Microsoft will end support for Windows XP tomorrow, April 8. (More information can be found on the ITS website.) Many of you have been working with ITS staff to have machines upgraded. Because we expect that there will be attempts by malicious people to exploit these machines rather quickly, we have been prioritizing this effort and ITS has been covering the cost of imaging and required minor memory upgrades.
Any Wesleyan-owned computers on campus running Windows XP will no longer have Internet or network file share access. These computers will not be able to access websites nor will they be able to access files on servers such as Dragon.
ITS will discontinue covering the cost of upgrading Windows XP computers after April 30. Beyond that, the cost of converting any older computers that still have Windows XP will revert back to the department.