Vista is great!
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Lol, UAC is User Account Control, I know there are pros and cons to this workflow, but the way MS does it is just annoying. DEP stands for Data Execution Prevention which just halts everything that runs something 'suspicious' The problem is that eg you run a webpage with a suspicious control it shuts down the instance of IE. you get a popup (:doh:) with 2 options: (1) Close the app, (2) look for a solution and close the app. You can turn this stuff off, but windows always keeps nagging about it. The DEP itself might be a good idea, but an option (3) continue anyway is something that they should add.
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Stop smoking so you can: Enjoy longer the money you save. Moviereview ArchiveI think you have the wrong idea of what DEP does. DEP primarily a hardware feature that allows portions of memory to be marked NX (no-execute). Most newer processors support this and for the most part can be emulated in software. Basically DEP halts everything that executes where it should not be executing, it is not a nanny. IE nannies controls (in reference to your example) which is why you have to specify you want to install them or run them. DEP on steps in when it attempts to do something it shouldn't.
Matt Newman
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I think you have the wrong idea of what DEP does. DEP primarily a hardware feature that allows portions of memory to be marked NX (no-execute). Most newer processors support this and for the most part can be emulated in software. Basically DEP halts everything that executes where it should not be executing, it is not a nanny. IE nannies controls (in reference to your example) which is why you have to specify you want to install them or run them. DEP on steps in when it attempts to do something it shouldn't.
Matt Newman
well it stops the IE in my case, I had to turn it in order to view the, perfectly normal, webpage.
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well it stops the IE in my case, I had to turn it in order to view the, perfectly normal, webpage.
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Stop smoking so you can: Enjoy longer the money you save. Moviereview ArchiveThen there is something hooked into IE that is setting it off.
Matt Newman
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The simple answer is that a lot of people shouldn't, and almost nobody really needs to.
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Chris Maunder wrote:
Thank you.
It's my pleasure, but what for?:confused:
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Hamed Mosavi wrote:
what for
For reminding me not to be a sour puss and that it is actually something new and shiny and I should just give it a fair go. It may not be what we want or should expect from a company with the resources of Microsoft but it's a step, so I will give it a go.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I thought the same thing, and then I was chatting to a guy at a local Design and Drafting business. They are buying half the office all new computers, all with Vista, and buying vista for the rest of computers as well. About 25 PC's all up. I think that is a pretty substantial investment for a local company, so I was quite surprised. Good on them really for being early adopters. Takes a lot of guts to embrace change. So at least we know of one now! :) - Phil
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Hamed Mosavi wrote:
what for
For reminding me not to be a sour puss and that it is actually something new and shiny and I should just give it a fair go. It may not be what we want or should expect from a company with the resources of Microsoft but it's a step, so I will give it a go.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
It may not be what we want or should expect from a company with the resources of Microsoft
You're certainly right, but I've learned that human being, is human being, (as is without any warranty of any kind:) ). I mean I learned not to expect too much from any human being. We are limited, our talent, the amount of work we do, ... I learned it is not correct to see our selves coding two thousands LOC, and expect that we can do it tomorrow, and the day after. No miracle, you know. Any way, that's too much kind of you Chris. I'm sure you already had a go ;)
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I know most people in US or Europe know these, I just write them for countries like mine, where finding information is more difficult. Background: I was free the last 3 days, so I used the time to install an evaluation version of vista. I'm working with it since then. Unfortunately, I only have 30 days (end of evaluation), to enjoy. Returning back to XP after 3 days, it is like returning decades back in technology. I don't understand all those rumors about vista? Consistency: I just experienced inconsistency once, and that was about forcing the OS to install my old driver for my old modem, even when I got a warning during installation and upon an attempt to connect, yes blue screen of death. Technology: There are a lot of small improvements, and some earth shattering ones. I don't know what exactly should be added to an OS so that people say it's an improvement! While I was one of those who thought Vista has nothing new some years ago, today it's different. I worked with the fantastic Speech Recognition tool. Unbelievable! I can now see a future at which people talk to machines like they communicate with each other, without forcing to touch the machine by mouse or keyboard and it's not only a dream. User interface is great. Although I don't like black color, and I wished it was possible to customize taskbar and start menu (Translucency, color, etc.) Control panel is a place now in which you can really control what you have. There is a large group of information as well. Even Vista rates your computer; so that users easily go and buy software's that their rate is below their computer's rate. Backward compatibility: I installed some of my old software's and they worked like charm. (My BarChart works as well :) ) Speed: My computer hardware is not strong, and vista advisory software, advised installing Business version. However, I installed Ultimate and it worked, sometimes even faster than XP. Startup is quick, as well. Drivers: Driver updates are really easy, since Microsoft seems to have a great database of almost all drivers and upon first connection; I realized there is a version available for almost all of my main hardware's. Productivity: In Vista, I almost had all features I always needed in XP. Desktop is now available in (Alt+Tab) application switching. You can now have a list of favorite folders, which is available in all explorer windows. Just a click and you are there. We can see hard drive informatio
What about the problems regarding Vista not letting programs run properly for that require access to the registry? There is also an issue of addition of excessive confirmation and warning dialogues [http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/111006-msvista-slide1.html\]..... Though I have not installed Vista myself, I will have to agree with bradml, and wait until a stable service pack (or 2 ;p)is released for the OS... -- modified at 3:36 Thursday 8th February, 2007
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What about the problems regarding Vista not letting programs run properly for that require access to the registry? There is also an issue of addition of excessive confirmation and warning dialogues [http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/111006-msvista-slide1.html\]..... Though I have not installed Vista myself, I will have to agree with bradml, and wait until a stable service pack (or 2 ;p)is released for the OS... -- modified at 3:36 Thursday 8th February, 2007
d2_grv wrote:
Vista not letting programs run properly for that require access to the registry?
I dont think so. I have installed many applications, that needed registry. Even I tested my own setup projects that use registry at least for setting up their ODBC databaces. NONE of them encountered ANY problem. Yes, I had problems with some other softwares, regarding the use of old Media player or Internet Explorer, but many of problems fixed quickly, with the help of the guide's provided by Microsoft. I was even able to run an old application that was not running probably on XP.
d2_grv wrote:
There is also an issue of addition of excessive confirmation and warning dialogues
Most of the prompts appear while installing new softwares. How many times do you install Visual Studio 2005 on your machine, per day? After setting up the environment, it does not prompt you too much.
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I thought the same thing, and then I was chatting to a guy at a local Design and Drafting business. They are buying half the office all new computers, all with Vista, and buying vista for the rest of computers as well. About 25 PC's all up. I think that is a pretty substantial investment for a local company, so I was quite surprised. Good on them really for being early adopters. Takes a lot of guts to embrace change. So at least we know of one now! :) - Phil
