Windows Vista

[Deleted User]

As long as you don't go on a load of dodgy p0rn and warez sites, no one should have any real problems with Windows just because support has ended.

Robisere

Deleted_User wrote: »

As long as you don't go on a load of dodgy p0rn and warez sites, no one should have any real problems with Windows just because support has ended.

Absolutely!:)

donnajunkie

I still have it. Not happy though with their tactics to try and force me to pay for a new operating system or a new computer when theres nothing wrong with what I have. They actually stopped supporting it in July 2016. Well that's the last time I got an update.

WAYT

worried_jim wrote: »

No, I shall just upgrade to a new machine come Christmas.

If you decide to go the money saving route, it costs nothing to install Windows 7. What CPU is currently installed?

WAYT

donnajunkie wrote: »

I still have it. Not happy though with their tactics to try and force me to pay for a new operating system or a new computer when theres nothing wrong with what I have. They actually stopped supporting it in July 2016. Well that's the last time I got an update.

I'm sure you were given the option to upgrade to Windows 7 for free.

Laz123

SouthUKMan wrote: »

Yes, very good but Microsoft finally ended support for Vista in April this year. This means that there will never be any further security patches or updates released by Microsoft for your operating system, which in turn means that you are opening yourself up to a whole new world of vulnerabilities.

On the one hand you could argue that after more than 10 years in existence, all possible security flaws would have been discovered in Vista (however this would be a foolish assumption). On the other hand though, if ever your computer falls victim to a virus and your bank account is emptied - the bank will not be very sympathetic to you as you will not have taken "all reasonable precautions" to protect yourself from such a malicious attack, and I doubt they will be held liable. It really isn't worth the risk in my opinion.

Officially the support ended in April this year but unofficially it ended for me and 100s of others last year when the updates never updated even after extensive troubleshooting.

I'm not sure about other banks but Barclays has a security measure that requires a small machine to take the debit card and a PIN tapped in which then gives another security number which is then entered so you can enter your online account. The same procedure is required to make transactions over the counter. I doubt a bank would hold someone liable for having a dated os but maybe would do so if there was no security measures like a good av and firewall etc. Lots of people still use XP and as mentioned there are ways to make an M$ unsupported os secure.

I liked Vista and it took a while to get used to W10 but now they've ironed out all the idiosyncrasies I like it.

AnotherJoe

Deleted_User wrote: »

I'll probably put Windows 7 on eventually but it still had the Vista product key sticker on the side of the machine.

Why is that a reason to put Vista on??
OTOH I suppose you were lucky it didnt have an XP sticker on

worried_jim

WAYT wrote: »

If you decide to go the money saving route, it costs nothing to install Windows 7. What CPU is currently installed?

Windows Home Vista 32-bit. AMDAthlon 64 x2 dual core processor 3800+. 3.2GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 405.

I think it came with 512 RAM to which i've maxed now to 4GB.

AnotherJoe

Deleted_User wrote: »

As long as you don't go on a load of dodgy p0rn and warez sites, no one should have any real problems with Windows just because support has ended.

There are numerous examples where malware has ended up on ads hosted on squeaky clean websites or other perfectly innocent routes.
The days of malware infection being principally because of the dodgy websites you visit have long gone.

dipsomaniac

win10 still free if you go down the accessability route. i installed it on a vista laptop a couple of weeks ago