This is by no means scientific, but the 15 top selling netbooks at bestbuy.com this morning all come with windows XP SP3 or Windows 7 Starter. 

Dell's entry level netbook also comes with Windows 7 Starter. And HP's Mini 110 either comes with Windows XP or 7 Starter.



This is a major concern for educational institutions. We're going to have to write custom rules/checks for student machines with 7 Starter or force students to buy the windows anytime upgrade from Starter to Home Premium. I hope Cisco addresses this soon.



scott



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Scott Orians

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North Park University

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-----Original Message-----

From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Diggins

Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 9:53 AM

To: [log in to unmask]

Subject: Re: NAC Release 4.7.1 - Windows 7 Starter



CCA 4.7.1 lists Windows 7 Home Basic edition as supported. How prevalent 

is Windows 7 Starter edition compared to Home Basic? Are Netbooks in 

North America being sold with Home Basic or Starter?



-Mike





Michael Simpson wrote:

> I've noticed several machines running Windows 7 Starter that are failing 

> to work with the new NAC agent.  The message the agent gives is "Agent 

> user operating system is not supported".

>  

> Other Windows 7 machines have been working fine.

>  

> Has anyone else seen this?

> 

> Michael Simpson

> Network Engineer

> Utah Valley University

> 

>  >>> "manidu" <[log in to unmask]> 11/24/2009 6:55 PM >>>

> Dear Customers,

> 

> Cisco Policy Management Business Unit (PMBU) is pleased to announce the 

> availability of Cisco NAC Release 4.7.1,

> which delivers support for end-clients running Microsoft Windows 7 and 

> Apple Macintosh OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard).

> As well as providing support for these operating systems, the release of 

> Cisco NAC Release 4.7.1 reflects changes in

> both NAC release targets and the PMBU development organization.  

> 

> These changes  – including the creation of a separate NAC sustaining 

> engineering team - are designed to expedite and issue

> update releases of NAC as new OS’, service packs, hot fixes, browsers, 

> and security software  versions become available.  

> 

> Additional Information

>  

> Release 4.7.1 software download

> _http://tools.cisco.com/support/downloads/go/Model.x?mdfid=282775055&mdfLevel=Software 

> Version/Option&treeName=Security&modelName=Cisco NAC Appliance 

> 4.7.1&treeMdfId=268438162 

> <http://tools.cisco.com/support/downloads/go/Model.x?mdfid=282775055&mdfLevel=Software 

> Version/Option&treeName=Security&modelName=Cisco NAC Appliance 

> 4.7.1&treeMdfId=268438162>

> __

> _To accompany the CCO post of Cisco NAC Appliance Release 4.7(1), the 

> following documentation is also available to support

> the release image(s):

> 

> Release Notes for Cisco NAC Appliance, Version 4.7(1)

> _http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/release_notes/47/47rn.html

> _Support Information for Cisco NAC Appliance Agents, Release 4.5 and Later

> _http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/support_guide/agntsprt.html

> _Cisco NAC Appliance – Clean Access Manager Configuration Guide, Release 

> 4.7(1)

> _http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/configuration_guide/47/cam/47cam-book.html

> _Cisco NAC Appliance – Clean Access Server Configuration Guide, Release 

> 4.7(1)

> _http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/configuration_guide/47/cas/47cas-book.html

> _Cisco NAC Appliance Hardware Installation Guide, Release 4.7(1)

> _http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/installation_guide/hardware/47/47hwinstal.html

> _If the documents do not appear at the above URLs when you receive this 

> message, please give it some time for these documents to go live on 

> Cisco.com.

> 

> 

> Happy Thanksgiving !!

> Mahesh Naidu

> PMBU Product Manager