Vista Flaw Discovered

[Timmychuck]

That why you don't rush to bye new stuff.

http://gameinvasion.comcast.net/gameinvasion/news/article/1167155160359_vista_flaw_dis...cvqh=itn_vista

[Dv8ted2]

The risk is considered minimal. Every software has some flaws, including operating systems, which include millions of lines of code. This is hardly news.

[lordsmurf]

I thought the whole OS was a flaw.

[Dv8ted2]

I thought the whole OS was a flaw.

It gives up stability in favor of DRM. That in itself is a flaw.

[redwudz]

Vista seems to pop up a question window for just about everything you do on the computer. I guess that's part of the security, but it can get irritating after a while. I think some users will start disabling some of those MS 'features'. I have also noticed it can't run 'help' windows from most programs as it apparently uses a different 'help' setup.

Not all hardware drivers seem to be available yet. I would wait a month or two for the rest of the drivers to become available before making the change to the OS, if your really want to change.

I think the OS continues MS's tradition of wanting to have total control over every part of your system. I also think the OS needs a little more time to mature before I would invest in it.

On the plus side, it does look nice.

[hech54]

That why you don't rush to bye new stuff.

I didn't know the spell checker was flawed on previous MS operating systems?

[BJ_M]

rather a bigger flaw now as a lot of NLE companies are discovering .. including sony.. which ironically was one of the companies (diff. division) was pushing for the safeguards in the first place)...

from slashdot:

BanjoBob writes "Vista locks down all the DRM functionality and actually reduces the quality of playback of some media. This includes both audio and video content. As a company creating music and video products, how can we use Vista to create, distribute, and use legal media? I have read nothing to indicate that Vista has a model to allow 'authorized' use without causing problems. Currently we use Windows 2000 and Linux products. If what we understand is true, Vista and future Microsoft products won't be viable options for us since prior to publication, media must be copied multiple times, edited, moved around, re-edited and often modified into various forms (trailers, etc.) before, during, and after production. This naturally includes backups and recovery. If Vista is intent on prohibiting these uses, then Microsoft is intent on keeping their products out of the realm of content creation and editing. How do others deal with these issues?"

[BJ_M]

also "The Inquirer is reporting on an analysis of Vista by Peter Gutmann — a medical imaging specialist. This isn't the usual anti-Microsoft story — just a professional looking at what is going to happen to his computer if it is upgraded to Microsoft Vista. From the article: 'Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS elements in order to provide content protection for so-called "premium content", typically HD data from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD sources. Providing this protection incurs considerable costs in terms of system performance, system stability, technical support overhead, and hardware and software cost,' says Gutmann."

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36570

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/

[JohnnyMalaria]

Vista seems to pop up a question window for just about everything you do on the computer. I guess that's part of the security, but it can get irritating after a while. I think some users will start disabling some of those MS 'features'. I have also noticed it can't run 'help' windows from most programs as it apparently uses a different 'help' setup.

That's the User Account Control (UAC - see here for more). You can turn it off. Many people will and suffer the consequences when they visit websites infested with malware and other stuff!

Regarding the Help files - the very old Windows 3.1 help format (WinHelp) is no longer supported. Applications that use HTML Help (.chm files) are fully supported and will continue to work (our apps do) - see here and here for more information about the deprecation of WinHelp.

You can download WinHelp from Microsoft so that your ancient help files (!) will be accessible.

Not all hardware drivers seem to be available yet. I would wait a month or two for the rest of the drivers to become available before making the change to the OS, if your really want to change.

The biggest headache will be soundcards - the whole audio layer has been revamped in Vista and pre-Vista soundcard drivers (WDM/DirectSound) will not work. Older soundcards will become worthless since the vendors won't provide new drivers.

Our testing of Vista has shown that audio performance of pre-Vista apps is poor on Vista due to the fact that DirectSound is emulated in Vista and no longer provides the high performance access to the audio hardware. ASIO is supported and ASIO-based applications shouldn't see a performance hit.