Upgrading To Vista (Part III)
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You also need to consider application compatibility before you upgrade to Vista. Some of the applications you use on your current may not function correctly, or at all, under Vista. The upgrade will not affect most new programs and applications. However, older ones may not function correctly under XP.
The easiest way to find out if your applications are compatible with Vista is to run the Vista Upgrade Advisor. This tool will determine if any of the applications currently installed on your system are incompatible with Vista. The Upgrade Advisor Report lists such applications and provides recommendations for resolving any issues.
You can install the Upgrade Advisor on all 32-bit editions of XP and all 32-bit editions of Vista (except for Enterprise edition). To install and run the Upgrade Advisor, you require:
- Administrator privileges
- .NET 2.0
- MSXML6
- 20 MB of free hard disk space
- An internet connection
Note: If .Net 2.0 and MSXML6 are not installed, the Upgrade Advisor will alert you and provide a link to where they can be downloaded.
Once you have reached the Vista Upgrade Advisor Web page, click the Download button. When prompted, click the Save button. Once the download is complete, click the Run button and proceed with the steps below.
- When the Security Warning dialog box appears, click the Run button once again.
- Click Next to proceed with the installation.
- Accept the license agreement and click Next.
- Click Next to accept the default folder location for the installation.
- Click Next to confirm the installation.
- When the installation completes, click the Close button.
You have now completed the installation of the Vista Upgrade Advisor and you can begin scanning your computer to verify that it is Vista ready. In the next installment of this article, I provide more details about using the Vista Upgrade Advisor.
[tags]Vista, Windows upgrade, Microsoft[/tags]
3 Comments
gordon shumway
April 27th, 2007
at 7:33pm
There was a typo in the first paragraph. One of the sentences said some of the older applications may not work properly under xp but it should have said some of the oler programs might not work under vista. It is surprising that you could make such a mistake in a short paragraph almost as if you did it on purpose or something to please someone. Pretty lame if that is the case or you are just not a good writer to make a mistake in such a small story. I could make such mistakes but i work in a factory i am not trying to be a writer.
Dennis
April 28th, 2007
at 8:37am
I am wondering if Microsoft has any plans of including support for Hotmail in their Vista e-mail app. It’s bad enough that they stop allowing new Hotmail addresses from using Outlook Express, but, to totally disavow support in this latest version seems assinine. Until such time I’ll be staying with XP! Perhaps the pundits of Vista being the new Millenium II are right, time will tell.
JammieL
July 4th, 2007
at 7:39am
Hi Folks; I am planning to build a Vista System (thanks to Cris). I have been hearing that in a Vista 64-bit system if you use 4 gigabyte of ram I will have problems booting up the system. I also hear that I have to up-
date the bios too. I am wondering if you might look into the fact of “no-
boot” problems. I have been reading Msn site on 64-bit problems and I have not found a solution. I have googled and found some blogs that some of their members offer solutions but don’t work.
No one has mention that I might have to use more memory. I have shelled out $400 for Kingston - but, don’t know if I want to have to buy another $400 to see my TOY perform. I am using a Intel motherboard,
Core 2 quad processor (2.67 MHz), Ati graphic 512 ram on memory,
Creative sound card & speakers, 750 watt power supply, 2 - dvd dl -
r/rw drives with cd-roms, (4) kingston pc2 800 memory speed modules
and western digital 320 GB hard drive.
Maybe you and staff can offer me some input so I can be happy again.
Anyway, thank’s for listening. JammieL