software.silicon.com - 10/22/2009
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Some businesses that are partway through upgrading to Windows Vista are asking to swap the OS for Windows 7, according to Microsoft.
Speaking at the London launch of Windows 7 today John Curran, the Microsoft exec who until recently headed up the Windows client group in the UK, said: "This ...
winsupersite.com - 10/23/2009
community.winsupersite.com - 10/23/2009
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community.winsupersite.com —
I was so hoping to have better news
to share, but with all the conflicting reports and...
my own troubles testing this while on the road, it's been a messy 24 hours. However, after staying up late last night and working through a few different ...
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Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media: The Answer
pcworld.com - 10/24/2009
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pcworld.com —
Microsoft has confirmed a problem that hundreds of
users have reported with downloading Windows 7, according to...
its support forum. The company is currently investigating the reports, but has not yet come up with a solution. "For those that have ...
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Microsoft Confirms Windows 7 Upgrade Install Snafu
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Vista dropped for Windows 7 midway through upgrades
ZDNet News - News Page One —
... would be installed on machines during future upgrades. Businesses have been reluctant to install Vista because of software compatibility problems and its powerful demands on hardware and, as a result, it is installed on only about 15 per cent of business PCs in the UK. Windows 7 is already proving more popular, there are already 10 large companies in the UK which have begun the process of deploying Windows 7 on a total of 300,000 machines, according to Microsoft. For more, read " Vista jilted for Windows 7 midway through upgrades " from silicon.com.
Companies drop Vista for Windows 7 mid-upgrade
TechSpot —
... taken into account before a computer's operating system is wiped. Three years after Vista's release, there are still many companies who are in the middle of lengthy upgrade procedures, with plenty having yet to begin. For those that have, it seems the release of Windows 7 has given them the motive to abandon Vista altogether, and that includes companies who are already in the middle of Vista upgrades. According to recent statements by a Microsoft exec, businesses have been switching from Vista to Windows 7 mid-stride . The reasoning behind it may vary, but how it looks to ...
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