[ale] Windows Vista - Way OT

[Jeff Lightner]

The "are you sure" message occurs every time you open the same software
if it is not "certified" by MicroSoft.  The Windows Admin said he tried
opening Adobe Acrobat and it asked him every time if it was OK.  I
wouldn't think it too onerous to ask the first time and give you an
option not to ask again but he said it doesn't give that option.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
To: ale at ale.org
Denny Chambers
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 11:44 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Windows Vista - Way OT

Speaking of Vista, /. has an article about Vista's EULA not allowing the

cheaper version of Vista to be installed Virtual Machines. The article 
is a Vista vs. Mac point of view, but this also effects products like 
VMWare. To run Vista in a VM, you must buy the Enterprise and Ultimate 
version, which is at least $100 more that the Basic Home version.

I have the Ultimate version loaded in a VMWare, because I needed it to 
test some stuff for work. I have found it to be a big pain in a$$. I 
guess once you get it set up and all of your SW installed, it may not be

any more annoying that XP, but I often got asked 3 or 4 times "Are you 
sure you want to do this" type of question for each piece of SW I 
installed. The SW I installed uses the network, so I got ask if Vista 
should block this SW or not. I had to explicitly tell Vista that yes you

can get on the network, it's safe. I am glad M$ is taking security 
seriously, but in Vista the security is very disruptive for the user. 
Also some apps got moved around a little, so it some searching to find 
some things.

Denny



Preston Boyington wrote:
> Calvin Harrigan wrote:
>   
>> Ironically enough I'm installing vista right now.  I'll post my
critique 
>> if anyone is interested.
>>
>>     
>
> i would be interested in an as unbiased review as possible.
>
> like most people i've read the PC World article:
>
> http://pcworld.about.com/od/longhorn/Lab-Tests-Vista-s-Fast-If-You.htm
>
> and some others online...mixed reviews, but that's nothing new.
>
> a friend of mine was all excited about the "aero" desktop until i
showed
> him some beryl videos.  he said beryl ran faster from the sabayon
livecd
> than aero did installed.
>
> from my personal standpoint it is doubtful if i will install vista on
> anything of mine for at least a year.  i do too much CAD work and
> there's no need for me to upgrade anything for at least that amount of
time.
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