We have so many computer knowlegable people out there. What would be the advantages, if any, of Windows 7 over Vista. And the differences of the versions of Windows 7. thanks for any insight into this.
Lynn

I don't have Windows 7, I use Vista right now and I love it. Many people didn't care for Vista but I couldn't find anything I didn't like about it.

Windows 7 is supposed to be faster than Vista so if you have a choice, I would always go with the latest version of Windows.

Lynn, are you buying a new computer or upgrading? If you are just upgrading, I am not sure you can upgrade XP to VIsta or WIndows. I remember hearing something about not enough memory in the older computers to handle Vista or XP.

Thanks, karen
Best Buy and the box say you can upgrade from Vista to Windows 7.
The only real reason I was looking at it is the fact that when i am "multitasking" with Vista, it frequently closes down on me. I was hoping Windows 7 would help.
BTW...could you not post the yacht onto LCT? I thought it was fascinating.
You know i am not computer literate.
thanks again
Lynn

Yes, you can upgrade Vista to Windows 7 but I am not sure that Vista is your problem with closing down all your multi tasking.

I did this upgrade on Saturday. Lynn I'm not thrilled with the change. Never had your problem with Vista but it's happened a few times since I put on 7.

Interesting, Betty. I wish i knew why it happens, Karen.
Lynn

Lynn, you can try googling it, I came up with many articles and discussions. It sounds like a conflict between programs.

Here is an example of one guys problem and the discussion about it.

Karen, I will try googling it, to get a comparison.
That guy is using things that I have never heard of!!!! Most of my problems come with using Facebook...
Thanks
Lynn

That example was to show you that programs you use can conflict with each other. When you crash, note what programs you are using at the time. You can uninstall and reinstall them to see if that works or roll back your registry to a date before the crashing started.

Another option is to download my favorite free tune-up program, it will look for registry errors and other problems on your computer.

Advanced Systemcare download

Lynn, one more thing....If you are using Internet Explorer to surf the web, switch to Firefox and you will not have crashes while surfing the web.

Is that where all your crashes are occurring, while you are surfing the web? If so, it's your browser, not Vista.

Free Firefox download

Lynn, I've looked into this, since my Vista started to act weird a couple of months ago. Fortunately I tried doing a "system restore" a couple of times, and it seemed to improve. I then had a problem with Windows Update failing, and got Microsoft involved (they will do this for free when it's an update problem.) Turned out I had a malware virus, but now I'm clean. Make sure you Update is working properly.

As for the Windows 7 upgrade, you can run a program that will scan your computer and give you a report on potential upgrade problems. You can them prepare by uninstalling certain programs that will have to be re-installed later. In my case the only one reported was iTunes (not the music, just the program.)

I haven't done this yet, since I have been dealing with these virus issues. Somehow I have lost the link to this tool, sorry, but you should be able to find it by browsing after googling "windows 7 upgrade".

Thanks Wendy. Karen has me trying to switch to Firefox instead of IE to improve things, and it is working, but I can't transfer my "favorites" files yet. Let me know what happens.
thanks
Lynn

Good on you for switching to Firefox. IE is a virus, imho.

I switched to Firefox but had trouble opening some attachments etc. ??? I too have Vista but don't know much about any of this.

Marcie, what attachments would you open on firefox? Do you mean like attachments on your email?

Lynn,
In Firefox click on File, on the drop down menu click on Import and you'll get a window that says something like transfer favorites etc from IE. It'll walk you thru it easily. In Firefox the favorites are called bookmarks but work the same.
Jim

Jim, I talked her through that already but only 4 of her IE favorites ended up being imported.

Thanks everyone. I keep plugging away, but there is so much to choose from in options, I get waylaid !!!!
Karen, You are fantastic. I have all your emails to look into.
Still trying to do bookmarks. I just thought of saving them on a flashdrive and try to import them that way.
Lynn