Cashpoint Running Windows XP - Guess What Happened?!

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I never knew atm's were running a Windows OS!

YES, the bugger threw up a runtime error dialogue box just after I asked for my £30, then promptly rebooted to a Windows XP screen. So now no cash and no card.

Speaking to Santander it's a £25 charge to use the Visa facility of being given a unique code to access an atm to withdraw cash!

Is that correct given what happened, ie not my fault at all?

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I've just read through the description of the android Santander app and as far as I can tell it doesn't offer that functionality. I'll give them another call later and see if talking to a different automaton yields a different answer.

[Digger]

Nope. Santander are saying I'm stuffed until Monday morning. Bad timing for this to happen at the weekend!

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It's my only card, or was my only card.

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Einion Yrth said:

I really do not understand why the likes of ATMs run windoze, every installation carries a licence fee and it's utterly unreliable ste. Stick it on a reliable Linux kernel and save a lot of money and trouble.

FINALLY! Someone's on my wavelength