sixwheeledbeast 362 Posted Tuesday at 13:07 Last day of support for Windows 7 today, for anyone not aware. It's estimated 32% of the market share is still Windows 7. Very relevant here, I can imagine many engineers with older software working on Win7 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-7-end-of-life-support-information Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PeterJames 462 Posted Tuesday at 19:48 It is a big problem, we had several CCTV recorders running on XP, we still have albeit they are not connected to any networks. The same goes for win 7 machines we have a couple of systems that we cant upgrade to 10 because the hardware required to view the cameras doesnt work with W10. We have told the customers that they either need to upgrade all the cameras and the recorder, or go with an off-the-shelf hybrid recorder. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHappy 1,267 Posted Tuesday at 20:24 I believe you can edit the registry on your XP / Win 7 machine so it an "EPOS terminal" & continues to receives updates from windows Quote Mr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sixwheeledbeast 362 Posted Tuesday at 21:45 Been Windows free for over a decade now. As long as it's been documented then it's up to the customer to upgrade for stuff in the field. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
datadiffusion 489 Posted Wednesday at 16:43 Dad had an email from a friend of his asking if I knew anything about how they can 'install Norton antivirus or something' to make up for the end of support on Windows 7, which I guess must have popped up on the screen. I guess like so many people they just don't get it. So I can see my next visit to see him will be interrupted by a 4 hour diversion to attempt to install Windows 10 on some crappy Celeron PC. Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sixwheeledbeast 362 Posted Wednesday at 17:17 It's not worth installing Win10 on older hardware, the UX will be pants, if it even runs at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
datadiffusion 489 Posted Wednesday at 17:26 Agreed I was only joking - I'll just persuade them to buy any half decent machine with W10 already on. Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
