Converting Hundreds of 2000 pro to XP pro

[Guest smlunatick]

On Apr 28, 9:18 pm, "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" wrote:

 

> >Good day,

 

>

 

> >I'm in the Point of Sale field.  I have well over 200 pos terminals

 

> >with 2000 pro on them.  I'm told that when MS stops updating it, that

 

> >they all will not be PCI Compliant and they must be upgraded.  Some have

 

> >2000 pro product keys and others don't.  I took over this area from an

 

> >out of business dealer.

 

>

 

> >Any ideas as to the best, fastest and most affordable way to accomplish

 

> >this?  

 

>

 

> >Any help will be appreciated.

 

>

 

> >ecpos

 

>

 

> PCI Compliant? Hardly. Too bad that Windows XP has now gone to

 

> Extended Support Agreement. You'll get patches for it until 2014 but

 

> that's it. If you ABSOLUTELY have to move to XP, you *might* be able

 

> to get a site license agreement with MS. Otherwise, you option are

 

> kind of limited this late in the game.

 

>

 

> - Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]

 

 

 

Site license might need to be multiple site license. I have never

 

really found a single "big box store" that would have 200 Point Of

 

Sale (POS) cash systems.