Everyone knows that Windows 7 is the best operating system Microsoft has ever released until now. I managed to do a clean installation of Windows 7 Ultimate Notebook XP without any problems, but not everyone is successful upgrade of Windows 7. There is nothing more frustrating than trapped in a circle an endless reboot repeatedly, so we imagine that Microsoft is trying to to get over the problem gets worse before it ended. Don’t worry: We’ll explain how to exterminate them.
Before beginning your Windows 7 upgrade, attach your Notebook directly to your router via a wired ethernet connection. This will ensure that Windows 7 has a chance to download the latest installation updates directly from Microsoft at the outset of the upgrade process. By the time you read this article, it’s possible that Microsoft will have created a fix for some of the following upgrade bugs, so your first step in any upgrade scenario should be to make sure that you have a wired Internet hookup to your Notebook from the start.
The first installation problem you’re likely to encounter in your upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 may not be obvious at first. But after your progress bar sits at 62 percent for more than 10 minutes or so, you’ll know something is wrong. The culprit is a service called Iphlpsvc, which may stop responding to the system during the installation. Fortunately, the solution is relatively easy. If you don’t feel like messing around with your system settings, download Microsoft’s automated fix, MicrosoftFixit50319, and install it. Follow the wizard, and it should resolve the problem in about a minute.
If you’d rather just correct the problem yourself, start by rebooting your Notebook. After logging back in, click Start, right-click Computer, and click Properties. Click Advanced, Environment variables, then System variables, New. In the ‘Variable name’ field, type MIG_UPGRADE_IGNORE_PLUGINS. In the ‘Variable value’ field, type IphlpsvcMigPlugin.dll. Click OK to close the windows, and then start your installation again.
Endless Reboots
Once you’ve put XP or Vista back on your hard drive, boot from that drive and then insert your Windows 7 upgrade DVD. You’ll still have the option to perform a clean installation of Windows 7 on your system, if that’s what you want to do. Just make sure that your primary hard drive has a qualifying previous version of Windows installed on it, and then boot from the Windows 7 DVD and select Custom (Advanced) as your installation type. You can then format the drive using Windows 7, without encountering the invalid-product-key error at activation time.
In the event that the same activation error pops up after you’ve followed these instructions, your best bet is to activate Windows 7 by phone. To do so, click Start, Computer, Properties, and choose Click here to activate Windows now. Look for the option to activate by phone, dial the number the system provides, and follow the voice-guided instructions. In the worst-case scenario, a Microsoft support person will help you activate your license.
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