Windows 7 upgrade advisor
Along with Windows 7 public RC, Microsoft has also released the Windows 7 upgrade advisor.
What is Upgrade advisor ?
It is a tool / program which helps you to determine whether all hardware and software present in your PC / notebook is compatible with the new OS, in which you plan to upgrade !!!
In this case Windows 7 upgrade advisor can be installed on Windows XP / Windows Vista to find out all software and attached hardware are fully compatible with Windows 7 or not.. Basically it lets you know that whether your PC can run Win7 without any issue or not !!
Where to get Windows 7 upgrade advisor ?
The beta version of this software is available free for download -> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/upgrade-advisor.aspx
How to run Windows 7 upgrade advisor ?
The installation is very much straight forward !!
Once launched, it takes few minutes to scan the system to gather information and generate the final report.
In my case, I am running this tool under a Lenovo Notebook running Windows XP x86 SP3 on a 15GB HDD partition. You may see at this attached report card generated by the tool has found system needs a clean installation (upgrade not possible) along with HDD upgrade due to small size of it. Else, the computer is ready for Windows 7.
Abhishek on August 17th, 2009
Hello Choto Cheeta,
I have been facing this problem since quite a few months and thought of seeking your help on this subject.
My PC config is -
Intel Pentium 4 (2.4 Ghz)
1.25 GB DDR1 RAM
Intel 845 chipset with onboard graphics
200 GB HArd Disk Drive
My problem is that I have been operating on Windows 7 RC 1 since the past two months and everything is working perfectly except the graphics. All graphic related objects such as games show that my hardware acceleration is disabled. When i inspected my PC for the problem it showed that my graphic drivers are out of date. The issue is I have no current internet connection on my PC so it is not possible for me to use windows update. I usually visit cafes for internet and tried to download the drivers I wanted. However either it turned out to be incompatible with my OS or in most cases my hardware.
Can you kindly post me links or sites where I would get these drivers. I am desperate. Please help