On 2/12/2014 2:34 AM, Roger wrote:
Dell 1520 laptop which when new, Dell required it have xp installed.
As many have said windows xp eol is taking place in two months, and the laptop probably may require more ram to be added so it can be upgraded to either windows 7 or windows 8.1(if compatible). I think removing xp completely and installing a linux distro is a safer choice
Here is a nice read: Microsoft's Tim Rains explaining in his blog the risks of running windows xp with no support.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/security/archive/2013/08/15/the-risk-of-running-windows-xp-after-support-ends.aspx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org