Well there isn't a guide that does this directly between the two OS editions but again you have the internet or you could learn Windows 7. Windows 7 does have advantages but you must be willing to learn the new concept of Windows. I love Windows XP as well but Windows 7 has many improvements and I have come to really like this OS edition. Here is an Administrator Guide http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744681(v=ws.10).aspx Here is a Pocket Consultant which will help as well http://www.amazon.com/Windows%C2%AE-7-Administrators-Pocket-Consultant/dp/0735626995

I am seeing a utility that will let me enter the command that I use in XP and then tell me what the corresponding comand or sequence of comands are in Windows 7. What I am finding is I am spending many hours locating the correct set of sequences to do something which is very straightforward in XP and do the same thing in Windows 7. I end up going onto the web and have to search for the command and the information necessary to accomplish a task. An example of this is creating an ODBC connection. In XP it exists as an option in the Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Data SOurces ODBC. In Windows 7 now its burried in Winodws System32/odbcad32. I am not seeing any real advantage of using Windows 7 other than running in 64bit mode. It seems that the order of where things are has changed significantly and what commands are called has changed as well. Any help in locating a possible utility is appreciated.

Well there isn't a guide that does this directly between the two OS editions but again you have the internet or you could learn Windows 7. Windows 7 does have advantages but you must be willing to learn the new concept of Windows. I love Windows XP as well but Windows 7 has many improvements and I have come to really like this OS edition. Here is an Administrator Guide http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744681(v=ws.10).aspx Here is a Pocket Consultant which will help as well http://www.amazon.com/Windows%C2%AE-7-Administrators-Pocket-Consultant/dp/0735626995