LinkBack URL
About LinkBacksRead more.Windows 2000 also receives last patch.
Read more.Windows 2000 also receives last patch.
I forgot that XP SP2 support was ceasing so wonded why my work was scrambling over the weekend to get SP3 rolled out to all computers. Don't know why it took them so long to roll it out since it's been around for years already.
Didn't go entirely smoothly as a fair number of PCs now refuse to work, will keep the local techie busy for a change.
Oh, just get rid of XP already!
Currently studying: Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Southampton.
Seconded, forwarded and approved.Originally Posted by cameronlite
Migrating entire corporate networks to newer OS takes months if not years to plan/execute/complete.
Not to mention hardware in(compatibility) and cost.
Saying "oh just upgrade the OS" sounds simple doesn't it?
My Blog => http://adriank.org
They don't have to migrate to a new OS, just upgrade to SP3 which can be pushed out through WSUS/SystemCenter.
That said I'd suspect that any business not already planning a move to either Vista or 7 by now is probably in the process of signing off a boatload of risks for sticking with XP - that's not an insignificant amount of effort either.
Yes, it takes time, but the benefits outweight the time taken. If they started now, it would be over in a year...
Currently studying: Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Southampton.
a year?!? You've never worked in the public sector, obviously.
If support for Win XP dies in 2014, all large public sector organisations will be starting their migration planning now in the *hope* of completing migration in time. Seriously. We've only just been granted permission to attach Windows 7 computers to our network here, and they're not even considering wide-scale roll-out until October *next year* at the earliest.
Shame that Windows 2000 is going to die though: it was in many ways a superior OS to XP (IMNSHO, of course), and it was far less resource hungry - making it ideal for reusing older / low spec machines for general office tasks. It was a sad day for me when my Windows 2000 Pro disk finally delaminated...
support for XP dies in 2020 now!
throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)
Actually, i have! I found most IT departments to be pretty useless. If large companies set up a half decent IT infrastructure, updates and new operating system installs would be easy!a year?!? You've never worked in the public sector, obviously.
Currently studying: Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Southampton.
If only. We have been testing windows 7 for 8 months, are still awaiting software providers to officially support it and are currently having to downgrade any new machine purchases to windows xp and I work in the private sector.
Upgrades are never easy if you have multiple software packages rolled out and have to make sure that all of these will work with no issues. Takes a lot of man power and money.
Thank God there's not a recession!
I wonder how many people will stay on windows XP once support has been dropped?
Currently studying: Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Southampton.
Support won't be dropped until almost everyone has moved on.
But many won't move until support is dropped...
XP Forever it is then!
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote