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
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.”
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.
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
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