Beed told to get rid of Win7 for xp

Jock

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Alright guys,

Got a bit of a problem and not sure what the solution is.

So my wife is signing up to a typing agency and they have quite the list of requirements needed in order to join, a lot of which are to do with your computer. Now what they say is that once they receive the application, they actually will get acess to your computer and go through it themselves to ensure it meets the requirements.

Now i bought my wife a brand new samsung laptop with windows 7 not long ago with everything youd really ever need. But of course as usual nothings easy, and these guys demand you use XP. No vista, no Win7.

The idea of buying brand new computer with win7 installed, then reformatting with XP doesnt sit too well with me tbh, so im wondering if i have any other options.

I've heard of people dual booting, but not sure of that works with laptops as it does with desktops?

Any help would be appreciated

Cheers
 
Depending on how powerful the laptop is you could run a VM on it. XP wouldn't take a huge amount of resources up.

Also with it being a personal laptop.. you don't really want them going through all your stuff. So running a VM limits them to the boundaries of that.
 
Lie? Or if there's any software they use run it in compatibility mode? Sorry are they actually going to remote desktop into the laptop and check? Aren't loads of people on 7 or Vista now anyway?
 
Jock said:
Now what they say is that once they receive the application, they actually will get acess to your computer and go through it themselves to ensure it meets the requirements.
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Personally I'd tell them to take a hike. If they provide the hardware fair enough but if they're doing things on the cheap and expecting you to provide your own kit then I don't see why they should insist it's set up in a particular way.
 
VM is Virtual Machine, You Basically run a "Virtual" PC within one window on your desktop, so you could have a Fully Functional OS running in one Window.
 
rpstewart said:
Personally I'd tell them to take a hike. If they provide the hardware fair enough but if they're doing things on the cheap and expecting you to provide your own kit then I don't see why they should insist it's set up in a particular way.
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totally agree..

tell them where to stick it

if the company is not on top of IT enough to make it work with win 7 doesnt inspire a lot of confidence in the company
 
It's a typing job, not computer services, why would he tell them to take a hike, at the end of the day it's a job from home and there's not many of them.
Yes you can dual boot, also as said VM would probably do, but I don't know much about that, can you remote desktop to a VM.
 
Do it in a VM. Best way, sandboxes them in when they use remote access. No chances of keyloggers stealing passwords used on your native OS install, loss of personal data or some nosey git prying through your personal stuff et al.

VMWare or MS Virtual PC is free and very easy to use.
 
AcidHell2 said:
It's a typing job, not computer services, why would he tell them to take a hike, at the end of the day it's a job from home and there's not many of them.
Yes you can dual boot, also as said VM would probably do, but I don't know much about that, can you remote desktop to a VM.
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Yes you can, assuming it is XP Pro and above. Though I assume they have other means for remoting if you only have XP Home.

Either way as long as the VM has net access you can happily remote to it.

I would also make sure any software they use to RDP into it is turned off once they're done being nosey.
 
Use an XP VM for when they come and do these checks, then just use the Win7 machine from thereon for the typing work.
 
Is it not a minimum requirement like with standard software some programmes just wont work with out a least XP but as long as you meet the minimum requirements it'll be fine. Not having seen the document you've been sent we can't really tell. If it say's you need a 15cm ruler and you have a 30cm one it doesn't mean that you cut the ruler in half. They might have just worded the instructions poorly.
 
Sounds really odd to me. I wouldn't want to open up my pc to anyone outside my family just for the purpose of checking my machine spec. I don't know enough about how the company works but so long as you can produce a document in the correct format why should the computer matter.
 
I'm not entirely sure the reasons as i havent fully read through the paperwork yet, though my wife has. It does specifically say no vista or Win7, so its not a minimum and i 'think' its something to do with some software they want you to install on your computer. Although as to what that software is and its purpose, i'm not sure till i read the paperwork.

And yeah its a work from home job and there are others out there, some of whom she already works for, but its just these guys come recommended from a friend of hers who work for them and they also happen to be hiring.

Cheers for the help though guys, it seems I have my answer i was after.
 
I don't know enough about how the company works but so long as you can produce a document in the correct format why should the computer matter.
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Thats my initial thoughts too, and although it does sound weird we do know someone who has worked for them for some time and has no complaints.

What i dont quite get is that you either have the required OS or not, i dont quite understand why they check. If you need xp to run some software and you dont have, youre not going to be doing any work, so whats the need to check.

Although having daid that, there is more on their specification than OS, it jsut so happens thats the only one that we dont have.
 
Jock said:
I'm not entirely sure the reasons as i havent fully read through the paperwork yet.

Cheers for the help though guys, it seems I have my answer i was after.
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Don't you think the most sensible thing was to read through the paperwork and find out exactly why XP is a pre-requisite?

If it's a must then it's up to them to say whats what not the other way around.
 
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