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Was at the Dentist yesterday for a six month check.
While I was in the chair the dentist booted up his computer to get my dental records.
It was running Windows XP .
How many organisations are still running obsolete operating systems........With your personal data on them. :o :o :o
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Hopefully it wasn't Internet connected.
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My local bank was still using windows xp some months back when i was last there. Everytime i logged in to my account from their computers they would send me a notification about upgrading my OS for security reasons.
The irony
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A few months ago, I saw a You Tube video, probably Steve Holmes under one of his aliases of Windows Help Guy, that reported the Windows XP version for businesses (may not be Windows XP Pro) had a longer support life than the one for home use.
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Everyone in my one horse town uses Windows on their jobs.
Doctors, City Hall, you name it.
I gave up worrying about someone stealing my identity a long time ago. They are welcome to it.
Nice thing about them using windows. I end up with their discarded equipment.
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I have seen many clients at work using WinXP, usually they are running proprietary software that is not compatible with later versions of Windoze.
Typically if the computer is part of a medical or dental system, they are custom versions of WindozeXP that have security updates automatically installed due to liability issues.
(such as data theft and the sort) Some medical/dental softwareware requires specific print drivers that have to be installed in a custom fashion, for example TWAIN drivers, combine that with WinXP
and it is a totally different scenario than a typical home/office computer. I have several clients that run custom dental SW that requires XP and TWAIN drivers, and they are completely fire-walled or
not connected to the external network. That is common practice, but yeah you never know.... LOL
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I wouldnt pretend to have completely understood but thanks for clarifying that for me technomancer
