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Upgrading to Windows 7 in Poland will be impossible
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salwek on 03 August, 2009 09:51:00
 
Europeans will not be able to upgrade directly from Windows Vista to Windows 7.
Microsoft has published a list of all the available upgrade paths. The mission
found that the change from Windows Vista to the European version of Windows 7 E
can take place only with the help of the so-called. clean installation. The
second novelty is that we finally official dates of availability.
Centrum Windows 7 PC World
Microsoft has already announced in early June that Windows 7 will be
distributed in Europe in the free version of Internet Explorer. The decision was
a response to the company alleging that monopolistic practices that the European
Commission has made this year in January 2009. The document sent to headquarters
from Redmond Giganta was the final case, which began in December 2007, when the
Norwegian company Opera Software made a claim against Microsoft Antitrust.
We know that Microsoft will supply the European market for Windows 7 E deprived
of Internet Explorer. Now the company has confirmed that an update to this
version of the system will require the so-called. clean installation. For most
users this can mean a big problem.
Windows 7 will be published in the E version Premium, Professional, Ultimate,
and Starter. Special edition of the Windows operating system for Europe is the
result of decision of the European Commission. It added that European leaders
are still not satisfied with the effects of anti-trust proceedings.
Windows users from other parts of the globe will be able to make a direct and
upgrade to Windows Vista to Windows 7.
We know that no one will be able to upgrade directly from Windows 95, Windows
98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows XP, Windows Vista RTM, Windows Vista
Starter, Windows 7 M3 Windows 7 Beta, RC Windows 7, Windows 7 and less IDS
popular Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows
Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. It will also direct update to the
version with different architecture (eg x86 to x64), language or SKU.
The paths of individual versions of the update, you can check in a special
document (PDF).
Microsoft announced that it will help the users to upgrade. The company will
offer, among others Windows Easy Transfer tool to help move data from the pop
rzedniej versions of Windows 7.
With Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, any user can check whether the computer is
ready for Microsoft's latest OS.
Windows 7 RTM - we know the release dates
Windows 7 will go on sale to the world exactly 22 October this year. The system
will have its world premiere in Poland, during the Microsoft Technology Summit
2009. Already, some online stores can also place orders przedpremierowe.
RTM version of Windows 7, which nota bene can already be found on the web, two
days after the official recognition of it by going to Microsoft OEM partners.
From 6 August will be able to download the technetium and MSDN subscribers, and
selected partners linked site Connect. Aug 7 Windows 7 is available for groups
of strategic contract with Software Assurance. Other groups will be able to
start shopping 1 September. Access to the system to receive Microsoft's other
partners, who will be able to download it via the Microsoft Partner Network (16
August) and MAPS subscribers (23 August). In most cases, will be made available
to the English version of the system.
Microsoft added that the beta-testers Windows 7 would not receive the free
version of the system. The company added that a person actively involved in the
tests have already had the chance to buy a system with 50-percent discount.