Posted at LockerGnome TechNews Watch: “The Most Secure Operating System Ever” Can’t Be Trusted. Ollie Whitehouse, an architect at Symantec’s advanced threats research team, found that Hackers can exploit Windows Vista’s User Account Control to hide malware, reports PC World. Windows Vista’s User Account Control (UAC), a system that Microsoft says makes the new operating [...]
Some questions answered about ongoing support for Windows XP SP2. From PC World, via Washington Post: XP’s Fate in a Vista World […] Does the release of Vista mean that Microsoft will cut off support for Windows XP, as it did for Windows 98 and other old OSs? Not immediately, no. But it’s a safe [...]
A list of Windows Vista annoyances were published by two PC World editors on Yahoo! News: The Most Annoying Things About Windows Vista There’s lots to like in the newest version of Windows. Vista’s look is stunning, the OS should be more secure, and finding things is often easier. But Windows wouldn’t be Windows without those [...]
From LockerGnome Tech News Watch Windows Vista – Give It Some Time? Windows Vista has been compared to a cake that has not risen all the way yet. A great beginning for Windows improvement, but it still has a few things that need to be worked out before it’s ready to be “eaten.” I believe [...]
From a column by Ray Everett-Church… Vista’s Faux Security […] For nearly a decade, most of the things that have passed for “privacy” features in a wide variety of applications, especially web browsers, have made those applications virtually unusable without choosing the equivalent of “allow” every time you’re asked. Be it the firewall under Windows [...]
From a review in The Register, here’s the money quote: Vista security overview: too little too late So, what have we got here? An adequately secure version of Windows, finally? I think not. We have got, instead, a slightly more secure version than XP SP2. There are good features, and there are good ideas, but [...]
From CRN: Partners Report 10 Annoying Vista Problems As Conflicts Dampen Debut According to various solution providers contacted by CRN, here are the 10 biggest problems faced by early adopters of Vista out of the gate: 1. Lack of available drivers from ISVs causing application conflicts; 2. Lack of available drivers for existing and new peripherals [...]
From an interview with Symantec (Makers of Norton Antivirus and other consumer and business levelsecurity products) CEO John Thompson in CnetNews.com: Q: Have you installed Vista? Thompson: No, I have not. I see no need for it for what I do online today. The machine that I use is the one provided by our company, and we have not made a commitment to migrate to Vista and therefore there is no reason for me to [...]
So says Lance Ulanoff at PC Magazine: So what’s the deal with Home Basic? I do notice that it’s about $60 cheaper than the more multimedia-capable Premium Edition. And that’s the answer, isn’t it? This is for OEMs who want to trim a few bucks off the price of a PC while still appearing to [...]
