This is by no means scientific, but the 15 top selling netbooks at bestbuy.com this morning all come with windows XP SP3 or Windows 7 Starter. Dell's entry level netbook also comes with Windows 7 Starter. And HP's Mini 110 either comes with Windows XP or 7 Starter.
This is a major concern for educational institutions. We're going to have to write custom rules/checks for student machines with 7 Starter or force students to buy the windows anytime upgrade from Starter to Home Premium. I hope Cisco addresses this soon. scott *** Scott Orians Systems Manager Computer Services North Park University 773.244.5543 [email protected] www.northpark.edu -----Original Message----- From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Diggins Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 9:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: NAC Release 4.7.1 - Windows 7 Starter CCA 4.7.1 lists Windows 7 Home Basic edition as supported. How prevalent is Windows 7 Starter edition compared to Home Basic? Are Netbooks in North America being sold with Home Basic or Starter? -Mike Michael Simpson wrote: > I've noticed several machines running Windows 7 Starter that are failing > to work with the new NAC agent. The message the agent gives is "Agent > user operating system is not supported". > > Other Windows 7 machines have been working fine. > > Has anyone else seen this? > > Michael Simpson > Network Engineer > Utah Valley University > > >>> "manidu" <[email protected]> 11/24/2009 6:55 PM >>> > Dear Customers, > > Cisco Policy Management Business Unit (PMBU) is pleased to announce the > availability of Cisco NAC Release 4.7.1, > which delivers support for end-clients running Microsoft Windows 7 and > Apple Macintosh OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard). > As well as providing support for these operating systems, the release of > Cisco NAC Release 4.7.1 reflects changes in > both NAC release targets and the PMBU development organization. > > These changes – including the creation of a separate NAC sustaining > engineering team - are designed to expedite and issue > update releases of NAC as new OS’, service packs, hot fixes, browsers, > and security software versions become available. > > Additional Information > > Release 4.7.1 software download > _http://tools.cisco.com/support/downloads/go/Model.x?mdfid=282775055&mdfLevel=Software > > Version/Option&treeName=Security&modelName=Cisco NAC Appliance > 4.7.1&treeMdfId=268438162 > <http://tools.cisco.com/support/downloads/go/Model.x?mdfid=282775055&mdfLevel=Software > > Version/Option&treeName=Security&modelName=Cisco NAC Appliance > 4.7.1&treeMdfId=268438162> > __ > _To accompany the CCO post of Cisco NAC Appliance Release 4.7(1), the > following documentation is also available to support > the release image(s): > > Release Notes for Cisco NAC Appliance, Version 4.7(1) > _http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/release_notes/47/47rn.html > _Support Information for Cisco NAC Appliance Agents, Release 4.5 and Later > _http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/support_guide/agntsprt.html > _Cisco NAC Appliance – Clean Access Manager Configuration Guide, Release > 4.7(1) > _http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/configuration_guide/47/cam/47cam-book.html > _Cisco NAC Appliance – Clean Access Server Configuration Guide, Release > 4.7(1) > _http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/configuration_guide/47/cas/47cas-book.html > _Cisco NAC Appliance Hardware Installation Guide, Release 4.7(1) > _http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/installation_guide/hardware/47/47hwinstal.html > _If the documents do not appear at the above URLs when you receive this > message, please give it some time for these documents to go live on > Cisco.com. > > > Happy Thanksgiving !! > Mahesh Naidu > PMBU Product Manager
