no difficulties other than I manually had to select the newest drivers for a couple of things (e.g my ThinkPad 802.11a/b/g/n, 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter). Then, finally, I downloaded and installed the Lenovo ThinkVantage System Update which I downloaded via the Drivers and software - ThinkPad T60, T60p page and ran it a couple of times. Windows Update downloaded a bunch of updates incl. After succesfully installing Windows 7 I ran the Windows Update a number of times (remember to manually run the "Search for updates" a few times), again with no problems. In my case, the Windows 7 installation went very smooth no problems at all all drivers were found, downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about upgradig from XP to Windows 7 see e.g. an external drive, and afterwards (after having upgraded from XP to Windows 7) you'll have to restore your user data to the "new" Windows 7 laptop, and likewise you'll have to reinstall all your programs. If you are currently running Windows XP, and wish to upgrade to Windows 7, the same applies: You'll need to first backup your own (XP) user data to e.g. Then, I booted the T60 using the Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Family Pack CD and choose the "Custom installation" since Vista Business cannot just be migrated to Windows 7 Home Premium (see Upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7 - Which version of Windows 7 can I upgrade to?) - this mean that you'll have to restore all your user data and reinstall all your programs. Before installing Windows 7 on the T60 I used the Microsoft Windows Easy Transfer and copied all user data from the old Vista installation to an external HDD (I also made a complete backup of the entire Vista HDD using Acronis True Image ver. This T60 was "born" with Vista Business which ran very slow in my opinion (being used to XP on a 1.8 GHz/PM745 T42 with a SSD). Just FYI ("for your information"): Yesterday I installed a copy of Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Family Pack on a ThinkPad T60 model/type 2007-QPG, which is a Core 2 Duo (T7200) with the ATI X1400 GPU.
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