But they ARE a security risk, our AV (vipre) is ceasing support for windows XP, so we really don't have a choice, besides I was presently surprised when I pushed out a windows 8 image to the wrong box and it ran fine (dell deminision 2400s and a really old optiplex)
Riley Childs
Student
Asst. Head of IT Services
Charlotte United Christian Academy
(704) 497-2086
RileyChilds.net
Sent from my Windows Phone, please excuse mistakes
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From: Jimm Wetherbee<mailto:jimm_at_WINGATE.EDU>
Sent: ˝3/˝1/˝2014 5:59 PM
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU<mailto:CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU>
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL
Just because MS won't support XP any more doesn't mean those machines are
instantly useless or a security risk come April 8th. We will not be doing
anything with our lab computers until Summer because they are too old to
run Windows 8 but we cannot do without them.
--jimm
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Riley Childs <rchilds_at_cucawarriors.com>wrote:
> Hi,
> I wanted to hear how people are dealing with the Windows XP End-of-Life
> (if anything at all :(
>
>
> Personally I am migrating the computers that can run it to Windows 8 (we
> ran out of 7 licenses and someone (years ago) bought SA, but that's another
> story), and when April 7th comes around: throw anything we can't use away
> (sigh).
>
> Riley Childs
> Student
> Asst. Head of IT Services
> Charlotte United Christian Academy
> (704) 497-2086
> RileyChilds.net
> Sent from my Windows Phone, please excuse mistakes
>
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Received on Sat Mar 01 2014 - 18:17:28 EST