[AccessD] Future of Windows XP

I think it is best to take your queues from Financial Institutions.

What ever they move to is safest and best as they do no release products to their staff until every piece of software they use is tested and tested. Windows 7 is probably the best bet for regional offices, Linux is the best bet corporate offices where there are plenty of full-time technical support is available. Many offices use Macs but they have not enjoyed wide range adoption because of their high price and incompatibility with a number of key pieces of legacy software. In these environments Windows 8 is still viewed as bleeding edge and will remain so for the next five years at least.

Jim 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlotte Foust" <charlotte.foust at gmail.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 10:14:55 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Future of Windows XP

The firms I've worked with are migrating to Win 7 and either 2007 or 2010.
 Win 8 hasn't had all the kinks worked out and it's too different from what
users are accustomed to to tempt any company that doesn't fancy being on
the bleeding edge of technology.  The release of Win 8.1 may change that,
but that's what I've seen so far.  MS dropping support for XP means that
any future exploits discovered against the operating system won't be
patched, leaving it up to the company to  beef up their systems security
and burn a lot of incense.  Access 2007 runs just fine on Win 7, and it
should run on Win 8.  I jumped to Win 8 on a new machine, so I didn't
install the older versions, but maybe someone else has loaded it on a VM.

Charlotte


On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 12:07 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
>
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