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        <title><![CDATA[updates]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[We found adding a minimum of 4Gb or RAM  when upgrading  from XP to Win 7 allowed us to extend the life of those machines that are capable of running 64 bit.  Working with a 5 year minimum hardware life before elgible for replacement..]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jmcgee55]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:32:41 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Windows 7 Deployment]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-395416-3709856]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Only upgrading to Windows 7 as you replace hardware can become an expensive approach.  This forces you to validate and QA any client based application in both XP and Windows 7 environments.  This also lengthens development, testing and overall project timelines, effectively slowing down your organization throughput.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:24:59 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yep...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-395416-3709103]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[that too!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JCitizen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 15:52:26 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[yeah,]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[it doesn't much matter what software is used if contrary instructions are hard-coded on the chips.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:46:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[lucky in this sense to be a small organization]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-395416-3708501]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[about 80 units (PC + laptops) - all replaced last year (as CAPEX project) and came directly with W7]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[highlander718]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 02:58:40 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Legacy hardware and software needing older OS to run the business]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Right on the numbers!  No CFO is willing to spend millions of dollars to replace working hardware or working software just to keep up with the OS version churn.Now where in storage is that stockpile of old IBM 300PLs to replace this one that just died.  There have to be like 300 or so left to make it through the lifetime of this equipment.  Storing 300 old PCs rather than disposing of them vs replacing $135,000,000.00 of equipment which has 15 years of lifetime left.  Hmmm.Sad that sales contract back then didn't include a clause about upgrading the controlling PC / software to the latest OS version each year.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[pjboyles]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:45:28 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Deploying the OS]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm the windows client guy but the linux guys are in the next cubes over (Apples the other way).The process overview is...We use PXE to boot a system then pull an the files from a local file share and configuration data from a central repository.  Currently using customized boot images per OS to kick off the install but looking to merge that down to a single boot image to install any with the determination of what in the configuration information.It helps that we use image stable hardware with 14-18 months run time so adding drivers doesn't happen but once a year.  (You get what you pay for.)]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[pjboyles]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:30:09 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[MS is heavily in the DRM schema...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[DE hit that nail on the head.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JCitizen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:26:58 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Someone who should have known...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[told me that part of the satellite command and control runs through a Chinese contractor that was awarded such for their earth stations in Washington DC. All that other stuff doesn't matter if the head shed is being watched and manipulated by the actual signal coming in/out from space. My source hasn't been wrong about anything else that has come up, so far.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JCitizen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:22:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yep...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hell we had PLCs running induction machines built in the '30s!!! As for the LAN threat, we didn't have a LAN connection, and the statement about serial connections was true in our case.Only sales and management had internet, and Oracle was king over there.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JCitizen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:15:47 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Since Microsoft keeps changing the way users use the desktop ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Then I think now would be a good time to visit Linux desktops that still act the way people are use to. In reading about Windows 8 with a steep learning curve, I have no desire to even attempt to learn some completely new interface. Since Microsoft seems to be ok with changing the way users compute, and knowing that most people hate change, Linux allows users to set up their environment how they want to. If one size fits all, then why are there so many different cars on the road? I think that as IT professionals, our customers (users) need to be able to work effectively and efficiently. With Microsoft forcing people to change how they work, that will have a negative impact on our customers, and our businesses. Switching over to something like Linux Mint and configuring it so users still have the same functionality they are use to, then that will make thier life easier because of minimal change, it will make our life easier for administration and not needing to re-educate users, and it will keep the business happy because there will not be a slow down in work. Voila! Everyone wins!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbizzarri@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 06:00:18 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Takes much more than that]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Most of these older systems were designed before the advent of USB.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:10:52 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[freedos]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the past, I've had some success running legacy dos applications in freedos.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[eldergabriel@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:39:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yes we have]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[And like I said, they work for some but not all.  One example is on certain pabx systems you are unable to upload license files to the system unless you are using true serial, however on that same system you can get away with an adapter to do basic M.A.C's]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[wintev]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:50:29 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Internal Network Vulnerability]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[True, but firewalls have never been 100% solutions and as Dave pointed out there are plenty of other ways to get viruses on your internal network.  Laptop?  Hey, all it takes is someone with a memory stick.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[leftshot]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:38:13 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Vulnerable]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-395416-3708014]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[...and that is why I made the point I did.  Almost all XP Windows updates are security patches now-a-days.  Add up the number that have been rolled out in the last 12 months and you begin to realize how vulnerable you are once Microsoft stops supporting XP.  This is a significant piece of information for those advocating &quot;Hey if it's been working, why do anything?&quot;]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[leftshot]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:34:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nick and Ernest]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nick nailed it in one.  We don't have any problems in-house, where we're using legacy desktops with serial ports, or methods similar to the ones Ernest suggests.  The problem we were having was in the field.  As Nick notes, new laptops with serial ports are as scarce as frog fur.  USB to serial adapters were the only option.  It took longer to order and receive the various adapter models than it took to test them.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:21:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I know, but that just means you have to look at alternatives, and having a]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-395416-3707957]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[small desktop to do the job may be the answer if all else fails. Or even use the items I mention to create your own intermediate adaptor.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Deadly Ernest]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:18:28 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[We have some test apps]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[that were written to leverage properties of Pentium II processors.  Try virtualizing those!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:18:08 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think the problem here, Ernest]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-395416-3707968]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[is built-in serial ports on laptops, which, as you know, are rapidly going the way of the dodo.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:52:06 -0700</pubDate>
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