You have a customer using a Windows XP Professional computer

You have a customer using a Windows XP Professional computer, and he wants to know if he can do a direct upgrade to any version of Windows 7. What do you tell him?

A. He can upgrade Windows XP Professional to Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate.

B. He can upgrade Windows XP Professional to Windows 7 Professional or Enterprise.

C. He can upgrade Windows XP Professional to Windows 7 Professional.

D. He cannot directly upgrade Windows XP Professional to any version of Windows 7.

Solution

D. The only way to “upgrade” his Windows 2000 Professional computer to Windows Vista would be to back up all his data and then to do a fresh installation of Windows Vista on the computer hardware, assuming the hardware is sufficient for Vista.