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TRANSITIONING BETWEEN "WINDOWS XP", "WINDOWS 7", "WINDOWS 8", AND “WINDOWS 8.1 ”. 1. Web location for this presentation:. http://aztcs.org Click on “Meeting Notes”. 2. SUMMARY.

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  1. TRANSITIONING BETWEEN "WINDOWS XP", "WINDOWS 7", "WINDOWS 8", AND “WINDOWS 8.1” 1

  2. Web location for this presentation: http://aztcs.org Click on “Meeting Notes” 2

  3. SUMMARY As of April 8, 2014, Microsoft has discontinued support for "Windows XP" so here is a comparison between "Windows 7", "Windows 8", and "Windows 8.1" to help you select between them. 3

  4. TOPICS Beyond "Windows XP" Hardware Requirements "Start Button" Issues Running Old Software Applications That Only Run In "Windows XP" 4

  5. TOPICS (continued) "Windows Media Center" "Extended Support" End Dates "Windows 8" and "Windows 8.1" Have "File History" The "Pro" and "Enterprise" Editions of "Windows 8" And "Windows 8.1" Have "Hyper-V" 5

  6. TOPICS (continued) "Windows 8" And "Windows 8.1" Have "Storage Spaces" Hardware Driver Improvements In "Windows 8" And "Windows 8.1" "Spot Verifier" Service For Hard Drives in "Windows 8" and "Windows 8.1" 6

  7. TOPICS (continued) Appendix 1: Windows Product Time Line Appendix 2: Confusion Between "Update To 8.1" and "Update for 8.1" 7

  8. BEYOND "WINDOWS XP"--THE BIG CHANGES FOR THE COMPUTER USER 8

  9. BEYOND "WINDOWS XP" Microsoft made five big changes to the configuration of "Windows.." when they moved from "..XP" to "..Vista". They kept these five changes for "Windows 7", "Windows 8", and "Windows 8.1": 9

  10. BEYOND "WINDOWS XP" (continued) "Printers and Faxes" in the "Control Panel" Became "Devices and Printers": 10

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  13. BEYOND "WINDOWS XP" (continued) "Scanners and Cameras" Has Been Merged Into "Devices and Printers": 13

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  16. BEYOND "WINDOWS XP" (continued) The "Documents and Settings" Folder Became the "Users" folder: 16

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  19. BEYOND "WINDOWS XP" (continued) "Add or Remove Programs" in the "Control Panel" Became "Programs and Features": 19

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  22. BEYOND "WINDOWS XP" (continued) "Add Hardware" in the "Control Panel" No Longer Exists: 22

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  25. BEYOND "WINDOWS XP" (continued) These changes are explained in more detail at http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win8.1/beyondWinXP.pdf 25

  26. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS 26

  27. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS 27

  28. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS (continued) Computers with Intel "Pentium 4" processors have had exceptionally durable life spans. They were sold from 2000 to 2008 and many of them are still alive and well. Most of them were sold with "Windows XP" installed. 28

  29. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS FOR OLD "PENTIUM 4" COMPUTERS 29

  30. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS (continued) Two ways to determine If your old "Pentium 4" computer can run "Windows 8" or "Windows 8.1: Method 1: Run "coreinfo.exe" Method 2: Attempt to install the free "Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation" or the free "Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation" 30

  31. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS (continued) Method 1: Run Microsoft's free "coreinfo" to determine if your old "Pentium 4" Computer can run "Windows 8" or "Windows 8.1": See http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win8/old-computer-Win8.pdf 31

  32. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS (continued) Method 2: Attempt to install the free "Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation" or the free "Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation". 32

  33. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS (continued) Method 2 (continued): To download and attempt to install the free "Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation", see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/dn407368 or http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win8/win8enteval.pdf 33

  34. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS (continued) Method 2 (continued): To download and attempt to install the free "Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation", see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh699156.aspx?ocid=wc-tn-wctc or http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win8.1/win8.1enteval.pdf 34

  35. "START BUTTON" ISSUES 35

  36. "START BUTTON" ISSUES 36

  37. "START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued) "Windows XP" has a "Start Button" and a "Start Menu" that looks like this: 37

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  40. "START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued) "Windows 7" has a "Start Button" and a"Start Menu" that looks like this: 40

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  43. "START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued) "Windows 8" has an invisible "zero pixel Start Button" in the lower left-hand corner of both the "Desktop" and the "Start Screen": 43

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  46. "START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued) In the Desktop of "Windows 8", when you hover the mouse cursor over this invisible "zero pixel Start Button", a thumbnail of the "Start Screen" will pop up: 46

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  48. "START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued) In the "Start Screen" of "Windows 8", when you hover the mouse cursor over this invisible "zero pixel Start Button", a thumbnail of the "Desktop" will pop up, if you have already been to the "Desktop" at least once: 48

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