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[Best Syndication News] Microsoft 7 Upgrade from Windows Vista was successful for me. I got my free upgrade from the system manufacturer and after having so many glitches in Vista I couldn't wait to install the Windows 7 Operating System.

So I did all the outlined steps, and it took a couple of hours to upgrade, and there wasn't any installation problems.

What made me jump up and down with joy, was the audio stuttering problem that I had with Windows Vista was not present in the Windows 7. I could watch the video without any audio problems. One problem fixed.

Another problem fixed with the Window 7 upgrade from Vista was the crashing web browser problem. I could have multiple web browsers open and they would not lose the Internet connection and would keep on running smoothly. The browsers in Vista would lock up and you couldn't close them without shutting down the system and rebooting. Yippee for Windows 7!

Windows 7 was able to browse the PDF files inside the browser without crashing the software like it did in Vista. Although it wouldn't lock solid in Vista, it did crash out and I would have to restart the browser again.

Windows Vista has a sluggish feel whenever you would browse your file folders, especially network folders. In the upgrade with Windows 7, the browsing of the system hard drives and network hard drives are fast and responsive. It feels like a fast system now. Before it was finicky and sluggish with Vista.

The feature that was nice to see was the new way the Windows 7 handles programs on the taskbar on the bottom of the screen. You have your shortcuts to your frequently used programs and they become highlighted with a box around it if they are running. Bring the mouse over it and you see the multiple pages or instances of the program running with a quick 'x' close icon in the miniature window display. Hover the mouse over the mini screen and it will show full screen temporarily by not stay unless you click on it. This is intuitive and makes a lot of sense. I love this feature the most with the Windows 7 upgrade.

The themes can rotate on your background for you, but if you want to have a fully optimized system these bells and whistles are just extra decorations and are not needed. But if your bored, why not play with customizing your computer system.

So I would have to say that I am satisfied with the Windows 7 operating system so far and it definitely, definitely is worth the upgrade if you happen to be running Vista. If you are running XP and want to upgrade, you should make sure you system is going to be compatible first before investing the money in the upgrade. The free utility to check if your system will be compatible with Windows 7 is located at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/upgrade-advisor.aspx .

By: Dusty Rhodes