Monday, June 30, 2014

XP Retirement Common Questions

I hope this hits a few common questions out there in San Diego!

XP Retirement List of Known Problems as of Mid 2014

1. Current versions of Chrome and Firefox Browsers will not run.

2. Age: XP PC’s were produced between 2001 and 2006 and selectively until 2010.

3. Anything from Apple: iTunes, iPhones, iPads, iCloud will not function as updates will not install on XP.

4. Antivirus programs are extremely limited.

5. Internet Explorer 8 is the last version. Current version is 11.

6. Office 2013, AKA Word, Excel and Outlook will not install.

7. XP is generally a 32 bit operating system and only supports 3.5 Gb of Ram. Current recommended amount of Ram is 4 to 8GB.

8. Most Modern hardware. Driver Support is limited.

How can we help you transfer your data to a new PC? Need help picking out a new PC, we can help too! Need help making a new Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC feel similar to your XP PC? Just ask and we have a few tricks, like Start8!

Kurt Rein MobileComputerWizard.com 858-345-0382 Office

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