Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 should not be a problem

Although the Good Boot e-mail I receive is the way I most often discover the concerns of individual novice users, my first seminar of each new season has always been the way I discover the most prevalent general concerns of novice users. Often concerns I’ve not addressed in a Good Boot.

And so it was at my first seminar (Windows7) of the 2010 season. I discover I had not devoted a Good Boot to the most significant concern of the XP attendees.

Although in many Good Boots I had enthusiastically recommended Xpers upgrade to Windows 7 with a caveat they should consider employing a qualified technician to install it, configure it and transfer files to it, I had failed to mentioned that after upgrading to Windows 7 and installing their programs, Xpers should not experience any significant problems doing what they did with most of their XP software programs.

If your XP software programs are the most current version most of them will be compatible with Windows 7 and when installed will insure you’ll be able to proceed with your normal daily computing activities.

However should you discover one of your programs is not compatible, know that most vendors will probably have a free Windows 7 update to download or a reasonably priced Windows 7 compatible version.

Keep in mind an operating system be it XP, Vista or Windows 7 is nothing more than a platform on which software programs run.

Obviously for Xpers the Windows 7 landscape will look significantly different. But unless for whatever reason an Xper updated an XP program that included a significant face lift, its landscape will look as it did when it was running under XP.

I’m in no way implying that Xpers will not have to dedicate considerable effort to mastering Windows 7's features. What I am saying is Xpers should not be reluctant to upgrade to Window 7 because of any concern the new features specific to the Windows 7 operating system will adversely effect their ability to perform most of their former XP computing activities.

In fact, Xpers may actually discover their computer and software programs will be more responsive and that Windows 7 will recognize some of their antiquated hardware that XP had difficulty recognizing.

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Here’s wishing you a Good Boot.