Please note that the date for the Lab has been changed to the correct date of the Thursday, May 1st, 2014. Time and Location remain the same. We hope to see you there!
PLEASE CHANGE YOUR BOOKMARKS TO
www.barriecomputerclub.org our old address of www.barrieusersgroup.org will soon be out of service XP is now unsupported by Microsoft for personal users of this 13 year old Operating System (OS). Any one using this OS needs to install the last update to XP and then plan upgrade to Windows 8 or move to a different operating system, such as Linux.
The first thing to do is to determine whether you can upgrade to Windows 8 Here is a summary of the system requirements:
If you want to upgrade to Windows, check out their tutorial http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-8/upgrade-from-windows-vista-xp-tutorial If you are moving to Linux, you may want to read the following: http://www.zdnet.com/why-linux-mint-is-a-worthwhile-windows-xp-replacement-7000027858/ http://betanews.com/2014/01/30/windows-xp-home-users-should-upgrade-to-linux-not-windows-8-1/ http://www.zdnet.com/running-windows-xp-programs-on-linux-mint-with-crossover-7000028162/ And to download Linux Mint (our members like this version): http://www.linuxmint.com/ or Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/ |