Plans to Support Legacy Windows Operating Systems?

Feature requests
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I am so amazed the the comprehensiveness of the UrBackup software. I can say I actually feel fortunate to have come across it. I was going to spend LOTS of $$$ on paid products which do NOT do the job as well as this software does.

With this being said, I have several clients with legacy systems that also need to be backed up. Yes, I can use other products to do the job.

What are the key dependencies that prohibit UrBackup from running on older systems? I imagine it’s something like a shadow copy service, Visual Studio runtime?

Again, I am grateful for the OUTSTANDING work I see in this product even though, it feels like it’s still somewhat in a “post-beta” stage. THANK YOU.

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Define “legacy systems” and there age / versions?

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By legacy, i meant Windows 7, 8, & 8.1. Since I posted this question, I have gotten enough of a work-around that is reliably working, so I think I might drop the issue for the moment. But, there are a number of businesses that are still using older versions of Windows that end up always being the MOST important to keep a backup of. As I said in my OP, and it is still true, the software seems to handle backup tasks so well that I feel I have enough of a work-around to not have to go for an “officially supported” version that will also handle pre-Windows 10 versions.

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I agree, maybe Windows XP, 7, 8 as they technically would not require updates to the clients as the OS shouldn’t change. I am not sure its possible with how Microsoft do there development engines.

I am surprised how few XP / 7 machines i am seeing, mostly as they had free upgrades to 10.

I would think there is quiet a few current requests that this would be pushed down the list quiet abit to the point it may never require doing by the time its looked at

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And I’m really, more than, OK with this because of the ratio of old to new machines AND because I am STILL able to back them up with a few adjustments. In the enterprise, the legacy stuff is ALWAYS the thing you want to have backed up because it’s usually the most expensive to replicate or rebuild from scratch.