IE7 broke my network. (.mdb files etc.)

[Chris Whelan]

Lol..the most important part of security is common sense.

The most important part of security in this context might be to never go on
line with anything Microsoft... ;-)

FWIW I was totally open-minded about Vista, but after spending some time
with RC1 I realise it has nothing I want in an OS that a combination of XP
and Linux can't provide.


Chris

 

[Rock]

Rock wrote:

[...]

I run Vista RTM Ultimate - in fact
this message is being composed in Windows Mail on it. It runs great.

http://tinyurl.com/ylpbse

I have no idea what your link is about; I don't go to tiny url links not
knowing what they are. Thanks anyway.

"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," and so on. Interesting study.

The OS was reworked for many things. The changes are quite extensive,
not just eye candy as someone else suggested. In any event, I haven't
seen any issues of system performance, stability, technical support
overhead and hardware and software costs. Every new OS that has come out
requires changes to the software, some migrates fine, some needs to be
rewritten. The only software purchase I've made is for Raxco Perfect Disk
at $19.95 (50% discount for those who beta tested their Vista candidate)
for their new version 8 that's Vista compatible. A new OS also ups the
ante on hardware needs. The media center functions that I have used in
this Ultimate version run fine. This system is middle of the road, some
5 years old, but still running strong with 2.53 GHz P4, and 1GB PC800
Ram. Video Card is not Aero Glass capable. Nothing fancy for sure. I
don't use premium content, Blu-Ray or HD-DVD.

It was me that suggested it gives you more eye candy and not much else.
You clearly have a different opinion.
Please tell - What extra have you found in Vista that is useful and is not
in XP?

When I tried it I found no extra features that were actually useful to me.
A few extra gizmos yes, but nothing particularly useful.
I also noticed slower prformance and less usable memory than I had with XP
on the same system.

Maybe it's more secure but who knows, perhaps that's because it isn't
targeted yet.

For me, there has to be some real advantages to switch.
So far I can't see any.

Many of the changes were made toward increasing security. This is a huge
improvement. There are extensive changes in the search functions, backup
was changed and improved, the firewall was extensively redone, TCP/IP was
totally rewritten. Tools were added to disk management, either through the
gui or command line to allow for partition work that wasn't available in XP.
The visual elements were changed and if you like the eye candy it can be
attractive - just a few examples. I'm not much in the networking realm so I
can't speak to those changes.

Yes, it's true and unfortunate that some of the changes that were originally
proposed were dropped. Maybe in Vienna? I don't know the whys or if.
Certainly it's up to the individual user to decide if the upgrade is worth
it. It certainly could be useless to some people - some people are still
using win98, but to dismiss it out of hand for everyone isn't giving it fair
thought.

I think this thread has run it's course, at least it has for me. Post on if
you want but I'm stepping out.

 

[V Green]

Ahh yes, one of the juvenile posters is back again. I won't waste my time
on this one.

Ummmmm...don't look now, you already did.

 

[Bernard Peek]

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Come on M$, this is cr&p, don't you beta test releases any more?? And
why has IE7 got it's sticky fingers in simple file access across the
network. And why is MS Access mega-paranoid about opening a remote
database when .jpg, .doc, etc open just fine??
=======================================================

Getting somewhat closer to the original subject, I read a review of
Office 2007 today. It looks as if Access is being castrated in the next
release. By default it will use macros for customisation. If you choose
to use VBA your users will get a security warning every time they open a
database containing code unless you use digital signing, in which case
they only get a warning the first time.

Looks like I won't be needing the professional version after all.

 

[Mike Tomlinson]

Why? Surely Vista is secure enough that you can take the risk

And in other news...

"Security flaw hits Microsoft Vista"

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36591

And it's not even been released for sale yet! Way to go, Microshaft.

 

[Chris Whelan]

And in other news...

"Security flaw hits Microsoft Vista"

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36591

And it's not even been released for sale yet! Way to go, Microshaft.

I think this was pretty much inevitable, and wouldn't concern me too much.

The problem I foresee with Vista is that it simply doesn't offer anything
that the vast majority of users want or need.

Why make your machine 20% slower, and have to replace most of your
peripherals, in return for some prettiness that you only barely notice?

Chris