Remember. There's a lot of ATMs out there that still use XP :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ According to the May 2014 issue of PC Pro magazine, they say that such machines should run a special version, called Windows XP Embedded. Apparently this is to be supported until at least 2016 - which begs the question of why the consumer versions are not. A cynic might suggest that it is easier to convince individuals to change their OS rather than corporate IT departments! However it also states that many devices - and it does not specifically refer to ATMs, as there are also machines in the medical and manufacturing fields - are running a standard version of XP which is then heavily customised for the purpose of being a locked down, embedded device. Russell