William Benson
vbacreations at gmail.com
Tue Aug 20 23:10:48 CDT 2013
I do not believe that MS will *DARE* to not continue to provide security patches for newly discovered or (or future-exploited vulnerabilities) in Win XP, if the installed base is significant. Were they to do so, especially ones they are put on notice concerning, that would put their customers squarely in harm's way. I am eager to see them follow through on such a "promise" to drop support, unless they offer a free upgrade path and preserve all client data. Maybe I am just naive....?? On Aug 20, 2013 2:54 PM, "Jim Dettman" <jimdettman at verizon.net> wrote: > Your correct on xp, but that doesn't mean it will stop working. Just no > more support or updates. > > Win 7 is where everyone is heading to...I don't see win 8 except on > tablets. Microsoft may change that with the update coming out, which > brings back the start menu and the familiar desktop. > > And yes, both require more horsepower and certainly more memory. I > usually spec out 4GB on stations. > > Jim > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 19, 2013, at 3:07 PM, "Brad Marks" <BradM at blackforestltd.com> > wrote: > > > All, > > > > I work part time for a small manufacturing firm (about 50 employees) > > with a very limited IT budget. > > > > Currently there are about 20 older PCs running Windows XP (SP3). There > > are two purchased application systems and a number of Access 2007 > > applications. > > > > It is my understanding that Microsoft is dropping all support (including > > security updates) for XP in April of 2014. > > > > My background is primarily in application development and database > > administration. In the past, I have relied on fellow employees for > > "Operating System issues". > > > > I have some dumb questions. > > > > How serious is the issue of Microsoft dropping all support for XP next > > April? > > > > What are most firms migrating to? Win-7? Win-8? > > > > I would guess that either Win-7 or Win-8 will need more horsepower than > > XP and neither will run very well on older PCs. True? > > > > Will Access 2007 applications run Okay with either Win-7 or Win-8? > > > > Thanks, > > Brad > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >