Windows XP refuses to die, but Windows 10 adoption is slowly gathering pace

TechRepublic ^ | Jun 5, 2017 | Nick Heath

[Mozilla]

I had to upgrade for Win 7. The PC didn’t have the speed, memory or capacity for win 7 that I used. I don’t have a XP disk anymore. I also upgraded to win 10. But I do have one win 7 disk from 2014. I did keep the machine I had before this one. It is a clunker but I need information on it. I can see why one would stay with XP or 7 for years after newer OS come out.

[rockrr]

"While support for the ancient OS ended in 2014, thousands of endpoints used in the enterprise still run on the legacy system," says Thu T. Pham in the 2017 Duo Trusted Access Report.

OK mister, you don't have to get insulting about it!

[ducttape45]

ping for later

[TalonDJ]

“One percent of the 4.6 million devices—smartphone and computers—examined by Duo Security were found to be running XP”

1% but they are counting smart phones? WTH kinda stupid reporting is this?

[ducttape45]

I have a computer that is dual-booted with Windows XP and 7. Best of both worlds on one computer.

[JoeFromSidney]

I still have a laptop with XP installed. Works fine. See no need to upgrade.

[minnesota_bound]

IE8 is the last supported on XP from Microsoft. Chrome and Firefox will stop support of XP before the end of the year.
Sites like banks and credit card will want the latest versions.
I use Windows 7 on my desktop pc and leave it running for weeks between restarts. I use Windows 10 on my laptop with several modifications so it is more like Windows 7. With a SSD drive it starts up to the desktop in 15 seconds.

[AppyPappy]

” mother board beep indicates it finally died.”

Maybe memory. Pull out one of the memory sticks and see if it boots

[trebb]

Thanks - a few years ago, it took a hit that burnt out the Ethernet port so I got a USB dongle to connect. Then the wireless mouse started acting up and it wouldn’t recognize a USB mouse. I’ll check it out when I get home (been on the road for a month) but it’s probably got more issues than would make it worth repairing.

[dayglored]

> Although technically correct, Windows NT 3.1 was based on OS/2, its predecessor. So although there is no direct correlation about a numbering scheme of NT version 3 following OS/2 versions, indirectly one might say there is (very loosely). I'm a former NT/Windows Server admin and supported OS/2, NT, and Windows (in addition to flavors of DOS back to version 1) and still have various copies of the software including a shrink-wrapped new box of OS/2 version 2.0 (early 1990s) that I never opened.

Yep, you make a good point about the (loose) connection to OS/2 versioning.

[dayglored]

> Just had to repair a couple netbeui errors on one of my cnc controllers. XP works just fine for that. I even have my old workstations for software I never wanted to upgrade and works fine. I always tell the people who say I should upgrade or move to Mac feel free to buy me some new cnc machines and a new cmm and I would be happy to.

Compatibility with production hardware (like CNC machines) is a compelling argument for staying with whatever you have. Been there, for sure.