Re: Java 8 and Windows XP?
On 6/18/2014 7:02 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:
On 6/18/2014 15:31, Qu0ll wrote:
"Knute Johnson" wrote in message news:lns8cp$itl$1@dont-email.me...
Anybody had a problem installing Java 8 on WinXP?
Java 8 most definitely does not support Windows XP and trying to get it
to work would be way more trouble than it's worth in my opinion.
XP is now 13 years old. Time to move on perhaps?
My client will have XP for the foreseeable future, unfortunately. They
can still get support from MS but it is going to get more and more
difficult to service them.
They've been talking a major upgrade for some time but that involves a
lot of new hardware and construction. The last I heard was maybe by the
end of the year. I'll have lots of work if they pull the trigger but
till then it's XP :-).
Keep everything updated to supported versions or combination of versions
is always a valid strategy. If the system in question
is exposed to security risks the recommendation should be latest
supported versions or combination of versions.
An often seen strategy is to keep a working system as is. If it
ain't broke don't fix it. Ignore that certain software versions are
no longer supported. Obviously this strategy is not good if the
system in question is exposed to security risks.
But what you are proposing:
* keep existing unsupported version of some software
* update other software to latest and greatest
* resulting in an unsupported and most likely very rare
software combination
is a very risky strategy in my opinion. You can get all types
of problems.
Arne