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I also read somewhere that it involves IE being default.

What? A normal upgrade allows people to install third-party browsers alongside IE.

Here's a link to said FAQ.

Reportedly, you will able to use the upgrade media for a clean install, by inserting your XP install disc during the install.

When will you get Windows 7 RTM? - Windows 7 Team Blog - The Windows Blog So they hadn't RTM'd three days ago. (Note that the blog post is from today.)

XP Mode is Windows XP Mode (also known as Virtual Windows XP), not WOW. Yes, WOW64 is in every 64-bit version.

So Opera's complaining that the rendering engine is still there. Would they prefer users be forced to choose IE in order to run apps that need Trident?

Steven Sinofsky mentioned three months ago that this workaround would need to be used for in-place upgrades from RC to RTM.

A1. Because OEM versions are only to be sold with a new machine. A2. Yes, of course you can use the upgrade on Vista OEM. A3. That's unknown at this point.

I believe build 7600.16384 is in fact the first RTM escrow build. I never understood where the idea that the 726x/727x builds were RTM escrow came from. The fact they didn't have nice round build numbers such as 7600 and there was about 12 of them suggests they weren't. Several builds from...

Can't be done. If you really want buttons for those things on your taskbar, you can use an old-school toolbar. You can also override the Windows Explorer icon to point to a single different folder. Right-click the icon, right-click "Windows Explorer" on the jumplist, click Properties and the...

Are you trying it on a .exe that came with Windows? It's not supposed to work on those.

Quoted for truth.

You said that the fact that it can be upgraded shows that its valid. I pointed out that pirated versions can also be upgraded, when they are clearly not valid. Of course the process is perfectly fine. Of course, using it without a license to run Windows isn't. Quoted for truth.

If you pirated a copy of XP, wouldn't the Vista upgrade likewise treat the XP install as "valid"? I said it could not be activated was because it was not legit, not the other way around. Windows is not trial software. It merely gives you the benefit of a doubt for the first 30 days.