You have a few workstations in your organizations that are running Windows XP, but the users would like to use Windows 7. Which of these would be the best path for installing Windows 7 on these computers?
A) Install Windows 7 using Windows Anytime Upgrade
B) Install directly from the Windows 7 installation media on the Windows desktop
C) Install directly from the Windows 7 installation media when booting
D) Use Windows Easy Transfer to backup all user files, install a clean version of Windows 7, restore the user files, and manually install all necessary applications.
E) When they aren’t looking, swap out their workstation for a new laptop.
The answer: D) Use Windows Easy Transfer to backup all user files, install a clean version of Windows 7, restore the user files, and manually install all necessary applications.
Although there’s an upgrade path from Windows XP to Windows Vista and another upgrade path from Windows Vista to Windows 7, there’s no easy way to move directly from Windows XP to Windows 7.
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