File Details |
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| File Size | 6.6 MB |
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| License | Freeware |
| Operating System | Windows XP |
| Date Added | December 20, 2007 |
| Total Downloads | 46,331 |
| Publisher | Microsoft Corp. |
| Homepage | Microsoft Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor |
Publisher's Description
Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small application that you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista. When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to add functionality to Upgrade Advisor, such as checking how your software applications will run with Windows Vista. Download the beta version today and check this site in a few months for a new version.
Latest Reviews
photonboy reviewed v1.0.0.918 on Dec 31, 2007
There seems to be some confusion:
Microsoft is releasing new versions because they are adding hardware to the list. It seems people just keep making new products...
However:
Vista has blocked support for EAX. This is a high profile change which has created a lot of waves. Microsoft says my Creative Audigy 2 card will work fine which isn't quite true, it will play degraded sound quality unless you find a software workaround (more info at Creative site). I feel Microsoft has intentionally downplayed this for fear of not selling copies of Vista, but doesn't this sort of defeat the purpose of this program?
godzila reviewed v1.0.0.918 on Dec 21, 2007
-Lord- reviewed v1.0.0.918 on Dec 21, 2007
People still use Zone Alarm???
Hall9000 reviewed v1.0.0.918 on Dec 20, 2007
Works. I still can't believe the list I see for Vista Basic compared to the others. Takes balls to sell that. Anyway it told me nothing new from last time i tried this. Upgrade video card, upgrade audio. I'm surprised it didn't complain about the fact that I have only 1 gb of ram.
mjm01010101 reviewed v1.0.0.918 on Dec 20, 2007
Hilarious that they have revised so many versions of this program. Vista's been out over a year. Ya think Microsoft is concened?
TechNoWeb reviewed v1.0.0.628 on Feb 20, 2007
it works is about all i can say i am running vista on drive d and xp pro on C it looked at my pc and it said i could run vista "all ready knew that" but i wanted to know about the programs and they have not changed it taker zonealarm if you do an upgrade with zonealarm installed disabled but installed it will hose your system and all it said was it might give you some problems yea right i used the vista loophole to install a clean copy of vista anyways i don't upgrade your just moveing all your old problems to a new os.
it needs work so i gave it a 3
The MAZZTer reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.54 on Sep 6, 2006
Nice, but it wrongly reported my computer could not run Vista. It only scanned my XP drive and concluded my 7gb free was not enough to install Vista, while ignoring the 70gb free drive I actually plan to install the Vista RC on.
[Edit: That winsat aurora thing is nice, heh. They probably intended to use it as a progress thing while it scanned your computer, and later decided to just do scans while the user inputs the data on how they plan to use Windows.]
mjm01010101 reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.54 on Sep 6, 2006
surprise surprise, it said my 4 year old system, otherwise doing it's job fine for 4 years with little complaint, sucks.
asellus reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 21, 2006
Just ran "winstat.exe aurora" today.
The result is enough to give it 5 stars.
tannman1 reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 19, 2006
Well it looks loke its real funcrion is for marketing and not really a tool for consumers. As far as drivers go according to this my AC97 sound may be screwed as well as bluetooth but by God my webcam will work.....March on MS. Pleasseee
photonboy reviewed v1.0.0.918 on Dec 31, 2007
There seems to be some confusion:
Microsoft is releasing new versions because they are adding hardware to the list. It seems people just keep making new products...
However:
Vista has blocked support for EAX. This is a high profile change which has created a lot of waves. Microsoft says my Creative Audigy 2 card will work fine which isn't quite true, it will play degraded sound quality unless you find a software workaround (more info at Creative site). I feel Microsoft has intentionally downplayed this for fear of not selling copies of Vista, but doesn't this sort of defeat the purpose of this program?
godzila reviewed v1.0.0.918 on Dec 21, 2007
-Lord- reviewed v1.0.0.918 on Dec 21, 2007
People still use Zone Alarm???
Hall9000 reviewed v1.0.0.918 on Dec 20, 2007
Works. I still can't believe the list I see for Vista Basic compared to the others. Takes balls to sell that. Anyway it told me nothing new from last time i tried this. Upgrade video card, upgrade audio. I'm surprised it didn't complain about the fact that I have only 1 gb of ram.
mjm01010101 reviewed v1.0.0.918 on Dec 20, 2007
Hilarious that they have revised so many versions of this program. Vista's been out over a year. Ya think Microsoft is concened?
TechNoWeb reviewed v1.0.0.628 on Feb 20, 2007
it works is about all i can say i am running vista on drive d and xp pro on C it looked at my pc and it said i could run vista "all ready knew that" but i wanted to know about the programs and they have not changed it taker zonealarm if you do an upgrade with zonealarm installed disabled but installed it will hose your system and all it said was it might give you some problems yea right i used the vista loophole to install a clean copy of vista anyways i don't upgrade your just moveing all your old problems to a new os.
it needs work so i gave it a 3
The MAZZTer reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.54 on Sep 6, 2006
Nice, but it wrongly reported my computer could not run Vista. It only scanned my XP drive and concluded my 7gb free was not enough to install Vista, while ignoring the 70gb free drive I actually plan to install the Vista RC on.
[Edit: That winsat aurora thing is nice, heh. They probably intended to use it as a progress thing while it scanned your computer, and later decided to just do scans while the user inputs the data on how they plan to use Windows.]
mjm01010101 reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.54 on Sep 6, 2006
surprise surprise, it said my 4 year old system, otherwise doing it's job fine for 4 years with little complaint, sucks.
asellus reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 21, 2006
Just ran "winstat.exe aurora" today.
The result is enough to give it 5 stars.
tannman1 reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 19, 2006
Well it looks loke its real funcrion is for marketing and not really a tool for consumers. As far as drivers go according to this my AC97 sound may be screwed as well as bluetooth but by God my webcam will work.....March on MS. Pleasseee
necommunications reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 19, 2006
I do not see the problem with this tool.
I have used the latest build of Vista Ultimate and am very impressed. It ran fine on one of my machines which is 3 years old.
-Dual Athlon MP 2400+
- 40GB HD
- 1.5GB RAM
- 256MB Radeon
I am aware that most users may not have a GB of RAM but the upgrade problem happens with every release of a new operating system Including Linux and OSX and others.
Of course you can't expect to put the latest OS on your machine and expect it to run perfectly!
There will always be a gap of a few years while hardware catches up.
Get real, I would bet a large sum of money that everyone who is using 2K/XP/9x now will be Microsoft bashing using WIndows Vista in a few years time.
A number of your "reviews" may have been different if you had taken the time to read the documentation on the product home page:
http://www.microsoft.com...upgradeadvisor/faq.mspx
l0cks reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 19, 2006
One word : LAME
You need WinXP to run this software. So I would need to buy XP now just to know if my PC can take Vista or not. How sweet !
Way to go Microsoft !
paulm reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 19, 2006
Said some of my motherboard drivers may be an issue. Well I hope Vista will have these basic drivers support for a 2+ year old Gigabyte P4 Mobo (GA8IPE1000 Pro2)with 2.8 proc. Apart form that, I may have to upgrade my Leadtek GF4 4200Ti Graphics card, for full aero support, because it isn't capable of the pixel shader 2.0 thinggy or whatever it's called? I usually turn off menu animations and fades etc so should be fine if I can switch off a bit of the OSX inspired eye candy.
What the heck is wrong with .net framework. It's just a 20+ MB install. Shouldn't be an issue. If it is then you should stick to Win95.
Kylde reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 19, 2006
.net framework required, no thanks :)
neverlander reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 19, 2006
That piece of s*** has detected my Pentium 2.8 GHz as 0.00Hz CPU. So my PC ain't fast enough to run Vista.
I'm afraid, the software from such a vendor ain't good enough for my PC, sorry, Billy.
I'd rather migrate to Linux.
burfadel reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 18, 2006
Same thing happened to me, this programme will not install on Windows XP 64 bit edition. If it could install, there is no reason why it wouldn't work the same as on 32 bit XP. It doesn't crash or anything so don't go saying its the computer setup, the exact message is:
"Sorry. You must run setup on Windows XP or Windows Vista"
There's two things that could be happening... the setup check routine sees xp64, or more likely its possibly checking the version number of Windows??? Xp64 is based on Server 2003 64 bit version and carried the version 5.2 instead of XP's 5.1
terminalx reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 18, 2006
well I qualify for the home prem edition and my pc is 3 yrs old...so figure that one out... the only reason I give it a 4 is it said my hard drive is only 3 GB apparently it only detects where windows is located it doesnt check the total disk size including partitions... so if I leave my pc as is vista will run with no upgrades to the pc according to the advisor
minklein reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 18, 2006
I tried running it on XP64. Told me to go away, not now, never ever.
Crispy777 reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 18, 2006
Thankyou Microsoft for this fine util. Looks like I have to get a Mac because Vista isn't going to run on my 1 year old PC... I would have to upgrade my hard-drive, graphics card, TV-tuner card and Professional audiocard. It's actually chepaer to get a Mac than upgrade those and buy a Vista upgrade.
cooldude7273 reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 18, 2006
It recommends based on what YOU choose you want to do with your computer and what it is capable of. Play around and you will see Ultimate is not for everything. ;)
ranasrule reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 18, 2006
nice app...looks like ill be gettin the ultimate version
pjb reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 18, 2006
7 possbile drivers, and Windows Home Premium advised for me.
Good application.
alanpalmer reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 18, 2006
My report was better than mjm01010101's. The advisor said my machine should be able to run Vista, although I'd need to get 7 drivers for various bits of hardware from the manufacturers. It recommended Ultimate, as well. I wonder if it ever recommends a cheaper version? ;)
wizard68sc3 reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 18, 2006
It tells me that mine is ready for vista, except it needs an updated dial-up modem. I dont use dial-up so we will see. I have been checking on what vista's price range is going to be. It looks like i will be sticking with XP Media Center Edition for awhile.
mjm01010101 reviewed vBeta 1 Release Build 1.0.0.18 on May 18, 2006
"We're sorry, but your PC cannot currently install and run the core experiences of Windows Vista.
However, you may be able prepare your computer for Windows Vista by upgrading your PC hardware.
You will need to take the following actions to run Windows Vista.
Additional hard drive storage
15GB free space required (Your computer currently has 11.93 GB)
"
"Windows Vista drivers may not exist for the devices listed below." and it lists about 30 devices!
Only three devices on my system are vista ready
Then it proceeds to tell me the most expensive version of vista will fit my needs
hahaha.