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Re:End of Windows XP support puts 95% of world's ATMs at risk by izzydata on Thursday March 20, 2014 @11:16AM (#7436014)
If win8 can run programs in compatibility mode for winXP what is possibly being run on these ATMs that can't be run on an updated OS? Also I don't think the fact that winXP has "support" makes the ATMs more or less likely to be at risk.

Also can people stop posting links to articles that immediately have popups that try and sell you some stuff and doesn't even let you view the article without signing up for some nonsense?

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Re:End of Windows XP support puts 95% of world's ATMs at risk by mschuster91 on Thursday March 20, 2014 @11:29AM (#7436118)
If you're unlucky, the computer handles interfacing to the ATM equipment (cash transfer motors, bill detection, servos, fill-level detection, etc pp) with a custom PCIe card... which you need a driver for.

And we all know how compatible ancient drivers are with newer Windozes.

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