Unfortunately, Microsoft offers no direct path for this, but some of the tools it made for Vista ... paths to update Windows XP to Windows 7: moving from an XP machine to a different system ...

One of the 10 security updates -- MS06-061-- applies to Windows Vista RC1, the last widely-distributed preview of the operating system. Unlike that bulletin's patches for Windows 2000, Windows XP ...

Step 4. Finally, select to restart the system and press [Finish] to complete the installation. Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8: Step 1. Run the setup.exe program to start the installation.