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I sorry to hear about vipre. However, not all AV providers are ending support so soon. --jimm On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Riley Childs <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > But they ARE a security risk, our AV (vipre) is ceasing support for > windows XP, so we really don't have a choice, besides I was presently > surprised when I pushed out a windows 8 image to the wrong box and it ran > fine (dell deminision 2400s and a really old optiplex) > > 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: Jimm Wetherbee<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Sent: 3/1/2014 5:59 PM > To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL > > 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 > > > > > > -- > --