BART Ticket Kiosks Running Windows 2000 Professional?
Today I tried to add some money to a BART ticket and came across an interesting screen. I guess they had just been servicing the ticket machines and they were “rebooting.” What I saw really surprised me. First, they are running on a Windows platform. Second, they are running not on Vista, nor Windows 2003 Server…not even Windows XP, but plain ol’ Windows 2000 Professional! Here is the Wikipedia Windows page that talks about the different versions.
I guess that BART riders are safe because it looks like Microsoft has extended the Security Update through July 13, 2010. More info on Windows 2000. Luckily they are not running Windows Me (voted #4 “Worst Tech Products of All Time” by PC World)
HTD Says: I thought Win2K was long gone. I guess not.
Related Posts
- Adventures in transbay tube on BART
- Windows Update Error 80245003 – Windows Update won’t run on Vista RC2
- Best Windows Screen Saver ever!
- Tech News: Windows BSOD, Office 2010, YouTube Pay TV & LCD Lawsuits
- Fix-it: Outlook 2007 Emails not showing in Preview Pane, constant crashes, and Windows Desktop Search not returning results
If you enjoyed this post, please consider to leave a comment or subscribe to the feed and get future articles delivered to your feed reader.
-
hightechdad
-
Wilson
-
Hechtic
