London police force addicted to XP

Stefan Mileschin · 30th June 2017, 10:53

Harder to kick than crack

Concerns are starting to be raised about the fact that London’s metropolitan police is still on Window XP.

The operating system has been unsupported since 2014 but the Met has 18,000 PCs running it, To be fair the police force has already started upgrading its PCs from Windows XP but have decided that upgrading Windows 8.1 is a better idea.

Windows 8.1 is still being supported by Microsoft, although the mainstream support for the OS is set to end on the 9 January 2018. Microsoft will offer extended support for the OS until 2023, which means Windows 8.1 is still a much more secure alternative for the Metropolitan Police than Windows XP.

It was trying to get all of the Windows XP PCs to Windows 8 by March 2016 but that was a failed. Now it is stuck with 14,000 PCs are powered by Windows 8.1 at the London Metropolitan Police service with the rest on Windows XP. Apparently there are only eight Windows 10 PCs in the building.

Steve O’Connell, the spokesman of the 0Conservative London Assembly said in a statement:

http://fudzilla.com/news/44000-londo...addicted-to-xp

30th June 2017, 10:53	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,462	London police force addicted to XP Harder to kick than crack Concerns are starting to be raised about the fact that London’s metropolitan police is still on Window XP. The operating system has been unsupported since 2014 but the Met has 18,000 PCs running it, To be fair the police force has already started upgrading its PCs from Windows XP but have decided that upgrading Windows 8.1 is a better idea. Windows 8.1 is still being supported by Microsoft, although the mainstream support for the OS is set to end on the 9 January 2018. Microsoft will offer extended support for the OS until 2023, which means Windows 8.1 is still a much more secure alternative for the Metropolitan Police than Windows XP. It was trying to get all of the Windows XP PCs to Windows 8 by March 2016 but that was a failed. Now it is stuck with 14,000 PCs are powered by Windows 8.1 at the London Metropolitan Police service with the rest on Windows XP. Apparently there are only eight Windows 10 PCs in the building. Steve O’Connell, the spokesman of the 0Conservative London Assembly said in a statement: http://fudzilla.com/news/44000-londo...addicted-to-xp

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