>be me>IT guy at work>over 50 PC's stuck on Win10, no upgrade path available as they're too old>explain this to management and execs, here's total cost for upgrade to all workstations>it's too expensive anon win 10 just works anyway>ok.png>explain ESU licencing and cost reduction>still too expensive>explain to them the risk to the business>is there something cheaper?>explain linux>we don't want the team using that>explain that it is inevitable you're going to get ransomwared soon>we'll deal with that when it happensit's over
Is it in writing? No? Get it in writing then stop worrying. Or remove the Win11 requirements from install media using Rufus and in-place upgrade all of them
>>107089326Why dont you just use win7?
>>107089326Ah, this thread again
>>107089326>showing initiative at workhow young?not your problem. Just make sure you don't have to work overtime when shit hits the fan
>be anon>post the exact same thread word for word with the same pic I did earlier
>>1070896594chan is full of bots. their purpose a mystery
>>107089659maybe OP had the same problem and the text being the same is a coincidence did your thread also use an unrelated image of a gorilla?
>>107089326>the risk to the businesskek and youre gonna mitigate risks with Linux?
>>107089326>we don't want the team using thatWeak. Like boss erection
>>107089326> Cost/Benefit analysis failed
>>107089326>over 50 PC's stuck on Win10, no upgrade path available as they're too oldthis didnt stop me. i got a box with supported win 11 specs then put their hard drive in it and upgraded then put their hard drive with win 11 back in their old box, rinse repeat
>>107089326Some manufacturers made a BIOS upgrade that can enable a virtual TPM to make it eligible, worth a shot. That or >>107089376
>>107089326do it via email so you have it in writing and when shit happens point to the email. look for a new job that isn't poor.
>>107092027>TODO: end support for hard drives and only allow signed trusted SSDs or some shitnvm me, just writing some thoughts down.
>>107089326Literally pirate install Win 10 iot ltsc, tell the boss off the record "it's good, don't worry about it," and then stfu.
>>107089326Hello this is the management, we will keep Win10 and OP will be forced to do daily manual backups of all 50 computers into offline storage and each day different offline storage. After manually finishing the backups, op is allowed to go home for the day.If you dont like it, there are 400 indians waiting for this job.
