Disease Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) How many schools will still be running XP after April 8th. We only have a few xp clients left so we will be done before the cut off, interested to see how many will not be. Edited January 31, 2014 by Disease
themightymrp Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 I fear we will still have at least 100 machines on XP after the cut off Some PC's are just too low spec to run 7 and we won't have funds available for replacements until possibly the summer hols. The plus is that 500+ will be on Windows 7 1
hardtailstar Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 I voted yes only because we have some laptops that cannot run Win 7 but these are only used by the children for research so if the do get attacked then just a reinstall of XP and programs will do. All classroom laptops have gone over to Win 7. 1
abillybob Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 We have two very old laptops that run XP. They haven't been updated since the school bought them. SP1 won't run on them as they have 256mb ram. They are WORKGROUP machines so it doesn't really bother me and all USB ports are disabled so no way of being able to transfer security threats from the laptop via pen drive to our servers. They are handy for Rapid Reading which only runs on XP! 1
6Foot2 Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 We eliminated XP from our network last Summer. The last installed instance of XP sat on 4 EasyTrace tills. We got rid of XP from the curriculum/admin network the year before [2012] 1
caffrey Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Yes apart from the Music ICT room, as the software licencing is an issue (old version of Sibelius) 1
sted Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 yes in some of my schools pcs just arnt up to running windows 7 like the one im on 512mb ram it would just not be usable on windows 7 1
SovietRussia Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Just one PC left running our Laser Cutter, most likely move it off the domain and use it locally. 1
cooka Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 No - this March we should (hopefully) have no machines running XP 1
newpersn Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 about 5 computers left on XP in Keystages offices.. and 3 computers in DT (due to only software/serial crap that only work on xp... ) 1
pcstru Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 I suspect we have a few things which we won't be able to replace by then - an old CNC control and more worryingly, a particular payments system. 1
sparkeh Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 They are handy for Rapid Reading which only runs on XP! Really? Runs on Win 7 for us.
stevewill6 Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 I have 250 pcs on XP still and 6 on Windows 7 Waiting for EES renewal in April for licencing. 1
sted Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Contact Pearson Education, they will send you a Reading Assistant v4 version for W7 last heard only x86 the wheres your cd bit just permafails on x64 and when i phoned their tech support the gist was tough
fiza Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 We have about 60-80 laptops not up to the job of an upgrade. Will be running those until they die as no funds to replace yet. All desktop machines upgraded last summer. 1
sparkeh Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 last heard only x86 the wheres your cd bit just permafails on x64 and when i phoned their tech support the gist was tough Hmm works on x64 for us.
sted Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Hmm works on x64 for us. last time i tried it just kept saying shove cd in drive and wouldnt recognise it (and now a school want it on laptops with no cd drive anyway lol)
cpjitservices Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 To be fair, XP I think will be missed. It's been a good OS whilst it lasted.
SkreeM1980 Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 All we will have left is computers that have VERY specialist software, EPOS mostly but there is still a windows 2000 machine connected to a CNC router somewhere, and the upgrade of the router and software to win 7 compatability cannot be justified while it is still operational.
abillybob Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Really? Runs on Win 7 for us. @sparkeh it seemed to run but then after some times of use wouldn't let anyone login including the teachers to the admin portal just for some reason kept saying invalid password when it wasn't the case, have you got a fix?
sparkeh Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 @sparkeh it seemed to run but then after some times of use wouldn't let anyone login including the teachers to the admin portal just for some reason kept saying invalid password when it wasn't the case, have you got a fix? Sorry no, just don't have a problem with it.
abillybob Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Strange might contact them then I'm pretty sure we have version 4 already :/
chazzy2501 Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Those with low end hardware could use Windows Thin PC. Its slightly leaner than full Windows 7.
Yeo695 Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 About 50% of the machines still use XP at my schools
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