From WinXP Prof to Win 7 Prof?

[Patience]

Hi All,

Here's the skinny...
I'm currently using my own PC for work as well so I have their stuff loaded on it. Right now, the OS is Win XP Professional and they use Trend Micro and Office 2003.

I have two profiles - one as Administrator and one for work. For work, I use Outlook and for home I use Outlook Express.

I realize Outlook Express is going away (if not already) so my question is, if I do a fresh install (back up all my files before doing that), is there a way to import my Outlook Express files/folders into whatever the new email program is for Windows 7 Professional?

Also, considering I will now have to purchase Windows 7 Prof, anti-virus software (Trend preferably), as well as the latest Office (I need Word, Excel, Powerpoint specifically), can anyone recommend a good place to purchase all of these together?

Thanks so much,
Nancy

[HAN]

How old is your PC? How much RAM memory does it have? Win 7 runs lighter than Vista but IMO, it still needs at least 2 GB to run smoothly. (I run a netbook with Win 7 on 1 GB and it's pokey.) See this link for the specs http://windows.microsoft.com/systemrequirements Keep in mind that MS always specs minimums lower than what is really acceptable for most of us.

Don't forget you can always upgrade to Windows Live Mail client (the next version past OE.) http://download.live.com/wlmail

If it were me, I'd stay with XP and migrate from OE to Mozilla's Thunderbird Email client. But that's me...

[Patience]

Hi HAN,

I think my HP desktop is probably 4 years old? I don't recall. As for RAM, it has 1.93GB.

I already have a Windows XP Professional OEM CD I purchased a while ago but I figured I should get the latest Windows product. Hmmm....

How about Office 2007? Any good deals on that?

You mentioned migrating from OE to Mozilla's Thunderbird Email client - can I actually migrate all my folders/email files in?

Thanks,
Nancy

[jdc2000]

Office 2007 deal:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-135-_-Product


Thunderbird should be able to import your existing e-mail and contacts.

[Patience]

Thanks jdc2000. One more question - since it is licensed for 3 PC's, will it work on my husband's Windows 7 64-bit OS as well?

Thanks!
Nancy

[jdc2000]

It should work OK on Win 7 64-bit.

[SpywareDr]

2007 Microsoft Office system requirements
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/su...668651033.aspx

Note - The 2007 Microsoft Office system programs client is a 32-bit application and can run on a Windows 64-bit platform (Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista) but there may be some feature limitations as noted in the system requirements below.
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Send to OneNote 2007 print driver and Internet Fax not available on 64 bit OS.