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Roger Wright14-Sep-11 10:46
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quinet wrote:
he does not have an image for Windows 7

So buy him a copy of Win7Pro and let him play with it until he feels comfortable with it. Easy!

He is right, though, there will be some issues. He's leery because if he lets this go through, it's going to be his ass in the sling when problems come up, and he probably already misses a lot of sleep as it is. As has already been mentioned, Office 2003 can't open Office 2010 documents, unless they are deliberately saved in the older format. This is certainly possible, but that eliminates some of the reasons to upgrade to the newer version.

You can mix and match OSs on the network to your heart's content - the network doesn't care, and there are workarounds to overcome the minor problems that might come up. The best case, but rarely affordable, is to replace all machines and software at one time. That ain't gonna happen...

Next best is to buy the new machines and software, and get a few extra licenses for Office 2010 for those who must frequently share documents but are stuck with the old machines. That could be a gotcha, though, as Office 2010 might not run on XP - I've never checked.

Other "legacy" software could have issues, but Win7Pro has an XP-compatible mode that will allow most obsolete older applications to run. IF you have stuff that only runs on 95/98, now's the time to dump it. WinXP would let you make it work most of the time, but no future OS will.

I'd get on with it now, though, before Win7 is obsolete, too.
Will Rogers never met me.

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