Windows 7 Upgrade Paths

Windows 7 Upgrade licenses are much cheaper than the retail licenses. So some consumers prefer to purchase Windows 7 Upgrade. However, the question is, can you in-place upgrade the existing Operating system running on your computer to Windows 7?

That’s an important thing to consider. As we know it, Windows 7 comes in several editions, and for you to in-place upgrade to a certain edition of Windows 7, your existing Operating System must have a valid upgrade path. For example, you have a Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit; you can only in-place upgrade to either Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit or Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit. 

So for the benefit of the users, Microsoft shared a table of reference or the upgrade chart. It details the editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7; as well as information whether you can upgrade an edition of Windows Vista to a certain edition of Windows 7. The architecture of the software (32-bit or 64-bit) is also taken into consideration. Cross-architecture is not supported; by any operating system, not Windows only. 

 

Noticeably, Windows XP does not have a valid upgrade path to Windows 7; hence, "Custom Install" or "Clean Install" are the only options so XP users can switch to Windows 7. 

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