Vista to Win7 upgrade

On 20-Jan-2012 18:17, Andrew Rossmann wrote:
> With Vista nearing the end of MS's mainstream support, I'm thinking of
> updating my computer to Win7. Despite what the Vista-hate people say,
> I've actually had no issues or crashes. This is 32-bit Vista Home
> Premium.
>
> I have run the Upgrade Advisor, and there no show-stoppers. Just a few
> programs with warnings. I don't expect any real issues, but wonder what
> issues others have seen. The main programs I see with warnings are
> iTunes 10.5.2 (just noticed 10.5.3 is out, which is probably minor),
> Sonicwall VPN client (to connect to work, although I can update it from
> 4.0 to 4.64 if needed), Citrix Program Manager 10.1, Outlook 2003,
> Vitual PC 2007.
>
> The advisor sometimes recomments uninstalling then reinstalling software
> for some of these warnings, such as iTunes. Is this really necessary?
> Any known issues with any of the above?
>

What's the rush, Vista will be supported until April 11, 2017.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...ucts/lifecycle

Save some money by that time Windows 10 will probaly be on the verge of
coming out.

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In article <jfeupl$eq3$>, says...
>
> If V-PC is not needed removing it should be no big deal.
>
> Office 2003 has a few compatibility issues with Win7. If not removed, it should at least be upgraded to its latest Service Pack
> (Sp3) prior to installing Win7 but for the most part presence of Office Sp3 should not present any major issues
>
> One item unique to all Office 2003 programs..
> - Office 2003 code doesn't recognize Win7's Libraries since its open/save dialogs use its own file browser dialogs instead of
> Windows.
>
> Outlook 2003 has some post Win7 installation issues. Are you using Outlook for mail ?
>
> Also see:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/com...=Office%202003
> If the above link is broken use
> - http://tinyurl.com/6w45k4d

I have a basic Office 2007 install (Excel, Word, PowerPoint). The
Outlook is if I want to check my work mail. As long as it works well
enough to access the Exchange server, it's OK. At the worst, I could
start up my work computer, or use Citrix/Remote Desktop to one of those
servers.

I use Thunderbird for my personal mail, and I know that has no problems.
I don't know if it has Exchange support yet.

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Andrew Rossmann wrote:

> I use Thunderbird for my personal mail, and I know that has no problems.
> I don't know if it has Exchange support yet.

Only directly if the exchange server has POP3 or (preferably) IMAP4
protocol enabled, there are also add-ons that allow Lightning to access
exchange calendars via the web interface.

There is a proprietary add-on called ExQuilla that hooks Thunderbird
into an exchange mailbox via the web interface.

Office 2007 and Outlook 2003 you should be fine...as noted Outlook 03 has some issues, easily found by searching the net for
Outlook 03 Win7 Compatibility - the majority are not show stoppers.

Still a good idea to remove iTunes prior to upgrading to Win7 then reinstall later

Good luck!


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"Andrew Rossmann" wrote in message news:...

In article <jfeupl$eq3$>, says...
>
> If V-PC is not needed removing it should be no big deal.
>
> Office 2003 has a few compatibility issues with Win7. If not removed, it should at least be upgraded to its latest Service Pack
> (Sp3) prior to installing Win7 but for the most part presence of Office Sp3 should not present any major issues
>
> One item unique to all Office 2003 programs..
> - Office 2003 code doesn't recognize Win7's Libraries since its open/save dialogs use its own file browser dialogs instead of
> Windows.
>
> Outlook 2003 has some post Win7 installation issues. Are you using Outlook for mail ?
>
> Also see:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/com...=Office%202003
> If the above link is broken use
> - http://tinyurl.com/6w45k4d

I have a basic Office 2007 install (Excel, Word, PowerPoint). The
Outlook is if I want to check my work mail. As long as it works well
enough to access the Exchange server, it's OK. At the worst, I could
start up my work computer, or use Citrix/Remote Desktop to one of those
servers.

I use Thunderbird for my personal mail, and I know that has no problems.
I don't know if it has Exchange support yet.

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