This was an upgrade of Windows Vista Home Premium. A Windows Anytime Upgrade to Windows 7 Professional is still in order for the SCEPTER laptop as well as the laptop that I upgraded today.
For the most part uneventful, but long [just over 3 hours]. I had a blue screen crash on getting to the desktop. I used MSConfig in the Safe Mode to help isolate the cause of the crash. Webcam 7 is the culprit. It runs fine on the SCEPTER laptop; therefore, it will here also. My conclusion is the high resolution of the Logitech Webcam Pro 9000 camera caused the crash. I’ll resolve that problem after publishing this article. It is interesting that there was no problem on the Windows Vista Desktop.
The HP upgrade package of 2 disks had all the drivers I needed. The process also included a BIOS update. I have a few tweaks to do and maybe then I can explore the new OS. I now have 3 computers running with it. There is one more to go.
Now to get Webcam 7 back online… [Unable to resolve, required a clean OS install--vids are back]
Jim
Well, I have not resolved the problem. I know it is NOT Webcam 7 nor Webcam XP. Running the webcam application for both web cameras results in a BSOD Crash. The problem does not happen on my other HP Laptop. Research has not found a solution. I continue to try to resolve. It is a step-by-step process. Something about this OS and cameras is a problem., or so it seems. –jim
Focused on cam & video drivers–no fix. I’ll have to do a clean install. The webcams work on my other W7 laptop, thus I’m OK with a clean installation. I hate time lost and time yet to loose. –jim