A reminder that on July 13th, 2010, all versions of Windows XP SP2 will reach the end of support…

I recommend those of you still on Windows XP SP2 to install the latest service pack available via the Microsoft Update website – Windows XP Service Pack 3 – or look at moving to Windows 7.

Regards

Marc Liron – Microsoft MVP

If you are running Windows XP (OR Windows Vista), you can enhance your DVD playback experience on your PC by using a DVD Decoder pack.

You can then turn Windows Media Player into a full-featured DVD player when combined with a popular DVD decoder pack from Corel (XP) or CyberLink (Vista).

More on the correct:  DVD Decoder here: http://www.updatexp.com/dvd-decoder-media-player-windows.html

Kind Regards

Marc Liron – Microsoft MVP

Microsoft provides no direct upgrade path from Windows XP to Windows 7.

But then again with millions of PCs running Windows XP that are up to 10 years old it would have been a tech nightmare offering this solution. (APPLE does not offer this for their own system upgrades from 2001 either.)

This week I have managed to do a clean install of Windows 7 on a 5 year old DELL Inspiron D800 laptop and it installed without a hitch. The only extra work was manually re-installing the graphics drivers from the Dell support website, as the default one that came with Windows 7 did not offer the screen resolution I needed. But that took only a few mins. of my time.

So I now have been abale to breathe a new lease of life into some old hardware – something that Windows Vista couild not do on this old laptop.

Here in this CNET video you can get a quick overview of how to upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7.

In the video it mentions the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.

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Regards

Marc Liron – Microsoft MVP

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