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this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2025
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Laboratory instruments controlled by shitty software that's somehow tied to a particular version of Windows, and won't work with 11. And, of course, the manufacturer won't update it, because they'd much rather you drop a quarter million on the new model.
Loved having to search on freaking Wayback Machine for a driver that existed in the Windows XP era.
You just reminded me I still have an inspection camera which can only work with software that requires Windows XP, last time I used it I had to run it on a virtual machine on my laptop,,, it’s been a few years, I probably don’t have the VM anymore. The camera works perfectly, I wish I’d paid the extra for the one with its own screen.
A lot of manufacturers just didn't give a rat's ass about 64bit drivers. Those devices are the ones that are usually stuck on Windows XP. That happened well into the Vista era (which already came with a 64bit edition*), it's infuriating.
*XP also had a 64bit release, but it wasn't widely adopted.