Looking to make the leap from Windows XP Media Center 2005 to a new Operating system

Looking to make the leap from Windows XP Media Center 2005 to a new Operating system that supports Microsoft Publisher 2002, Word 2003, Excel 2003, Power Point 2000 and Picture Manager 2003. Need to make the leap since some of my other software is requiring
a system software upgrade to upload any other upgrades (Garmin for example). I ran windows 8.1 software compatibility check and know this software will not work on 8.1. Does anyone know if this software works on Windows 7, 7 Pro, or Ultra?

Hi Paul,
You may take a try with Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to see if your PC is ready for Windows 7. It scans your hardware, devices, and installed programs for known compatibility issues, gives you guidance on how
to resolve potential issues found, and recommends what to do before you upgrade.
You could download it from here:
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.
If you want to upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7, you may follow the guide below:
Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7
Besides, I would agree with what Team Zigzag suggested, run Windows 8.1 and create a Windows XP virtual Machine, then run the applications from there.
Best regards
Michael Shao
TechNet Community Support

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i am looking to make the switch from pc to mac and have been eyeing the MBP 13". I would like to know whether it is fine to add RAM and SSD myself? any compatibility or warranty problems? what brand/type of RAM and SSD is the best fit? thank you.

Chamar wrote:
I'm possibly wrong here but I suspect opening a brand new MBP to add parts yourself will void the warranty. It is probably in the small print. I certainly would not risk it for an expensive Apple product.
Some (Windows) laptops have easy access to memory and disk slots that do not necessitate taking the complete back cover off. However, Apple does not make life easy for you.
However, if you are going for a 'used' machine it is probably worth a try.
Not possibly, definitely wrong, Ram and Hard Drive are considered user replaceable and will not void the warranty if changed.

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When ever I use the media creation tool, I have been stuck at 0% for ages and wont so anything.

I'm looking to make the switch from PC to Mac to accommodate Premiere Pro CC.

Premeire Pro is a big program that needs a lot of power to function correctly. I have the "System Requirements" page up from the Adobe website, but as I'm researching laptops, it's still not clear to me which Macbooks will be compatible with that program. Can anyone help me with this dilemma?

Tess,
I'm not sure why one would switch to Mac for PrPro these days. Once upon a time Apple was clearly a better line of gear for imaging/video, especially as their stuff was more clearly specialized to that work. Over the last couple years it's almost seemed like Apple was tossing their whole concept of "we're the graphics folks" out the window. Look at the massive threads on these boards over the last few OS updates for Mac ... expensive two-year old graphics cards suddenly no longer supported, graphics drivers choking on the system, people needing to go back an OS notch or two to get back to work ... and the hardware is no longer any better designed for graphics than the PC side with similar attention to graphics needs. This isn't to say that Apple doesn't produce some fine machines that do work well for this stuff.
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Can I make the switch from Windows?

Hi there,
Preamble...
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Model Identifier: Macmini3,1
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Memory: 4 GB
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I started to play around with iMovie and this software is not up to my particular needs. Final Cut Express certainly is, but here is the problem. Anything that I bring into FCE that is placed on the time line has to be rendered. Any video, any transition, audio effect, etc. This is very time consuming and really slows down both my productivity and creativity. The Windows programs that I use don't have this problem and they are able to render "on the fly" or at least give me a proxy which is fine for my needs.
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Thanks for reading this long post!
Mike

Drmikekuna wrote:
... Sony AVCHD .. Canon SD ... Logitech .. Flip Mino HD. ..
.. Certainly not the best idea for a professional but just fine for a guy who likes to edit for fun.
that's were the fun stops on a MacOs-based system ..
FC/e supports only a few 'standards': DV (as from miniDV cams), HDV (from miniDV devices), AVCHD (from most devices) and with a little trick, described on my website AVCHD-light (720p, as from many compact-stills) ..
done.
some Flips are supported by iMovie, which you can abuse as a converter tool.
but 'non video standard' (=read 'video' as 'in TV') formats, resolutions and codecs ...
a) manual conversion = less convenient
b) loss of 'quality', e.g. when you blow-up tiny 480x320/15fps into video..
FC/e is FC/pros lil' brother.. meant for a more.. adult workflow..
if you like to wrestle with multi-formats, stay with Windows/Magix/..
Windows=options, with a chance of getting lost
MacOs=convenience, with a chance of getting restricted

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Have you ran the troubleshooter yet?
If you're having trouble setting up your TV signal, try using the Set up TV tuner troubleshooter to automatically find and fix some common problems.
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Troubleshooting. In the left pane, click View all, and then click
Set up TV tuner.
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I use my computer for work and have so many documents I can't afford to lose informaiton.
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Tinacoffee,
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If you can’t afford to lose your documents, have you been making regular backups of your MacBook Pro’s internal disk to date?
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Ready to Make the Leap

I've been a Windows user for quite some time, however, I've finally decided to make the leap to the Mac. Looking seriously at the Mac Mini - should suffice for home use, mainly internet browsing, word processing and music management (iTunes). For what I've described, would the base Mac Mini suffice? I already have the keyboard, mouse and monitor from my Dell.
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Cleaning up
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Hi expert
1. I neeed one script that will transfer the files from windows machine to UNIX machine.
2. And the data updated in Windows file should also be update in UNIX file.
3. Please send me the steps how can i schedule this script.
Thanks in advance
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It depends on what you need.
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== This happened ==
A few times a week
== A week and a half after i installed Fox Filter. ==
== User Agent ==
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