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Post by Admin_Vistamike on Mar 31, 2014 12:37:26 GMT
POSTED AS FYI Consumer users still using Windows XP will have access to a free data migration tool coming later this week.>>>>>Windows XP will lose security patch support from Microsoft on April 8, opening up consumers and businesses to scenarios in which exploits won't get addressed. Perhaps as a concession, Microsoft announced yesterday that Laplink's PCmover Express for Windows XP migration tool will be available from a Microsoft site at no cost. It will be available this week at Microsoft's WindowsXP.com site, although it wasn't accessible there at press time. The free PCmover Windows XP migration tool is capable of moving files, settings and user profiles from a Windows XP machine to a machine running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. That's a much more user friendly scenario than Microsoft's recommendation of performing a "clean install" of Windows 8.1, in which Windows XP files, settings and programs aren't retained. However, for those individuals using the free tool who also want to try to move programs, it seems that Laplink offers a "Professional" version of the Windows XP migration tool, which is priced at $23.95.
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Post by greebal on Mar 31, 2014 21:33:39 GMT
That is a useful tool for many and is available now. link
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Post by warlock on Mar 31, 2014 23:41:16 GMT
For small business this might be great. (not too sure about that either). But for most consumers that have an OEM machine is it worth the expense to upgrade? Just asking for the sake of asking. Opinions appreciated.
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Post by irvsp on Apr 1, 2014 12:47:11 GMT
For small business this might be great. (not too sure about that either). But for most consumers that have an OEM machine is it worth the expense to upgrade? Just asking for the sake of asking. Opinions appreciated. It might not make sense for anyone. The real quandary would be for many when there is no security s/w left. Many companies do not even support XP now. Older systems running XP are probably slow RAM, older CPU, and have some components, like video cards that are not longer supported. The cost of the OS could be the smallest expenditure one has to make. Even with a new system there could be other costs, such as wireless USB dongles that need to be replaced as well as scanners and printers. I've got some web cams as well that are not supported collecting dust. Let us not forget that many Windows program that XP ran will NOT run under W7/8 either. Can you spell 'marketing ploy'? That is not to say some will clearly benefit though.
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