about to install 7 . . . couple of q's

Is it possible to install from vista i.e popping the dvd in while in vista and installing from there?

Does Skype, Office 2007, Live Messenger, VLC and itunes all work with 7 RC?

 

Yes. Everything that works with xp+ will work with windows 7 RC

 

Yes, it's possible to perform an upgrade install from Vista-migrating everything over to W7, but as a rule it's best to install Windows cleanly by reformatting the drive. It gets rid of all of the old cruft and you get a better experience. Odd things have happened when people performed upgrades instead of clean installs of Windows.

All of those programs except for maybe iTunes (I don't use iTunes) work with Windows 7 RC.

 

iTunes will work. I have it running nicely on my laptop with 7.

 

OK thanks for the help.

 

NIS 2009 won't work. There is pre-release Windows 7 version, but that's only active for 14 days. I think there will be a longer lasting version soon.

 

Are they going to send out an update for NIS 09 or is it an entire NEW version of NIS 09?

 

I don't know what the final product will look like, but I had to uninstall NIS, then install the 7 version from norton.com. But it looks exactly like NIS 09 and functions like it too, save he huge Pre-release watermark.

 

Everything works here!

I use NOD32 64 Bit FTW

 

I read on norton.com that there's going to be a compatibility update through LiveUpdate for the 2009 products.

 

There will be an automatic update for NIS09 that updates the client software to be compatible with Windows 7. Right now though I am on the Kaspersky Beta.

 

Just make sure your hardware is working OK. I have a desktop from Lenovo which works great. NO problems. But my HP DV5 laptop is having a lot of problems. I am betting it is related to wonky chipset drivers that worked fine on the 7000 beta but something changed in rc1 that made them funky.