OT: Death of Windows XP Support April 8th
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Not an IT professional but we went through it about 6 months ago. 16,000 employee company.
Really not that big of an issue and very little down time. My biggest complaint, and a lot of it is due to my IT Dept, is that almost 3-4 days a week when I first log in after getting to work, I will have multiple updates. This is not a big deal other than many of the updates take 30 minutes to complete.
I went in last week and got there at 7:00 to knock some stuff out before everyone else got in and my computer updated until 7:45. Completely wasted me getting there early.
Pretty painless migration and my IT department is not very good.
Really not that big of an issue and very little down time. My biggest complaint, and a lot of it is due to my IT Dept, is that almost 3-4 days a week when I first log in after getting to work, I will have multiple updates. This is not a big deal other than many of the updates take 30 minutes to complete.
I went in last week and got there at 7:00 to knock some stuff out before everyone else got in and my computer updated until 7:45. Completely wasted me getting there early.
Pretty painless migration and my IT department is not very good.
Ha ha!
I've got a 2001 model, desktop, that runs it(sort of). Seems like it hates the internet, and the internet hates it.
I plan to update it, and unplug.... Glorified word processor to be.
I've got a 2001 model, desktop, that runs it(sort of). Seems like it hates the internet, and the internet hates it.
I plan to update it, and unplug.... Glorified word processor to be.
I'm sure the level of frustration during most migrations will depend mostly on the computer aptitude of the users involved. At our company, we have some that need no daily supervision (usually the younger workers), most that need hand holding on anything other than what they are used to doing every single day, and a few (actually more than a few) that freak out and scream bloody murder if even one of their desktop icons get moved 5 pixels to the left. So yeah.... I'm dreading it. I swear some people turn their brains completely off when it comes to anything more complex than a stapler.
I cringe for IT staff when the move is made to Windows 8 unless the desktop screen can be set as the default. Those tiles even confused me when I first tried to use it.
win8 will get skipped ala vista. win9 will be the windows operating system everyone goes to. 7 is nice and stable and will work well for a while, but 9 will hopefully be 128 bit.
One of my IT friends told me Microsoft has two OS development teams, and they alternate. So Vista and 8 came from the same group and XP and 7 from the other group. Get ready for 10!
I'm the same way, and I deal with this stuff every single day. Windows 8 is the most un-intuitive OS Microsoft has ever put out. Thankfully, I believe most businesses are sticking with Windows 7 for their desktops for the long-haul, and only putting in Windows 8 for their mobile users who profit from using a tablet with a detachable keyboard. It makes no business sense at all to install Windows 8 over a working Windows 7 installation on a desktop or traditional laptop. They are supposed to be releasing Windows 9 sometime next year, so after all the trouble of installing Windows 8 in your business, it will not even be the latest Microsoft OS anymore in about 10 months.
It makes sense that the OS would be the same across mobile and desktop environments. The idea in theory is right. It just wasn't executed well.
My company went to Windows 7 about 2 years ago.
My company went to Windows 7 about 2 years ago.
+9000
I bought a new laptop a little over a month ago. It's a Windows 8 and I was wondering what was wrong with the freaking computer when I tried download Microsoft Word and couldn't see it.
My workplace had better not change to Windows 8.
I bought a new laptop a little over a month ago. It's a Windows 8 and I was wondering what was wrong with the freaking computer when I tried download Microsoft Word and couldn't see it.
My workplace had better not change to Windows 8.