SEP 14 for win XP

[_Symc]

Hi All,

Does SEP 12.1.6 reached EOL exiting customer will get latest protection if they continue to use 12.1.6, also SEP 14 is compatible with Windows xp 32 bit & 64 bit os. or win xp support has been removed in sep 14. please comment i wanted to know this.

thanks in advance.

[Aleksandar Devecerski]

SEP v14 System Requirements

In short:
- v14 SEP Manager requires 64 bit Server OS starting with Windows Server 2008
- v14 SEP Windows client requires MS Windows Vista and newer

Win XP machines will have to remain with v12.1 clients which can be managed with v14 SEPM
Note: in my experience, v12.1 RU5 client (12.1.5 5337.5000) is the newest version usable on Windows XP. Later v12.1 clients suffer from 'SEP client machines hangs while shutdown' syndrome.

[GeoGeo]

These are the only compatible windows OS's that SEP 14 client is compatible with. See link below for all other OS requirements. 

SEP 12 is still supported and ongoing support as 12.1 RU6 MP6 has only just been released too. 

Operating system (desktop)

Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit) Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit; RTM and SP1) Windows Embedded 7 Standard, POSReady, and Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 8 (32-bit, 64-bit) Windows Embedded 8 Standard (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 8.1 (32-bit, 64-bit), including Windows To Go Windows 8.1 update for April 2014 (32-bit, 64-bit) Windows 8.1 update for August 2014 (32-bit, 64-bit) Windows Embedded 8.1 Pro, Industry Pro, and Industry Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 10 (32-bit, 64-bit; RTM, November Update (2015), and Anniversary Update) See "Symantec Endpoint Protection client for Windows Embedded system requirements"

Operating system (server)

Windows Server 2008 (32-bit, 64-bit; R2, SP1, and SP2) Windows Small Business Server 2008 (64-bit) Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (64-bit) Windows Small Business Server 2011 (64-bit) Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 R2 update for April 2014 Windows Server 2012 R2 update for August 2014 Windows Server 2016   https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.INFO3982.html

[ℬrίαη]

SEP 14 does not support XP. You'll need to stay on 12.1 or get XP removed from the environment.

See here:

Cannot install Endpoint Protection 14 on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

[Mithun Sanghavi]

Hello,

• Endpoint Protection 14 is not supported on the Windows XP, Server 2003 and Server 2003 R2 operating systems as they do not meet the requirements. The Endpoint Protection client 14 will only install on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 and later.  
• Installation of Endpoint Protection 14 clients on Windows XP and Server 2003 is blocked by the installer by design.  

Regards,

[Mick2009]

Hi _Shk.,

Any OS past Microsoft's EOL growns inherently harder to defend with every patch Tuesday that passes.  Though it was fine in its day, in 2017 I would not trust anything of importance to WinXP and would not let WinXP map to or access anything that needs to be kept secure.

Please do mark this thread as solved if you have received your answer, or update it with any additional questions.

[Migration User]

Does SEPM 14 Support to SEPM 12 client?

[Migration User]

Does SEPM 14 Support to SEPM 12 client?

[ℬrίαη]

14 can manage 12.1 clients.

[Migration User]

Does Symantec have an EOL on supporting 32-bit operating systems? We're on 12.1.6 Ru5 and if this OS becomes unsupported we're going to have to get a project plan in place to upgrade a group of machines that are running on this old arch. I won't be able to upgrade our SEPMs to 14 until that point...

 

[Migration User]

Thanks for help.

 

 

And please help me in-  my smc -stop and smc -start deos not ask for password while I have configured password in SEPM 14.How can we resolve this problem please help.

 

[Migration User]

Hi.

I have had alot KB but still have confussion on

1. Standard client :-->>what is meaning of take definition update from cloud.

2. If my client is out side of my network (not connected to my network by any how) than how client(standard client) will take update.

 

Please help.