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Old 01-23-2010, 11:55 AM   #8
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Also a newb questions:

If I do end up going the Windows 7 route will it delete all my information when I do the install on my laptop/desktops?
It's not supposed to.

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Will I have to then reinstall every program I had previously on my computer?
You have a few choices when you install Windows 7.

If you have Windows XP on the computer, then you must do a full install. This means that your computer's OS will be "brand new" - as if you installed Windows 7 onto a blank hard drive. Your user account files, program files and the old Windows directory will all end up in a folder called "Windows.old".

If you have Vista, then you can do either a full install or an in-place upgrade.

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Will most programs I do currently have work with Vista? I don't play games but just programs like Office 2007, Adobe Master Collection, CuteFTP, etc.
Most of this stuff should work, check the vendor web site for compatibility/upgrades.

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edit: As well I believe my two desktops are 64bit and laptop is 32bit does, does this matter once I install Windows 7? Can I make them all 64 or 32 bit or should I stick to what they are now?
Keep the 64bit desktops 64bit. You can upgrade the laptop to 64bit, provided that the processor is 64bit, but then you must do a full install, no matter what.
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