The best way to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 10 is to start fresh with a clean installation, which you can do with the following steps: Download the Windows 10 ISO from the Microsoft support site. Note that if you’re using an older version of Internet Under “Select edition,” choose Windows 10.
If you have a 32-bit version of Vista, you can only upgrade to a 32-bit version of Win7. If you have a 64-bit version of Vista, you can only upgrade to a 64-bit version of Win7.
So, will Vista Home Basic upgrade to Windows 7 for free?
Systems running Vista Home Basic will not qualify, Windows 7 is expected to be launched in December, so you have almost half a year to buy a computer with windows vista which will be updated to Windows 7 for free.
Your Windows 7 upgrade will be to the comparable version: so you’ll get either Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional (the upgrade to Windows Vista Business ), or Windows 7 Ultimate, respectively.
What is the latest version of Windows Vista?
Now, the latest operating system is Windows 10. Due to some reasons, Microsoft ended the mainstream support for Vista on April 10, 2012, and stopped the extended support on April 11, 2017. This means Microsoft won’t provide any kind of support and your machine no longer receives any more maintenance like security and performance updates.
This update must be applied separately before you install Windows Vista SP1 to make sure that Windows Vista SP1 can be installed or removed from the computer. You must install this update in order to install and to remove Windows Vista SP1 on all versions of Windows Vista.
Two or three additional software updates are required before you install Windows Vista SP1. The software updates that are required depend on the version of Windows Vista that you want to upgrade. Prerequisite update 935509 that is listed in this article only applies to Windows Vista Enterprise and to Windows Vista Ultimate.