Vista to Windows 7 Upgrade Question

I am preparing to upgrade from Vista Business to Windows 7 on a T500. I noticed that 4 programs need to be uninstalled prior to upgrading, including McAfee Antivirus, which is the one I'm most concerned about. Since McAfee was preinstalled on the computer, I don't have the disks. So how to I re-install it (and the other uninstalled programs) after I've upgraded?
Thanks for any help. (I previously posted this inquiry on the T500 discussion, but figured that might be the wrong place. Sorry for the duplication.)

Hi,
I'm doing this from memory, so please double check before counting on this as gospel...
IIRC, there are installable versions of 3rd party apps in C:\SWTOOLS\APPS - or some similar path. Poke around a little and see if what you want is there. Just copy/burn that folder if you want to reinstall after your upgrade. Some of the apps - WinDVD for example - will/may need to be updated after the Win 7 install. Some of this is available for download from the Lenovo site BUT those downloadable updates WON'T install unless the previous version is already installed.
I've used that approach to install WinDVD after a similar "clean" upgrade from Vista to Win 7 Pro 64. I can't speak to McAffee since I don't use it. I prefer to use the Win 7 native windows defender plus the free version of Avast Antivirus.
HTH, but like I said please double-check. I don't have access to the old Vista/T400 image any more to verify the path to the installables.
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