Windows cash machine!

number41 · 12 Aug 2006 at 16:40

From a recent trip to Amsterdam! Went to use the cash machine and found this waiting for me. Got excited and tried pushing all the keys but couldn't get CTRL+ALT+DEL to work or get it to give me free money! :mad:

Managed to get Windows Help to open however, but that just wasnt as much fun as it sounds

Haggisman · 12 Aug 2006 at 16:41

lol, that reminds me of when i was at Stansted, one of the checking in screens had a big fatal runtime error message across it =D

Morlan · 12 Aug 2006 at 16:41

Those buttons must be linked to the F keys. F1 for help, etc.

LabR@t · 12 Aug 2006 at 16:51

topic should be

windows crash machine

Seft · 12 Aug 2006 at 16:54

Unfortunately OS/2 isn't supported anymore, so they all had to be 'upgraded'

BoomAM · 12 Aug 2006 at 16:56

Theres a windows cash machine at Cheshire Oaks.
IIRC, it was having a McAffee error at the time i went to use it.

asim · 12 Aug 2006 at 17:05

BSOD!!!

Then the cash flies out.

jamoor · 12 Aug 2006 at 17:07

your hands remind me of that pure pwnage when he uses the cash machine

Roalith · 12 Aug 2006 at 17:09

You seem to get these a lot at the pub 'multiple choice gaming' machines. Who Wants to be a Millionaire type things.

Biohazard · 12 Aug 2006 at 17:09

one at my bit has had a McAfee error before

clockworks · 12 Aug 2006 at 17:17

All the ATMs that I work on now run NT, although word is that at least one UK bank is going over to XP shortly.

It's quite rare for the application to crash to NT. It can happen after a power cut (corrupted software), or when the autologon process fails (expired password).

The EPP (main keypad) and FDKs (function keys) aren't usually recognised by NT, as they are serial devices connected to a "personality" board inside the PC. They will only work properly within the application. To use NT, you need to connect a PS2 keyboard inside the ATM.

Third Opinion · 12 Aug 2006 at 17:18

No word of a lie I had one crash and reboot while trying to withdraw crash. It was Windows 2000, swallowed my card and left me stranded.

Biohazard · 12 Aug 2006 at 17:20

Most banks should be moving from NT soon as well as MS stops supporting that within a year iirc

number41 · 12 Aug 2006 at 17:23

Seems funny to me how they use windows though and not some dedicated cash machine type software :confused:

Could that be how those card reader type things work that attach to cash machines yet let you draw out cash? The cash machine slot is acting like a USB connector and NT installs the drivers or something?

AJUK · 12 Aug 2006 at 17:26

I would have thought Winblows was overkill for something that only has to do a few things. A dedicated, more secure and crash free proprietry OS seems more appropriate.

At least they're not wireless networked I suppose.

Spinal2k2 · 12 Aug 2006 at 17:42

a lot of ATM's use windows - all which have a PC at the back running it all

GoldenGlory · 12 Aug 2006 at 17:47

Finally, a use for linux?

MookJong · 12 Aug 2006 at 17:49

I saw one that had crashed in the middle of Newcastle after a night out, this was a few years back and it was running on NT4. Being computing students at the time we found this highly amusing.

Morlan · 12 Aug 2006 at 17:53

number41 said:
Could that be how those card reader type things work that attach to cash machines yet let you draw out cash? The cash machine slot is acting like a USB connector and NT installs the drivers or something?

LOL, No. The card reader is a stand alone device. Funny if it was though.

Justintime · 12 Aug 2006 at 18:43

Can't remember where but i saw in a Tescos or something an ATM had bluescreened.