05-28-2017, 10:07 AM
(05-26-2017, 10:50 AM)TommyGun Wrote: You should have a word with the people responsible for the nhs computer network barq,they might have avoided what happened if they took onboard what you just posted,can't believe they were still running XP.
Guess thats government cuts for you eh?
Well the cuts are particularly relevant because the previous year they paid Microsoft for another year of XP support and security patches. I think it cost £5m. But they didn't do it this year. Lots of money that would normally go to maintaining infrastructure etc, is being diverted to simply keeping patient services running as best they can. The Government is already strangling the NHS and will eventually kill it. (You can probably guess which political party I won't be voting for in June!)
In fairness, I should add that there are some specific cases where XP is genuinely needed. Take something like brain imaging, you can't really throw away a £2m fMRI scanner because it doesn't have the drivers/software to work with Win7/Win10. Likewise there are loads of factories with expensive CNC machines that are still on XP. But the point is you ONLY use XP for those specific cases, and you certainly don't keep your patient records, payroll, etc on XP. Ideally XP machines should not be attached to the internet.