Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor Beta

[Steve R Jones]

Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor Beta

The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta will help you determine if your current PC is ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. It will also help you to choose the edition of Windows Vista that's right for you. Download the Upgrade Advisor beta and run an analysis of your current PC and use the detailed feedback to ensure that your PC is ready for the edition of Windows Vista that you want.


*** NOTE:
Q. Why is the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta only available for Windows XP users?

A. The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta depends on technology that only runs on computers with editions of Windows XP or a beta edition of Windows Vista installed. If you own a PC running Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows 95, you will need to carefully compare their system capabilities to the information available on our Get Ready site. In general, PCs purchased within the last two years have a better chance of being able to run Windows Vista as is or with affordable improvements to the system hardware.

[bistro]

I was wondering when they were going to come out with this....thanks Steve.

I'm still gritting my teeth for when millions of people are still going to try putting Vista on their 200mhz machines....

[Nix]

LOL I thought it must have been a program that ran in Vista advising you that new upgrades were available, like windows update, but also giving advise on whether you really needed the update.

[Nix]

P.S. Every time I come to this thread the following pops up on my WInMe system

[Steve R Jones]

Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor does not send or collect any personal identifiable data to Microsoft Corporation or any other third parties during this process. For additional information you can review the Microsoft Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor Privacy Statement.

I'm wondering why Zone Alarm lit up like a neon candle during the install?

[SpywareDr]

It's the image that's trying to be displayed in Steve's message. If you click the Quote button at the bottom of his message, you'll see the link to:

[img]https://partner.microsoft.com/binary/global/40022657[/img]

[Nix]

Thanks I decided to accept the certificate temporaily for this session but then had to refresh the page to get the image to show.

So much for built in smarts.

[bistro]

I'm wondering why Zone Alarm lit up like a neon candle during the install?

Perhaps because the scan is actually done online rather than internal(?). The disclaimer reads "personal identifiable data"...doesn't say anything about other data....which means it is probably picking up everything else like activation keys, etc. and comparing them with their logs at Redmond (or India....or Sri Lanka....or wherever they are keeping them these days...). Wouldn't be surprised....

[Steve R Jones]

The site was down most of the weekend....It's back up..

[Ridgerunr]

Running XP-Pro sp2 here. Wouldn't let me run the 'advisor' until I installed .Net Vers.1 (la-de-da ) Then it ran,but had to tell ZA to let it access the internet for a "COM surrogate" whatever. Now that I've toodled over here,checked ZA and it now has "another" entry with all question marks for "Vista Upgrade Advisor". ???? Think it's gon'na want to call home? Hmmm?? Yep,,I think so. So it's going to be locked right now! Don't care what the install "agreement" said!!
Stuff it M$!!

Oh yeah,one more lil' thing. I realize this is a 'beta' staged program,but it said I would need a TV tuner card to be able to use the video functions. Well,guess what? I have the ATI AIWonder Radeon 9600 card already installed and pull video from everywhere already! Surprised it didn't say I'd also need two tin cans and a very long piece of string to get VOIP too...