"Jed" <zyzygy@plenipôtentiary.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:03:09 -0700, "P J" <pj@pjama.invalid> wrote:
>
>>"Jed" <zyzygy@plenipôtentiary.com.invalid> wrote:
>>> I am running the Windows 7 release candidate (build 7100) on my 8
>>> month old HP DV5 1000us notebook (for reasons I won't go into) and
>>> have had no problems. One driver, for the HP Officejet 4200 series
>>> printer, was not available in the build but the OS automatically
>>> searched online for the driver when I tried to add the printer, and
>>> found and installed it in about 2 minutes.
>>
>> That's a relief. My notebook is of the same series as yours, I
>>think: HP Pavillion tx1410us. Did you install W7 on top of Vista, or did
>>you do a clean install?
>
> Since it is the release candidate, fresh install is the only option.
>
> When you decide to move to Windows 7, I would recommend getting
> Acronis Backup (or equivalent), back up your important data and
> applications, do a fresh install of W7, then restore your data and
> applications.
>
>

I upgraded my HP tx21xx series tablet from Vista to W7 RC. You don't need a
clean install. Most of the features I use work fine; only the autorotate
isn't quite right.

Terry