Micros WS4 running Windows CE4.2 - It's possible to upgrade?

[JosueICR]

I have some Micros WS4 terminal running Windows CE4.2 operating system. We have a Sim and Dll files developed to work with CE6.0. We tested on CE4.2 and show up some errors. It's possible to upgrade the OS from CE4.2 to Windows CE6.0 ?


Thanks in advance.

 

[Moregelen]

I don't know if it specifically supports CE6.0, but yes, you will actually HAVE to upgrade the CE at some point. They are hitting their end of support soon which makes them NON PCI COMPLIANT! We have a whoooooole bunch of mandatory upgrades coming up. XP is also reaching its 'end of life' ... next year? So you will be required (by PCI Standards at least) to upgrade those to Windows 7 RES 5. So might as well upgrade your CE now.

 

[Moregelen]

I knew I had it somewhere!

If you're interested, here is the actual alert Micros sent out.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kty6r14w781i6w2/SecurityAlertSA042613CENet42.pdf

 

[Moregelen]

Ooooh. Thats right! Its not an upgrade of the WS4 operating system we have to push on our customer, but an actual upgrade from WS4 to at least WS4LX... damn! Only just noticed that part... hmmm.... that is going to suck...

 

[Moregelen]

I wish there was a way to edit posts so I could condense my last four posts and correct my mistake...

Here is an excerpt for that alert:

There is no operating system upgrade available for the Workstation 4 or Keyboard Workstation 4.
Therefore, for security and compliance purposes, it is
strongly
recommended that MIC
ROS customers
use this extended period of time to migrate to a more contemporary MICROS hardware platform prior
to December, 2014.

So no, no upgrade. Its the CAL software you can upgrade.. my bad.

 

[JosueICR]

Thanks for the info. At this point, we should consider to pay for the DLL update to work with CE4.2

Regards

Josue