Privacy Policy. Contact Us. Terms of Use. Show Full Site. All rights reserved. Log in Don't have an account? As far as the activation required retail, I would not be surprised if they started failing on rebuilds. I hadn't even thought about that.
If they're not going to allow any more activations, that's probably an even bigger reason to migrate to 7 or 8 by then than the lack of security updates and other support. Granted, by , you should not be running XP anyway. But, there are those who cling on, I guess. It's not like you can't disable the new metro interface, much the same way you can disable the win7 interface.
I ask this since I have a user that has been burnt by MYOB accounting's activation server being switched off. I currently have a support ticket open with the MS licencing team I'll add a side note on my next reply. But Yes companies should be making the switch today.
Microsoft's advice is don't wait until Windows 8 rather move to Windows 7 now. Me too. And my biggest concern as sysadmin working for non-profit organization with very limited IT budget following figures are making me sick:. Majority of business critical applications wont run on Windows 7 so I have to stick to Windows XP for long time. I am expecting machines to die completely and have plan to retire machines but still the number of Windows XP boxes remains high.
Anybody with a volume licence agreement for XP can continue to downgrade and reinstall to their hearts content. It's the retail copies of XP and those OEM licences that were not bought from a major manufacturer or seperately through a company like ebuyer , that are going to have problems Although, the XP Pro path is limited you must make sure you have a qualifying product licence even for downgrades.
OEM home editions of Windows generally will remain an issue for small businesses buying via retail outlets and charities who receive donated hardware. Only the Government. So you had to buy a USB Printer.
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