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but it'll activate on another computer and won't ever fail WGA.

Maybe, maybe not. It could be a manufacturer specific key.

Yes, it's DRM, but considering the fact that it lets you install your game anyway, as many times as you want, on whatever computer you want, I'm willing to accept it.

Yep... When ever you want.
Google "steam account disabled"
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=416971
http://board.iexbeta.com/index.php?showtopic=49587
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hGvUrNDU4I
The question is, who do you trust? Lately, big business is going down fast while "evil pirates" are getting more trustworthy. I have more trust for a 14 year old Russian kid than I do for Sony.

Visual BASIC 2002, 2003 for starters won't run on Vista. Visual BASIC 2005 needs SP1 to work.

Directsoft PLC software won't run on Vista either.

VMWare just upgraded its software to run on Vista, before that it locked Vista up.

Some software reports comctl32.dll is out of date on Windows Vista like MAME 0.56 and disables features as a result. I found that with many open source projects that use that control to be the case. But the Vista version of comctl32.dll has a newer version number than the one in XP.

Peer Guardian 2 doesn't support Vista yet. I wish it did.

There are more examples, but I don't want to waste my time on them. I'll instead just link to them and let you read them.

There's an easy solution: A grace period. Let the kernel developers know (done), let the kernel developers fix their kernels (done), and give time for such fixed kernels to spread. Change the compiler so that it won't generate the "unnecessary" code, but DISABLE that by default for a while. After a long time (two years? More?), switch to enable-by-default. This change has no useful upside for users, and lots of downsides (in terms of broken programs), so there's no reason to hurry it. It's fine to do it, but just do it slowly.

Vista complaints have nothing to do with "too much backwards compatibility"; one of the key Vista problems is a LACK of adequate backwards compatibility: http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_Vista_Software_Compatibility_List#Heavy_Problems.2C_Currently_Incompatible http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2104022,00.asp

The only reason to run Windows (any version) is to be able to use the hardware and software that is only compatible with Windows. I know of no one who claims that Windows is the "best operating system on Earth", by any measure; people choose Windows for application compatibility, not for its "innovation". A "grossly incompatible Windows" is completely worthless.

Similarly, even if it's in the spec, it's absurd to change a system and make it so user programs just break. Think of the users. Instead, figure out how to make the change WITHOUT harming the users. That user might be you.

One of the biggest barriers to Vista adoption is that people don't know what it's incompatible with and trying every feature of every app is terribly time consuming. I know the list I quoted is out of date. If Microsoft would just publish the real information, or at least retask some of these astroturfers to create a current list on this wiki - which btw is what you find when you google vista incompatible - uptake would probably be a lot better.

I can't believe I just did that. Ew.

So you have any info on how soon Hyperion will be supported? For once I really want to know.

That's the best you can come up with to say Vista is bad?

Yeah, I would say "it does not work" is a fairly significant issue for most people. They don't care why all this software won't work including Novell Client, Brio Intelligence Explorer, SecondLife Client, Crystal Reports, Microsoft SQL Server (both 2005 and 2007) and the myriad apps that require that. They don't care why all this hardware won't work including VIA KT400 chipset with radeon graphics controller, many popular tv tuner cards and nearly all Adaptec RAID controllers.

What they care about is that it is their computer and they want it to do stuff that Vista won't do. There are enough problems that they're not corner cases - they are the main stream. For goodness sake how does Microsoft make an OS incompatible with any flavor of Intel NIC? Who doesn't save files from a share to a pendrive, or upload pictures from their camera? Don't you think a normal person would want that to happen in under a month? iTunes? It won't work with iTunes? You don't think people are going to consider that a deliberate failure? Or a fatal flaw?

That's it. "It won't do what I must have my computer do" is the dealbreaker for everybody I've seen use it so far.

That's the best you can come up with to say Vista is bad?

Yeah, I would say "it does not work" is a fairly significant issue for most people. They don't care why all this software won't work including Novell Client, Brio Intelligence Explorer, SecondLife Client, Crystal Reports, Microsoft SQL Server (both 2005 and 2007) and the myriad apps that require that. They don't care why all this hardware won't work including VIA KT400 chipset with radeon graphics controller, many popular tv tuner cards and nearly all Adaptec RAID controllers.

What they care about is that it is their computer and they want it to do stuff that Vista won't do. There are enough problems that they're not corner cases - they are the main stream. For goodness sake how does Microsoft make an OS incompatible with any flavor of Intel NIC? Who doesn't save files from a share to a pendrive, or upload pictures from their camera? Don't you think a normal person would want that to happen in under a month? iTunes? It won't work with iTunes? You don't think people are going to consider that a deliberate failure? Or a fatal flaw?

That's it. "It won't do what I must have my computer do" is the dealbreaker for everybody I've seen use it so far.

Are you serious? 2 seconds searching brings up something like this.

In the consumer market? The home user? To be realistic, almost never.

He is profoundly allergic to meddling with the installed system software. The chances are very good his favorite programs will install and run under Vista without any significant problems. Windows Vista RTM Software Compatibility List [April 6, 2207]

When the PS2 came out, Sony was bragging about how it can can push 66 million polygons per second (reference). When the Cube came out, the specs Nintendo released were a fraction of that (12 million polygons per second, reference). So gamers everywhere thought the PS2 would simply own the Cube hardware-wise. Problem was, Sony lied. They implied that games could push that amount polygons, when in reality, the PS2 could only display that many polygons if they were untextured, unshaded, and if the PS2 did nothing else but display them.

I have no idea why you are even trying to dispute this.

Furthermore, the closing of Lik-Sang had nothing to do with Mod chips, at least directly. Sony didn't sue over Mod chips. They sued because Lik-Sang was importing Sony hardware from Japan. From Lik-Sang themselves:

Lik-Sang.com, the popular gaming retailer from Hong Kong, has today announced that it is forced to close down due to multiple legal actions brought against it by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Sony claimed that Lik-Sang infringed its trade marks, copyright and registered design rights by selling Sony PSP consoles from Asia to European customers

Do you have any clue or do you just reply because you like to insult others by implying that things only happened in their heads?

Are you kidding?

In its current state, you have to hack and rename files in the Sys32 folder to stop the popups.

This can be also found here http://board.iexbeta.com/index.php?showtopic=31202 Note the date and there is a link to the same site that slashdot has. Come up with some new stuff not rehashed blab. Although still funny.

http://board.iexbeta.com/index.php?showtopic=47688

Just twice: in 1876 and in 2000.

This is completely off-topic. I know this and am willing to accept the moderation and hit on my karma. But Slashdot will not report it, in leiu of a bunch of positive fluff Linux pieces intended to counter that silly soundcard article. There is a clear agenda at play with regards to how flaws in Windows and flaws in Linux are reported. I'll let you decide for yourself. I'm not an anti-OSS troll (as a matter of fact I run FreeBSD on my laptop), I just depise blatant biased reporting and a bunch of people falling for it.

From IexBeta today:

Security researchers are warning of a buffer overflow security flaw in the Linux kernel that can be exploited to lead to privilege escalation attacks.

According to an advisory issued by iDEFENSE, the vulnerabilities affect Linux Kernel 2.6.x; Linux Kernel 2.5.x and Linux Kernel 2.4.x.

"Successful exploitation may allow arbitrary code execution with root or kernel level privileges," the company warned.

The company found that affected versions of Linux kernel performed no length checking on symbolic links stored on an ISO9660 file system, a problem that allows a malformed CD to perform an arbitrary length overflow in kernel memory.

"Symbolic links on ISO9660 file systems are supported by the 'Rock Ridge' extension to the standard format. The vulnerability can be triggered by performing a directory listing on a maliciously constructed ISO file system, or attempting to access a file via a malformed symlink on such a file system. Many distributions allow local users to mount CDs, which makes them potentially vulnerable to local elevation attacks," according to the security alert.

iDEFENSE Advisory

Windows Update is nice for keeping up to date with all the patches for windows as they are released. But using it to patch a series of machines doing fresh installs is silly.

At the height of the Blaster worm, I had to reinstall Windows for a friend of mine. I connected to the net in order to update Window XP, and her machine was reinfected within five minutes of connecting: before the machine could be patched.

I learned my lesson. Here is a guide on how to slipstream an installation of Windows XP and SP1.

Although I wouldn't recommend it, you can also slipstream a copy of Windows SP2 Beta 1. When SP2 is finalized, I fully intend to create a slipstream version of that for the next time I have to reinstall windows somewhere.

See, this is why service packs are a Good Thing (TM).

Why should I believe this are not faked like they rest?

Because an ISO of the alpha has been leaked as well and a spokeswoman of Microsoft has commented the issue.

Visit #Betas @ irc.betasonline.com for more information. Also see xbetas.com. This is the .nfo.

Also, here's a guide to fix certain boot problems with Longhorn.