• mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Yup, I use a million dollar system that runs on XP. We updated the computer last year. They sent us a PC that dual boots XP and Win10. Win10 so it can connect to the internet and pull updates. XP so it can run the control program, which is written in Flash.

  • hperrin@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    What are you talking about? Of course I noticed. It was during the upgrade process to Vista. Then the last time I turned that off was when I fully switched to Linux.

  • dastanktal@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    Oh I definitely knew. I swore off that system after I spent hours repairing a rootkit on my families multiple computers only for it to happen again a week later.

    I moved to Unix and only run a bare bones 11 install for games which is almost not even necessary anymore

  • GCanuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    ROFL. I still manage a critical system that cannot be moved from XP.

    That day, for me, is in the far future.

  • Agent641@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    One day you released the latch on your 5-1/4 floppy drive and removed the Prince of Persia diskette for the last time and didn’t realise.

  • Test_Tickles@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Pretty much anybody reading this still uses XP at least weekly if not daily.
    It’s still all over the place, ATMs, gasoline pumps, ticket machines, kiosks, ect, ect… Some of you may even be sitting in a room with XP right now and not even realize it.
    You may have forgotten it, but it is still there, waiting, watching, ready blue screen for just no reason at all.

    • crater2150@feddit.org
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      1 month ago

      Thanks to Crowdstrike I know that at least the checkouts in shops and some ATMs here use Windows 8 or newer, because of the new blue screen design (don’t remember if they had the QR code, which would mean at least Windows 10)

  • kalpol@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    Well it was two days ago because I found some old VM backups and booted them for nostalgia. Win 7 really was the best