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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