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Philcrox
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 Upgrading a school’s operating system from Windows XP to Windows 7
Windows 7, Windows 7 Networking, Windows Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
Hi there i work for a school in the uk. i am the schools technician.

Basically we have 110 pcs and 1 server. running windows xp professional and server 2003 enterprise on a domain

I have the chance to upgrade both the server to windows server 2008 and windows 7 professional.

im wanting to know if you could give me any sort of information or has anyone upgraded in there school. is there anything i might need to know reguarding upgrading and any problems i might come across.

thanks to any one who is willing to give advice here beofre i make the change over

Regards

Phil Croxford



Software/Hardware used:
windows xp windows server 2003
ASKED: March 30, 2011  1:11 PM
UPDATED: November 2, 2011  8:41 AM
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We did the same thing last year. the only problem we had was finding a sound driver for a 5-year old machine. Installation was a breeze. No problem running any apps after the upgrade. ================= Upgrading a computer system's Operating System from Windows XP to Windows 7 with networking configuration involved could have several conflicts or incompatibilities. First, make sure that the hardware specifications of the computer system meet the minimum requirements of Windows 7. Remember that Windows 7 OS has a higher system requirements compared to Vista or XP.
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One of the smoothest transitions around here was when someone made an MSI of the new OS image with a few select programs to install and pushed it out to a test group (like 3 PCs) before mass-deploying it.

Worked great, went from XP to Win7 Pro, installed Office 2007 and other educational software packages…

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