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The end of Windows XP support could hurt ATM's
8 News Now ^ | 4-7-14 | Scott Daniels

Posted on 04/07/2014 8:16:48 PM PDT by smokingfrog

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With a bit of due diligence against being a moron re clicking .exes and the like,
and given the host of decent & free AV apps out there, along with Malwarebytes' excellent free app,
this may be a bit of 'much ado about little', to paraphrase Bill.

Also, as I don't recall the initial install of MSE being version specific (ie XP v 7),
and as there were always smart young people making XP SPs available for slipstreaming and the like,
I'm guessing that like-minded techies will continue the tradition with MSE updates for XP ?

41 posted on 04/08/2014 5:49:55 AM PDT by tomkat (no guilt, no apologies)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
RUN WINDOWS 7 INSTEAD!!!

Easy for you to say. I bought a Dell XP computer for my mother-in-law with Office factory installed. She doesn't have the money to pay for Windows 7 or 8. Microsoft has scared her into thinking her bank accounts will be stolen if she doesn't upgrade.

42 posted on 04/08/2014 5:56:33 AM PDT by McGruff (Want to hurt Mozilla? Don't use Firefox's search bar. That is their money maker.)
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To: VerySadAmerican
A third of the computers in the world use XP. Right now I’m on an 11 year old laptop. I believe this is simply a way to sell more computers.

Exactly. Gates and his slimy minions at MS have honed in their skills to hold the consumer hostage. Same goes for software. Just try to load an Office product (that you have previously already bought) onto a WIN8 platform.

43 posted on 04/08/2014 5:59:54 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Hey, I have heard of many horror stories, where someone upgraded from XP or VISTA to WIN 7/8 , and had their machines crash and burn due to resource issues. Poor consumer has already (1) sunk money into an upgrade disk that is worthless, (2) Had to by a new machine due to MS forced obsolescence.

If this isn't as sleazy as it gets, I don't what is.

44 posted on 04/08/2014 6:05:16 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
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To: ansel12
Some good info from one of your links.

Browsers have historically been a leading gateway for PC infections, and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer had one of the worst reputations. The latest versions of IE — 10 and 11 — are much more secure than their predecessors, but neither runs on XP. IE 8 was the last version of an MS browser to run on XP. So one of the first steps for hardening an XP system? Don’t use IE as your default browser. (You will, however, need to keep it installed and updated.)

Switch to Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox as your primary connection to the Internet. And if you use Firefox, add in NoScript to block malicious scripts. Another reason to switch: Google Apps doesn’t support IE 8, but the online service will run in XP-compatible Chrome and Firefox.

45 posted on 04/08/2014 6:18:00 AM PDT by McGruff (Want to hurt Mozilla? Don't use Firefox's search bar. That is their money maker.)
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To: RayChuang88

Do you mind? We are having hysteria here. Either get hysterical with us or get out.

OMG! WE ARE DOOMED!!!


46 posted on 04/08/2014 6:24:13 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: McGruff

OK, I’ll bite. Why does she need MS Office?


47 posted on 04/08/2014 6:25:40 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: catfish1957

Actually things ran better under Windows 7. Vista was the big problem.


48 posted on 04/08/2014 6:26:43 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: AppyPappy

I have one laptop that runs Vista pretty smoothly. It’s SP1 pretty much fixed any issues that would bother me.


49 posted on 04/08/2014 6:41:52 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
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To: smokingfrog

Even if it is crash and burn time, I don’t care because I dumped Microsoft for Linux when Vista came out. I figured if Microsoft was going to force me to learn a new interface, it might as well be something less aggravating, more secure, require less maintenance and be more inexpensive in the long run.

Since then I have not worried about copy protection, have not bought an anti-virus package, have not spent hours scanning the hard drive with multiple programs to clean off a host of viruses and malware, have not had ANY issues of any kind, and oh, by the way, Linux is free.

I can run pretty much any kind of generic program I need, except for some Apple-specific programs such as iTunes. In summary, I have no regrets fleeing Microsoft captivity. In fact, it has been a pleasure. The Microsoft world can end without me!


50 posted on 04/08/2014 8:11:17 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: TexasRepublic

How do you make it through your day without iTunes? /sarc


51 posted on 04/08/2014 8:35:18 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Mycroft Holmes

Thanks, I may try that, so long as I can find one with a parallel port.


52 posted on 04/08/2014 4:10:31 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

You need the parallel port for a hardware key, yes? PP has pretty much gone the way of the dodo in favor of USB. You should be able to buy a card with a PP and maybe a serial port for about $10. Take care to get the right card for the target machine, there are varying peripheral busses. There are USB dongles which provide a Parallel port but they usually do not work with hardware keys. Good luck. I do this real soon now, while the hardware is still available.


53 posted on 04/09/2014 5:12:17 AM PDT by Mycroft Holmes (<= Mash name for HTML Xampp PHP C JavaScript primer. Programming for everyone.)
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To: eyedigress
No need to yell or get excited.
Unless of course your printer driver isn't supported by Win 7. Just pop up a screen telling your customer to write down their deposit information ... no worries, eh?
54 posted on 04/09/2014 5:42:10 AM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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