SD> TW> In that sense there is NO upgrade from Win XP to Win 7 without the
SD> TW> additional steps that I quoted before Your reference!!!!!!!!!

SD>A word to the wise: Microsoft doesn't actually recommend upgrading from XP
SD>to Win7 even if they have "upgrade instructions".  Some
vestigial programs m
SD>not be upgraded correctly and
SD>eventually, they will cause the entire OS install to become unstable,
SD>forcing a fresh full install of Windows 7.

SD>As someone who's done more Windows 7 installs than he'd like to admit, I'd
SD>really recommend backing up your data and doing a full fresh install.  This
SD>means blowing the hard drive and letting Windows 7 redo the entire
SD>partition, especially with the EFI booting requirements. XP and Windows 7
SD>are very different and I'd not mix them.

And That is basiclly what I recommended Ed do. Feeling like you that
there is really NO upgrade from XP to Win 7.
And MS by design went that route knowing that upgrading could cause
problems.
Teh MS instructions were written for businesses running Win XP that most
likely would have minimum problems because theri machines are typically
not grundged up with every program that comes down the pike like a lot
of home User machines.

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