I'm having an immense amount of difficulty moving from WinXP to Win7.  I keep hitting roadblocks.  Right now I can't GET the Service Pack 3 self-extracting update to finish installing.  I think the file is corrupt.  Can someone point me to a source for a self-installing Service Pack 3, other than www.microsoft.com (which always causes problems when i try to download anything from them)?

Thank youThere is no SP3 for Win7.To migrate to Windows 7, you should be able to insert the Windows 7 disc. BOOT the system off of that disc and it will give an option for a upgrade install to keep all your data or perform a new CLEAN INSTALLATION which formats the hard drive and installs Windows 7 clean.

Prior to doing this I would run the Windows 7 compatibility utility to make sure the system meets the requirements etc.

What are the system specs of the system you are upgrading to Windows 7?

If its Windows 7 32-bit I SUGGEST a minimum of 2GB RAM, and if its Windows 7 64-bit I suggest 4GB for best performance.

Windows 7 32-bit can run on 1GB of RAM, but it would be laggy with all the paging to operate with the HDD. Windows 7 64-bit on 2GB of RAM has been laggy.