Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003
Support Ends April 8, 2014
So what can you do now? If you are a home user or have a small business here is some simple steps to follow.
1st look at you business applications and se if they will run on Windows 7 or Vista. If the app works on Vista should work on windows 7.
Then look at your hardware is there driver(s) for Windows 7. Your can use the Windows upgrade advisor to learn about your computer and understand what hardware and software will be issues.
When you use the upgrade advisor do your self a favor and connect ALL you devices to the computer 1st then run the advisor..
If your hardware is good to go and you have your software original disk, then BACKUP you computer and verify it a good copy. As when you install Windows 7 you will be formatting your hard drive and will loose all your data, a idea I tell user to do is to buy a new hard drive and put the new operating system on that, that way you can test and verify that the hardware and all your device work. Then if you buy Windows 7 Profession or higher you can use XP more for application that will only work in XP and not on windows 7 …
If the Hardware is old and you do not want to buy a new computer, and your computer can run Windows 7 switching out the hard drive is a good idea anyway as that is the the one of the 2 items that fail in an old computer. Power supply being the second.
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For business users you should look a
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) to accelerate and automate deployments of Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2008, and Microsoft Office products.
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