If your machines are running Microsoft XP operating system to run RMS, and if you use the RMS software to processes credit cards via EDC, your machines will be considered non-PCI compliant, as XP is no longer a supported platform. This change will take effect on 8th April 2014. Please be aware as this exposes the retailer to more liability in the case of a data breach.
In readiness of this, I'm going to install Windows 7 on each machine. The downside is that to migrate from Windows XP to Vista, 7, or (shudder) 8 requires a clean install, meaning that RMS, and everything else needs to be installed from scratch onto the new OS. My HQ Server, Store Servers-- everything is running on XP now. Any advice for making this as smooth as possible?
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