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Software & OS Our machine control software only runs on Windows 7 or XP, and the old PC has failed. Can a current industrial computer run Window… Most current machines cannot install Windows 7, let alone XP. Intel CPUs from roughly the 7th generation onwards have no official Windows 7 drivers, and new boa… Software & OS After reinstalling Windows, our software can no longer control the DIO and watchdog. Where do we get drivers and the SDK, and how … DIO, watchdog, status LEDs and temperature sensors on industrial machines do not use generic Windows drivers. They need the vendor's own driver package and libr… Software & OS We want to install Ubuntu on an industrial computer. After installation, COM, DIO and the watchdog do not work. What should we do? Common components such as the CPU, Intel network controllers, USB and SSD usually work out of the box on a recent Ubuntu LTS. What is often missing is vendor-sp… Software & OS What is Windows 10/11 IoT Enterprise LTSC? Should industrial computers use it instead of Windows Pro? Windows IoT Enterprise LTSC is the Windows edition for fixed-purpose devices, with three differences from Windows Pro that matter in a plant. 1. Long support: …