and I would have to do the "clean" install. Now that you say that the Outlook replacement is poor, I will stay put since I'm pretty happy with Vista. I just hope I have not planted some "seeds of discontent" in my Vista OS. I bought a Toshiba A500ST5601 running Vista Home Premium 64-bit in August. I received my free upgrade to Windows 7 this week and gave the Toshiba Upgrade Assistant a shot, finally realizing after waiting all evening for some sign of progress that I had no idea how long this was supposed to take. I let the computer sit for 24-hours, still with no outward sign of progress and shut it down. It was clearly still Vista and seemed functional although my disc free space had been reduced by about 3 gigs. I tried the Assistant again (still interested in preserving files) and finally called the Toshiba help line to get a time estimate for completion. The tech simply stated that the TUA-setup has a driver conflict and I would have to do the “clean” install. Now that you say that the Outlook replacement is poor, I will stay put since I’m pretty happy with Vista. I just hope I have not planted some “seeds of discontent” in my Vista OS.

]]> By: Ron Schenone http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/10/26/i-took-the-plunge-upgraded-my-toshiba-laptop-from-vista-to-windows-7/#comment-60955 Ron Schenone Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:52:51 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/?p=9699#comment-60955 Thanks Buffet for the explanation. :-) Thanks Buffet for the explanation. :-)

]]> By: Buffet http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/10/26/i-took-the-plunge-upgraded-my-toshiba-laptop-from-vista-to-windows-7/#comment-60954 Buffet Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:44:12 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/?p=9699#comment-60954 My mistake Ron. Everything you see AFTER "now I'm wondering??" was copied from another site, to substantiate WHY I was wondering. I had no intention of proceding with ANY changes until I got your input, which I now do. Thanks for all the answers. My mistake Ron. Everything you see AFTER “now I’m wondering??” was copied from another site, to substantiate WHY I was wondering. I had no intention of proceding with ANY changes until I got your input, which I now do. Thanks for all the answers.

]]> By: Ron Schenone http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/10/26/i-took-the-plunge-upgraded-my-toshiba-laptop-from-vista-to-windows-7/#comment-60953 Ron Schenone Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:59:20 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/?p=9699#comment-60953 Hello Rex, It is a paid for version. Hello Rex,
It is a paid for version.

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