Unsupported Operating Systems

End-of-Life products

Once a Microsoft operating system (OS) reaches the end of support, customers will no longer receive security updates. The OS may still work with programs and hardware after the sale or support of the operating system has been discontinued. However, the possibility increases that new programs and hardware will not be performant on an older OS. This frequently occurs because the manufacturers of new hardware and software make product-design decisions that take advantage of the increased functionality and features in newer operating systems. These manufacturers may decide to discontinue support of their products on older operating systems as appropriate.

For Maitre'D, this means that the POS system will continue to work after the end of support. However, as updates and features are added to Maitre'D after EOL, the possibility increases that new Maitre'D releases become incompatible with older operating systems. Furthermore, deprecated operating systems represent a liability which may compromise the entire POS system's security.

For more information, please see:

Microsoft Windows Lifecycle FAQ

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End-of-Life products vs. PCI-DSS

Any system using an unsupported or deprecated operating system automatically falls out of PCI-DSS compliance due to the inability of such systems to meet PCI-DSS Requirement 6.2.

PCI-DSS Requirement 6.2 states:

“Ensure that all system components and software are protected from known vulnerabilities by installing applicable vendor supplied security patches. Install critical security patches within one month of release.”

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Unsupported products

Some operating systems are not supported by PayFacto even though they are still supported by Microsoft. These can be divided in two categories:

Failed products

Some operating systems never received wide market adoption, such that PayFacto never deemed necessary or profitable to perform any kind of testing on these products. While these operating systems may work with Maitre'D, PayFacto cannot provide any form of guarantee to that effect, as they were never tested. Such products include Microsoft Windows Vista (which is now also EOL) and Microsoft Windows 8 / 8.1.

Consumer products

Microsoft publishes a wide array of Windows editions targeted for home users, educational versions for schools and other specialized versions for niche users. These versions of windows are not supported due to the lack of certain key features, or because of the Microsoft End-User License Agreement (EULA), which may not cover commercial or industrial use cases.

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Full list of Unsupported and End-of-Life Operating Systems

Name	Support Status (PayFacto)	End-of-Life (Microsoft)
Microsoft Windows 95	UNSUPPORTED	December 31, 2001
Microsoft Windows NT	UNSUPPORTED	December 31, 2004
Microsoft Windows 98	UNSUPPORTED	July 11, 2006
Microsoft Windows 98 SE	UNSUPPORTED	July 11, 2006
Microsoft Windows millennium Edition	UNSUPPORTED	July 11, 2006
Microsoft Windows 2000	UNSUPPORTED	July 13, 2010
Microsoft Windows XP (ALL EDITIONS)	UNSUPPORTED	April 8, 2014
Windows Embedded for Point of Service (WEPOS) 1.x SP3	UNSUPPORTED	April 12, 2016
Microsoft Windows Vista (ALL EDITIONS)	UNSUPPORTED	April 11, 2017
Windows Embedded POS Ready 2009	UNSUPPORTED	April 9, 2019
Microsoft Windows 7 Starter	UNSUPPORTED	January 14, 2020
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic	UNSUPPORTED	January 14, 2020
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium	UNSUPPORTED	January 14, 2020
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional	UNSUPPORTED	January 14, 2020
Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise	UNSUPPORTED	January 14, 2020
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate	UNSUPPORTED	January 14, 2020
Microsoft Windows POSReady 7	UNSUPPORTED	October 12, 2021
Microsoft Windows 8 (ALL EDITIONS)	UNSUPPORTED	January 10, 2023
Microsoft Windows 8.1 (ALL EDITIONS)	UNSUPPORTED	January 10, 2023
Microsoft Windows 8 Core	UNSUPPORTED	January 10, 2023
Microsoft Windows "RT"	UNSUPPORTED	January 10, 2023
Microsoft Windows 10 Home	UNSUPPORTED	October 14, 2025
Microsoft Windows 10 Education	UNSUPPORTED	October 14, 2025
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Education	UNSUPPORTED	October 14, 2025
Microsoft Windows 10 IoT Core	UNSUPPORTED	October 14, 2025
Microsoft Windows 10 Mobile	UNSUPPORTED	October 14, 2025
Microsoft Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise	UNSUPPORTED	October 14, 2025
Microsoft Windows 10 Team	UNSUPPORTED	October 14, 2025
Microsoft Windows 10 "X"	UNSUPPORTED	October 14, 2025
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	UNSUPPORTED	July 13, 2010
Microsoft Windows Server 2003	UNSUPPORTED	July 14, 2015
Microsoft Windows Server 2008	UNSUPPORTED	January 14, 2020
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2	UNSUPPORTED	January 14, 2020
Microsoft Windows 10, version 1507	UNSUPPORTED	May 9, 2017
Microsoft Windows 10, version 1511	UNSUPPORTED	October 10, 2017
Microsoft Windows 10, version 1607	UNSUPPORTED	April 9, 2019
Microsoft Windows 10, version 1703	UNSUPPORTED	October 8, 2019
Microsoft Windows 10, version 1709	UNSUPPORTED	April 14, 2020
Microsoft Windows 10, version 1803	UNSUPPORTED	November 10, 2020
Microsoft Windows 10, version 1809	UNSUPPORTED	November 10, 2020
Microsoft Windows 10, version 1903	UNSUPPORTED	December 8, 2020
Microsoft Windows 10, version 1909	UNSUPPORTED	May 11, 2021
Microsoft Windows 10, version 2004	UNSUPPORTED	December 14, 2021
Microsoft Windows 11 Home, version 21H2	UNSUPPORTED	October 10, 2023
Microsoft Windows 11 Education, version 21H2	UNSUPPORTED	October 8, 2024