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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 >> > >> >> >> >> -- >>