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AlunD
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And yes I just checked it is to roll out win XP as the new desk top 
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saspro
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Ooohh, that could be fun.
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big_D
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Sounds familiar. I worked on one site, which rolled out Windows 95 in 2001! They are probably still umming and ahhing over Windows 2000 or XP 
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AlunD
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Fogmeister
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Just last year I finished rolling out XP to the company depots. Some of the machines were still running Windows 95 We're now looking at upgrading to Windows 7 
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forquare1
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We run our Sun Ray servers on all the latest software without testing (latest OS + latest Sun Ray server version) and we get hit more times than we care to mention...Our users know that this is a the case, and they know they have the company alternative (stable release of the OS and an older version of the Sun Ray software), the company alternative is slow and old, ours is fast and new...
If the company upgraded as often as we did, people would have to log off once every two weeks, when they logged back on something might not work, etc...
I see how upgrading effects users on a monthly basis, I can fully understand why companies take so long to test before they upgrade.
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John_Vella
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I spen a few years doing XP rollouts for various companies and it usually is lots of fun.  _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker  Sorry  I'll behave now. Promise 
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AlunD
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Point taken but this has nothing to do with testing, believe me. It's down to a combination of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" and "What would the benefit be?" and the "impact on other systems". I know of one central government department that hasn't upgraded OS or browser for years because they were too scared ( I can understand why to ) to upgrade their EDRMS. Which couldn't be made to work on anything newer that their current OS and browser.
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