> "Then why are so many healthcare providers who were caught last week saying they couldn't upgrade from Windows XP because some essential functionality of othe

> "Then why are so many healthcare providers who were caught last week saying they couldn't upgrade from Windows XP because some essential functionality of other software or equipment no longer worked on Windows 10?" In the US, they might possibly be in violation of HIPAA health data privacy laws because by running on an unsupported OS they are leaving themselves open to cyber attacks and stolen health care data. Best to deal with vendors of software that upgrade their software to the newest OS versions, especialy if it has anything to do with health data. > "You keep writing things like that, as if the only practical alternative in many cases was not turning the equipment off altogether." Microsoft had been warning for years that they were going to discontinue service and they have done it with previous OSs, so no surprise there really. Software vendors and their customers need to prepare ahead of time. If properly maintained by their IT Depts, these Windows 10 Upgrade messages never come up.