Hello,
I have a Dell desktop running 32-bit XP. I have just bought a copy of Windows 7 to upgrade it so sharing with my laptop, etc. will be easier.
I've run the system check, and was attempting to download Easy Transfer from the site:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=4503
I get the normal "run" screen, followed by a "cannot authenticate the publisher" screen, and push through those, only to get an error screen that says:
C:\Documents and settings\myname\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\2IWPUYGI\wet7xp_x86[1].exe is not a valid win32 application.
When I hit "OK" to that the download ends and I get the Download Confirmation page:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/confirmation.aspx?id=4503
But I cannot find Easy Transfer anywhere on my computer, so I don't think it was actually downloaded, and so it appears I am "stuck" (pardon the tech jargon) at this stage and unsure how to proceed.
I am not super tech-skilled, and so I am looking for an incredibly simple solution/answer. I have already backed up my files on a WD My Book, and so I have the documents/spreadsheets/music/photos on that, so I guess that leaves me with unknown options:
1) Go ahead and load Windows 7 w/o having Easy Transfer, but I don't know enough about 7 to be sure I can pull the data out of the WD My Book w/o having saved it to Easy Transfer (the Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 PDF doesn't indicate other methods of saving/restoring the data)
2) Find a fix/work-around to the error message I'm getting with Easy Transfer (which I have no idea how to accomplish)
3) Something else entirely.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have a Dell desktop running 32-bit XP. I have just bought a copy of Windows 7 to upgrade it so sharing with my laptop, etc. will be easier.
I've run the system check, and was attempting to download Easy Transfer from the site:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=4503
I get the normal "run" screen, followed by a "cannot authenticate the publisher" screen, and push through those, only to get an error screen that says:
C:\Documents and settings\myname\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\2IWPUYGI\wet7xp_x86[1].exe is not a valid win32 application.
When I hit "OK" to that the download ends and I get the Download Confirmation page:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/confirmation.aspx?id=4503
But I cannot find Easy Transfer anywhere on my computer, so I don't think it was actually downloaded, and so it appears I am "stuck" (pardon the tech jargon) at this stage and unsure how to proceed.
I am not super tech-skilled, and so I am looking for an incredibly simple solution/answer. I have already backed up my files on a WD My Book, and so I have the documents/spreadsheets/music/photos on that, so I guess that leaves me with unknown options:
1) Go ahead and load Windows 7 w/o having Easy Transfer, but I don't know enough about 7 to be sure I can pull the data out of the WD My Book w/o having saved it to Easy Transfer (the Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 PDF doesn't indicate other methods of saving/restoring the data)
2) Find a fix/work-around to the error message I'm getting with Easy Transfer (which I have no idea how to accomplish)
3) Something else entirely.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
