I've upgraded more than several - it's one of the things I do for a living.

The cleanest way to do this is to install Windows 7 fresh then re-install everything.

If you REALLY CAN'T DO THIS then the next best option is to upgrade from XP to Vista then upgrade from Vista to Windows 7.

This may seem odd but the direct upgrade path from XP to Vista works well and so does the direct upgrade path from Vista to Win 7. Both upgrades will pull your applications along with them.

Tom
www.towercooler.com
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Loren Busch
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 12:22 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: NVC Late Friday post Question on Migrating to New PC

Posting this late Friday, send responses by pmail please.
Has anyone found a GOOD program for migrating from XP to Win 7?  I mean one
that actually migrates programs.  Documents, etc are not a problem, that's
done.  And Zinstall has failed six times for me (In different configurations
for the migration).  And reviews on PCMover are not good.  So, has anyone
found a XP to Win 7 migration program that actually worked?
Thanks