Windows 7 upgrade advisor fails on install

"Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor ran into an unexpected error. Please
reinstall... and try again." (upon run attempt)

a. I hope it didn't hurt itself when it ran into....nevermind.
b. Reinstall = same result.
c. Re-download and reinstall = same result.
d. It does appear in installed programs.

Microsoft will not support due to =OEM= Vista upgrading to retail Win 7
Upgrade. Gateway will not support due to "its a Microsoft software
problem."

Web search = no help.

Machine is a laptop Gateway M-6881, 3GB, 2.2GHz core2duo.

Do I just forget about Win 7?

"movrshakr" <fm_newsgroups@xemaps.com> wrote in message
news:4af1e047$0$15008$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosting.com...
> "Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor ran into an unexpected error. Please
> reinstall... and try again." (upon run attempt)
>
> a. I hope it didn't hurt itself when it ran into....nevermind.
> b. Reinstall = same result.
> c. Re-download and reinstall = same result.
> d. It does appear in installed programs.
>
> Microsoft will not support due to =OEM= Vista upgrading to retail Win 7
> Upgrade. Gateway will not support due to "its a Microsoft software
> problem."
>
> Web search = no help.
>
> Machine is a laptop Gateway M-6881, 3GB, 2.2GHz core2duo.
>
> Do I just forget about Win 7?

You purchased through Gateway? Call them. Did you do a clean install? If
you did an upgrade, I suggest doing a clean install.

1. Read the original message. Gateway says "not our problem."

2. I have done NO upgrade yet. I was trying to run the advisor first.
Are you saying to proceed with a clean install even though upgrade
advisor won't even run?


Kevin SmallBone wrote:
>
>
> "movrshakr" <fm_newsgroups@xemaps.com> wrote in message
> news:4af1e047$0$15008$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosting.com...
>> "Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor ran into an unexpected error. Please
>> reinstall... and try again." (upon run attempt)
>>
>> a. I hope it didn't hurt itself when it ran into....nevermind.
>> b. Reinstall = same result.
>> c. Re-download and reinstall = same result.
>> d. It does appear in installed programs.
>>
>> Microsoft will not support due to =OEM= Vista upgrading to retail Win
>> 7 Upgrade. Gateway will not support due to "its a Microsoft software
>> problem."
>>
>> Web search = no help.
>>
>> Machine is a laptop Gateway M-6881, 3GB, 2.2GHz core2duo.
>>
>> Do I just forget about Win 7?
>
> You purchased through Gateway? Call them. Did you do a clean install?
> If you did an upgrade, I suggest doing a clean install.
>
>

"movrshakr" <fm_newsgroups@xemaps.com> wrote in message news:4af1e047$0$15008$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosting.com...
> "Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor ran into an unexpected error. Please
> reinstall... and try again." (upon run attempt)
>
> a. I hope it didn't hurt itself when it ran into....nevermind.
> b. Reinstall = same result.
> c. Re-download and reinstall = same result.
> d. It does appear in installed programs.
>
> Microsoft will not support due to =OEM= Vista upgrading to retail Win 7
> Upgrade. Gateway will not support due to "its a Microsoft software
> problem."
>
> Web search = no help.
>
> Machine is a laptop Gateway M-6881, 3GB, 2.2GHz core2duo.
>
> Do I just forget about Win 7?

Have you tried right-click 'Run as administrator'?
Or turn UAC off.
Or forget about the Upgrade Advisor and install Win7
anyway and see how it goes, provided you have a backup
strategy and can re-install Vista if things go wrong.

The Vista Advisor didn't work for me very well on one machine and warned
about non problems and missed some real problems but I have slide in
drive trays so it was no problem to try and Vista worked fine once I
replaced the graphics card (Which I knew I'd have to do anyway).

Sadly it's not so easy with a laptop so you need to make two backups or
make sure you have reinstall disks or something from Gateway...

I think W7 will work fine for you provided that Gateway didn't do
something stupid and I think you will find it leaner and faster than
Vista, but unless you can find someone who's proven it on your model
proceed with caution.

movrshakr wrote:
> 1. Read the original message. Gateway says "not our problem."
>
> 2. I have done NO upgrade yet. I was trying to run the advisor first.
> Are you saying to proceed with a clean install even though upgrade
> advisor won't even run?
>
>
> Kevin SmallBone wrote:
>>
>>
>> "movrshakr" <fm_newsgroups@xemaps.com> wrote in message
>> news:4af1e047$0$15008$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosting.com...
>>> "Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor ran into an unexpected error. Please
>>> reinstall... and try again." (upon run attempt)
>>>
>>> a. I hope it didn't hurt itself when it ran into....nevermind.
>>> b. Reinstall = same result.
>>> c. Re-download and reinstall = same result.
>>> d. It does appear in installed programs.
>>>
>>> Microsoft will not support due to =OEM= Vista upgrading to retail Win
>>> 7 Upgrade. Gateway will not support due to "its a Microsoft software
>>> problem."
>>>
>>> Web search = no help.
>>>
>>> Machine is a laptop Gateway M-6881, 3GB, 2.2GHz core2duo.
>>>
>>> Do I just forget about Win 7?
>>
>> You purchased through Gateway? Call them. Did you do a clean
>> install? If you did an upgrade, I suggest doing a clean install.
>>
>>