Except that can all still be done if you "Buy" a signature first,
keyword "Buy".
I do not have a problem with the protection and / or a series of stern
warnings, but when something like Acronis is not trusted then give up
hope, who's to say Microsoft can be trusted?
The fundamental reasoning behind admins carefully reviewing patches
before allowing install is for just this reason (and others) but MS have
chosen to break this by foisting stealth updates on the vast majority of
other users for their own reasons. There is no reason these stealth
updates cannot break things, despite much testing (Ms cannot test every
possible scenario) ordinary patches break things so what does the
license achieve?
All it means is that you can still install bad drivers, they just cost
(Somebody) more, payment to some faceless third party that still cannot
test every possible scenario.
Why not just call it the "Trustworthy Tax" and be done with it?
Sorry, but MS have recently gone down the road of "Do as we say or else"
and I find this very disappointing from the company that initially
promoted freedom of the internet and computing in general by forcing the
industry to become affordable. Most likely without MS a "Cheap" computer
would still cost $1000s if not for the mass marketing resulting from
"Windows".
Well, the deal is, with Windows 64-bit possibly becoming mainstream with the
next few years, Microsoft wanted to take this opportunity to get things
straight with this platform. Certain methodologies from the 32-bit Windows
design were not going to be accepted, basically, a clean slate to just to
set things right for Developers and the both of us.
No Kernel Mode drivers which often destabilizes the system. Patch Guard
Patch Guard provides a protective shield around the Windows Kernel that
prevents certain individuals from simply patching it, whether it's to
optimize third party applications or for unknown malicious purposes. Kernel
patching was not something consented by Microsoft in the first place, in
which case, they saw the 64-bit release of Vista as an opportunity to again
start a clean slate and educate both developers and users about the
negatives of doing this in the first place.
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