Hi Lori, Keep me informed on how things go with your new computer. Feel free to ask questions if you need to. I'll try to assist you in any way I can. Good luck, enjoy! Susan -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lori Castner Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 12:20 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fwd: [BlindTech] Microsoft to yank XP in two years Hi, Kim, I am getting a new computer this Saturday with Windows 7 and Office 2010. I'm getting the office with Outlook as I have always used Outlook Express. I've gotten as much training material as I can find and am also taking a training class at our local center for the blind. www.blindtraining.com has a free text training file for windows 7 with either Window Eyes or JAWS, and they also sell textbooks (with numerous formats) for Word 2010 and Outlook 2010. I purchased the one on Outlook and figured $75 was well worth the cost. Not sure if I will purchased the one on Word 2010 or not. I probably will not be proofreading for about a month while I get comfortable with the changes. Lori C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Loftis" <kll2277@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 9:08 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fwd: [BlindTech] Microsoft to yank XP in two years > My fear is figuring out all of the ins and outs of a new MS Office suite, > more so than Windows 7. LOL I've used 2003 for so long!! Oh well... > > Thanks for the informative piece, Roger! > > Kim > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 12:02 PM > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fwd: [BlindTech] Microsoft to yank XP in two > years > >> For those of you who have not switched you might start considering it. I >> really dreaded learning a new operating system myself. I had to learn XP >> on my own and it was an agonizing experience. I was expecting that having >> to learn Windows 7 was going to be another exercise in self torture, but >> to my surprise it was not too bad at all. All that self torture in the >> past had paid off. Read this. >> >> [BlindTech] Microsoft to yank XP in two years >> *Microsoft to Yank XP in 2 Years >> >> By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Apr 23, 2012 10:25 am >> >> Microsoft has kicked off what it calls a "two-year countdown" to the >> death of Windows XP and the Office 2003 productivity suite. >> >> Separately, Microsoft announced that Windows Vista, the problem-plagued >> operating system that never really took hold among customers, exited >> mainstream >> support on April 10. In a product's extended support phase, Microsoft >> provides security patches to registered users but offers other fixes, >> including reliability >> and stability updates, only to organizations that have support contracts >> with the company. >> >> Windows XP and Office 2003 will no longer be supported as of April 8, >> 2014, a company spokeswoman said in a recent blog post. On that date, >> Microsoft will >> stop shipping security updates for both products. >> >> At that point, XP will have become Microsoft's longest-lived operating >> system. The company will have maintained the software for 12 years and >> five months >> -- or about two and a half years longer than it usually supports an OS. >> It supported the previous record-holder, Windows NT, for 11 years and >> five months. >> >> >> Both XP and Office 2003 have been hugely successful. XP went on sale in >> October 2001, and Office 2003 launched in October 2003. "Windows XP and >> Office >> 2003 were great software releases, but the technology environment has >> shifted," said Stella Chernyak, a Microsoft marketing director. >> >> Some customers will continue to run XP even after it is retired. About 16 >> percent of organizations "say they will have more than 5 percent of their >> users >> still on XP even after support ends," according to Gartner analyst >> Michael Silver, citing a survey his firm conducted in October 2011. >> >> Not surprisingly, Microsoft wants users to upgrade to Windows 7 now. 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