Any out there running Windows XP in 2024? (ani.social)

submitted 8 months ago by Toes@ani.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm curious what you've been doing with it, what workarounds and fixes you've had to do over the years?

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[-] Godort@lemm.ee 15 points 8 months ago

We have a few clients that use them to control the CNC machines they have.

The machines are isolated from all other devices on the network and can't see the internet.

The machinists run their gcode files from USB sticks that are walked from their machine to the CNC

[-] rekabis@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago

The machinists run their gcode files from USB sticks that are walked from their machine to the CNC

Wait until USB-C becomes the de-facto standard, and new systems no longer come with USB-A, and USB-A sticks are no longer manufactured.

Happened to the floppy drive, too.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

If these are machines running Windows XP, I doubt they’re very new.

[-] rekabis@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Wasn’t talking about the CnC controllers as the “new” machines.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Ah, ok. Dongles it is, then.

[-] otherbarry@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago

True, but add-in cards are going to be around for a long time after that for the people truly desperate for USB-A ports on a new desktop.

For a while at work I had to use a add-in card in a Win 10 desktop just to have a parallel port for the ancient label printer we were using.

[-] DudeDudenson 3 points 8 months ago

The machines are isolated from all other devices on the network and can't see the internet.

Serious question, why are they even connected to the LAN?

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