# XP to Windows 7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [March 5, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221 "2014-03-05T20:24:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/1 "2014-03-05T20:24:07Z")
I’ve looked at USMT [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd560801(v=ws.10).aspx](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd560801(v=ws.10).aspx) and it seems to work OK. If you have migrated XP to Win 7 how did you do it when the PC is not being changed? What I am interested in is how did you install Windows 7 on the disk? Had you a Ghost image or how did you do it? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/2 "2014-03-06T04:51:25Z")
Arthur wrote: [color=blue] > If you have migrated XP to Win 7 how did you do it when the PC is not > being changed? > > What I am interested in is how did you install Windows 7 on the disk? > Had you a Ghost image or how did you do it?[/color] ZENworks Configuration Management!!! – Does this washcloth smell like chloroform? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/3 "2014-03-13T15:46:01Z")
Is your hardware even supported (drivers) for Win7? I myself create images using MS’s imagex command. Then create a usb boot key with the install image on it (using sysprep to wrap the machine up). Then again, I’m only dealing with a couple different types of machines here and a small amount of users. ## – shesser shesser’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=4838](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=4838) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=475234](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=475234) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/4 "2014-03-15T04:54:41Z")
Arthur wrote:[color=blue] > I’ve looked at USMT > [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd560801(v=ws.10).aspx](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd560801(v=ws.10).aspx) > and it seems to work OK. > > If you have migrated XP to Win 7 how did you do it when the PC is not being > changed? > > What I am interested in is how did you install Windows 7 on the disk? Had > you a Ghost image or how did you do it? > > [/color] > I can’t imagine doing it without imaging for more than a few systems. Doesn’t > matter what you use for imaging, though, IMO. But you’ve got to preserve the > user data and then put it back on. And give up on trying to transition some > things. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/5 "2014-04-11T14:54:01Z")
Some time ago I moved from XP to Win7, but wasn’t satisfied with the new system. Maybe it’s better, but I get used to work with XP. That’s why I decided to return to the previous OS. ## – BarneyJack BarneyJack’s Profile: [https://forums.netiq.com/member.php?userid=7224](https://forums.netiq.com/member.php?userid=7224) View this thread: [https://forums.netiq.com/showthread.php?t=50187](https://forums.netiq.com/showthread.php?t=50187) ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/6 "2014-04-11T18:02:13Z")
There are probably a lot of people like that. I know some people that really had a hard time moving from DOS to a gui interface. They refused to do it for a long time. [cough!DaveKearnscough!] I usually switch my home machine to the latest just to learn and keep up…but that can bite you in the butt sometimes [cough!Vistacough!] – Kim - 4/11/2014 8:59:34 AM ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/7 "2014-04-11T19:30:37Z")
On Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:02:13 GMT, “kgroneman” [kgroneman@novell.com](mailto:kgroneman@novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > There are probably a lot of people like that. I know some people that > really had a hard time moving from DOS to a gui interface. They > refused to do it for a long time. [cough!DaveKearnscough!][/color] Haven’t seen that name in a while. [color=blue] > I usually > switch my home machine to the latest just to learn and keep up…but > that can bite you in the butt sometimes [cough!Vistacough!][/color] I’m running Win7 on my home machines…no hurry to go to 8 for me. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/8 "2014-04-11T20:33:47Z")
kgroneman, [color=blue] > There are probably a lot of people like that. I know some people that > really had a hard time moving from DOS to a gui interface.[/color] And now some are having a hard time going from the GUI to the CLI (i.e., PowerShell). Everything old is new again. ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/9 "2014-04-11T21:24:31Z")
Hey KeN Etter: [color=blue] > I’m running Win7 on my home machines…no hurry to go to 8 for me.[/color] Still on Win7 at work. 8 seems to be a little zippier, but things like having to have all the folders of the same type have the same view, and some other minor annoyances make it so I don’t see Win 8.1 as worth the bother/cost to “upgrade”. – Kim - 4/11/2014 12:22:03 PM ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/10 "2014-04-11T21:25:37Z")
Hey Black, Douglas: [color=blue] > some are having a hard time going from the GUI to the CLI[/color] [raising hand and waving it wildly in the air] Me! I really don’t see any benefit on a desktop machine. – Kim - 4/11/2014 12:24:54 PM ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/11 "2014-04-12T02:35:08Z")
kgroneman wrote: [color=blue] > Hey KeN Etter: > [color=green] > > > I’m running Win7 on my home machines…no hurry to go to 8 for me.[/color] > > Still on Win7 at work. 8 seems to be a little zippier, but things like > having to have all the folders of the same type have the same view, and > some other minor annoyances make it so I don’t see Win 8.1 as worth the > bother/cost to “upgrade”. > [/color] > We here at ComputerBase upgrade a lot of Windows 8 computers to Windows 7. ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/12 "2014-04-14T20:20:56Z")
Hey Preferred User: [color=blue] > We here at ComputerBase upgrade a lot of Windows 8 computers to > Windows 7[/color] hehe. One of these days Win7 will go out of support just like XP did. That said, Win7 is a pretty dang good desktop OS. – Kim - 4/14/2014 11:19:26 AM ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/13 "2014-04-15T00:22:47Z")
kgroneman wrote: [color=blue] > Hey Preferred User: > [color=green] > > > We here at ComputerBase upgrade a lot of Windows 8 computers to > > Windows 7[/color] > > hehe. One of these days Win7 will go out of support just like XP did. > That said, Win7 is a pretty dang good desktop OS. > [/color] > Not bein no expert or nutin. If Windows 8 is Windows ME version 3 does that > mean Windows 9 will be the next usable version? We got to enjoy XP for 13 years (2001 to 2014) so that means we won’t have to worry about upgrading again until 2022 or so. Bob ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/14 "2014-04-15T16:28:09Z")
Hey Preferred User: [color=blue] > If Windows 8 is Windows ME version 3[/color] I wouldn’t go that far. Windows 8.1 is pretty good but IMHO just not worth the price of the change from Win 7. – Kim - 4/15/2014 7:27:11 AM ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/15 "2014-04-15T17:05:40Z")
Preferred User wrote: [color=blue] > We got to enjoy XP for 13 years (2001 to 2014) so that means we won’t > have to worry about upgrading again until 2022 or so.[/color] You’ve got until 2020, or so says Microsoft. – Does this washcloth smell like chloroform? ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/16 "2014-04-15T22:08:55Z")
Hey Joseph Marton: [color=blue] > You’ve got until 2020, or so says Microsoft.[/color] I’ll be 65 and starting to think about retirement. – Kim - 4/15/2014 1:08:25 PM ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/17 "2014-04-22T03:09:35Z")
kgroneman wrote: [color=blue] > Hey Joseph Marton: > [color=green] > > > You’ve got until 2020, or so says Microsoft.[/color] > > I’ll be 65 and starting to think about retirement. > [/color] > I’ll be 70 and starting a new career. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/xp-to-windows-7/25221/18 "2014-05-23T13:04:01Z")
I used Win7 as well as 8-version, but still consider Win XP as the ideal system. It’s a pity that it stopped being supported. ## – peter\_castol peter\_castol’s Profile: [https://forums.netiq.com/member.php?userid=7460](https://forums.netiq.com/member.php?userid=7460) View this thread: [https://forums.netiq.com/showthread.php?t=50187](https://forums.netiq.com/showthread.php?t=50187)