This image is a photograph of an ATM machine that has Windows 7 installed, this machine requires Windows 7 activation…
![Windows 7 activation on an ATM machine.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1441661165233.jpg)
This is an Ethernet connection that is over 231 meters long. Far too long for a standard Ethernet connection. The maximum range of a cable is 100 meters according to Cisco CCNA for 100Base-TX cable.
![Overly long Ethernet cabling connection.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/M3Y2UEv.jpg)
The famous DOS error. Abort Retry Fail.
![Abort Retry Fail. The famous DOS error.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/slide_abort_retry_fail-620x465-100525018-gallery.idge_.jpg)
A RAID array failure. This is not a good thing to see when you are checking your valuable data storage.
![RAID array failure.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_26401.jpg)
A standard Windows XP error. Great fun when this happens…
![Standard Windows XP error.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/3256_1_en13-128205.png)
Another ATM machine. This one is running Windows XP…
![An ATM machine running Windows XP. This one is shutting down.](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/4982395657_f30ef07551.jpg)
That is why you do not run Windows XP on an ATM.