Wall Street columnist Walt Mossberg posted a chart detailing which versions of Windows XP and Vista must do clean installs to Windows 7, and which can do a simpler upgrade. There’s been plenty of ...

There’s been enough written about upgrading to Windows 7 to fill a library, so you’d think PC users would understand the pros, cons and pitfalls by now. Well, not quite. Most people get the gist of ...

Microsoft said Friday that some “in-place” upgrades from Windows Vista to the new Windows 7 may take some users over 20 hours to complete. The best that users can hope for is a 1 hour and 24 minute ...

Confirm that you have all of the following at hand before you start the upgrade. A compatible PC: Chances are that if your machine is running Vista, it will be able to run Windows 7. But to make sure, ...