Next week - we'll likely see Mac, Android, and (hopefully) Windows 8.1
sales spike!



On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Riley Childs <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Not to stomp around, but 1 hour is a LONG time for an unpatched computer,
> especially when in close proximity to other unpatched computers! DeepFreeze
> is great, but it is not a long term solution, also starting next week you
> will get a nag screen every time you login telling you about the EOL.
>
> Riley Childs
> Student
> Asst. Head of IT Services
> Charlotte United Christian Academy
> (704) 497-2086
> RileyChilds.net
> Sent from my Windows Phone, please excuse mistakes
> ________________________________
> From: Benjamin Stewart<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 3/4/2014 4:46 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> 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
> 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 a deal for educational licenses to
> install Deepfreeze.
> Then setup all workstation basic accounts and to reboot if idle for 1
> hour. (and shut down, startup between set times)
> Deepfreeze also has a remote console to unfreeze and refreeze for
> maintenance to the workstation. (e.g. browser updates flash adobe)
> This in hand with PDQ deploy/inventory works very nice. (Basic version
> free)
>
>
> Last option would (no possible for most places) contact the Dell official
> lease site via direct or eBay. (there is a Canada and US supplier)
>
> You can by nice 780 Dell with win7 pro for about $140 with shipping.
> Some companies like Dell of HP have be know to also donate to non-profit.
>
> ~Ben
>
> System Administrator
> Geoffrey R. Weller library
> UNBC, BC Canada
> PH (250) 960-6605
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2014-03-04, 11:12 AM, "Ingraham Dwyer, Andy" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> >I would not be surprised if there were black hats out there sitting on
> >exploits they've discovered, waiting until *after* April to release
> >malware that takes advantage of them.
> >
> >-A
> >
> >
> >Andy Ingraham Dwyer
> >Infrastructure Specialist
> >State Library of Ohio
> >274 E. 1st Avenue
> >Columbus, OH 43201
> >Tel: 614-644-6849
> >library.ohio.gov
> >
> >Please contact my supervisor with any feedback regarding my customer
> >service.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> >Justin Coyne
> >Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 8:35 PM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: [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 was for.  They will then try
> >to run the exploit on XP and see if it is vulnerable. Eventually they
> >will find an exploit that works against XP.
> >
> >Even if you have a AV, people can exploit your machine without using a
> >virus.  Is that a risk you want to accept?
> >
> >-Justin
> >
> >
> >On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Jimm Wetherbee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> 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 at 5:28 PM, Riley Childs <[log in to unmask]
> >> >wrote:
> >>
> >> > 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: throw anything we can't use
> >> > away (sigh).
> >> >
> >> > Riley Childs
> >> > Student
> >> > Asst. Head of IT Services
> >> > Charlotte United Christian Academy
> >> > (704) 497-2086
> >> > RileyChilds.net
> >> > Sent from my Windows Phone, please excuse mistakes
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
>