put a *nix on them. That would have only been a viable option should the software running on them could be ported over to linux or unix.
At the very least they should have upgraded the computers to XP, if they could handle it, if not replaced them all together.
I don't even run an OS that is no longer supported and patched by the Manufacturer. So in this case running NT, I would have upgraded them, and kept Current AV on them. Doesn't much matter if you're not connected to the net, if people are jacking disks and jump drives into the machine, at some point some one is going to bring something in.
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