Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-06 Thread Thomas Bennett
I have to admit, I still have a Windows ME machine at home, on a big ole HP box. Its not on the network, I primarily use it to backup DVDs. So the originals don't go out to the car. Been so long since I used it I don't know if it will work on recent DVDs and don't have blue ray player or

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-05 Thread Michael Bond
: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL Hello everyone (I have been in IT for 25+ years, k-7 for 15 years and now 10 months UNBC Library) If I worked for an organization that did not have the money to go either replacement Win7 or Linux desktop for usability issues. I would contact Faronics and get

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-05 Thread Andrew Anderson
From: Benjamin Stewartmailto:benjamin.stew...@unbc.ca Sent: ‎3/‎4/‎2014 4:46 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDUmailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL Hello everyone (I have been in IT for 25+ years, k-7 for 15 years and now 10 months UNBC

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-05 Thread Thomas Bennett
On Mar 5, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Andrew Anderson wrote: but at the end of that day you’re still talking about taking a 14 year old operating system that is no longer supported and connecting it to the internet. Happy 14.x birthday XP. Now that you have reached the ripe old age of 14+ the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-05 Thread Marc Truitt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/05/2014 04:16 PM, Thomas Bennett wrote: Happy 14.x birthday XP. Now that you have reached the ripe old age of 14+ the Death Panel says No Go, bye bye. Indeed. While I've used Linux as my primary desktop since the 1990s, XP is my hands-down

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-05 Thread Andrew Anderson
On Mar 5, 2014, at 15:37, Marc Truitt mtru...@mta.ca wrote: Perhaps that's why several contributors to this thread have suggested that M$' EOL declaration aside, why give it up? XP, I'll miss ya... XP: The new DOS 3.3? -- Andrew Anderson, Director of Development, Library and Information

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-04 Thread Dycus, Jeff A
-Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Riley Childs Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 12:19 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL Smart, too bad we can't do that in our learning lab! Riley Childs Student

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-04 Thread Joshua Welker
apps depend on IE 8 and don't work with newer versions. :( Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael Schofield Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 8:59 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL I'm

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-04 Thread Riley Childs
: Sunday, March 02, 2014 12:19 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL Smart, too bad we can't do that in our learning lab! Riley Childs Student Asst. Head of IT Services Charlotte United Christian Academy (704) 497-2086 RileyChilds.net Sent from my Windows Phone, please

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-04 Thread Ingraham Dwyer, Andy
: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL They won't be a security risk on April 8th, but the first time that MS publishes security patches after that date for newer version, security researchers will examine the patches. Doing so will give them an idea about how to exploit the problem the patch

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-04 Thread Benjamin Stewart
with any feedback regarding my customer service. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Justin Coyne Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 8:35 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL They won't be a security risk

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-04 Thread John Palmer
Windows Phone, please excuse mistakes From: Benjamin Stewartmailto:benjamin.stew...@unbc.ca Sent: 3/4/2014 4:46 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDUmailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL Hello everyone (I have been in IT for 25

[CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-01 Thread Riley Childs
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:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-01 Thread Jimm Wetherbee
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

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-01 Thread Jimm Wetherbee
, please excuse mistakes From: Jimm Wetherbeemailto:j...@wingate.edu Sent: 3/1/2014 5:59 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDUmailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL Just because MS won't support XP any more doesn't mean those machines

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-01 Thread Justin Coyne
They won't be a security risk on April 8th, but the first time that MS publishes security patches after that date for newer version, security researchers will examine the patches. Doing so will give them an idea about how to exploit the problem the patch was for. They will then try to run the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-01 Thread John Palmer
We are migrating our oldest machines (Pentium, 64-128Mb, 30gb hdd) to TinyLinux. Our Pentium and Celeron machines with 256 Mb, 100gb machines are going to Xubuntu. Anything below 4GB RAM is going to Ubuntu 12.04 4GB+ goes to Windows 7. On Saturday, March 1, 2014, Justin Coyne

Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL

2014-03-01 Thread Riley Childs
Sent: ‎3/‎2/‎2014 12:14 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDUmailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL We are migrating our oldest machines (Pentium, 64-128Mb, 30gb hdd) to TinyLinux. Our Pentium and Celeron machines with 256 Mb, 100gb machines are going to Xubuntu. Anything