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Vista SP1 Is Even Less Compatible

Posted by kdawson on from the preemptive-diasabling dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Microsoft is now saying that Vista SP1 disables some 3rd party applications. The KB article on SP1 incompatibility states: 'For reliability reasons, Microsoft blocks these programs from starting after you install Windows Vista SP1.' It does link to several vendor support pages with updates or workarounds. Unfortunately, at least one of the suggestions consists of merely disabling part of the program, which could leave you with half an anti-virus solution."

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  1. Increased security. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does Vista really need anti-virus software anyway?

  2. Yeah, so much for MS's new strategy by fsckr · · Score: 2, Funny
    And I quote:
    Microsoft's New Leaf On Interoperability

    Microsoft has made a major announcement about interoperating with others...
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    fsckr.com - go fusk yourself!
    1. Re:Yeah, so much for MS's new strategy by __aaqvdr516 · · Score: 2, Funny

      "For reliability reasons, Microsoft blocks these programs from starting after you install Windows Vista SP1," according to the article, which notes this step was taken with the consent of the affected vendors.

      So they really are interoperating. They told them they needed to fix something and the vendors agreed.

  3. Re:AntiTrust concerns? by houstonbofh · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why does the whole Vista mess remind me of the end of a Benny Hill episode? They need to use the Ubuntu release cycle for a bit so people can move on to Vista +1.

  4. Re:Vista again? by garett_spencley · · Score: 5, Funny

    Huh ?

    Sorry but this is slashdot. Sticking it to Microsoft NEVER gets old.

    Are you new around here or something ?

  5. Wine for Windows by Xtifr · · Score: 4, Funny

    After I had a couple of old Win95-era games that refused to install on my brother's Win2k system (I haven't had Windows for nearly a decade, so I was thinking of giving them to him), I've been wondering if it might not be possible to get Wine to run on Windows. Sounds like this might be an idea that will only become more and more reasonable as time goes on. So...how about it, Wine team? Can we possibly get Wine for Windows? It could run on top of Cygwin/X. :)

  6. Re:Vista again? by Harmonious+Botch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Slashdot is NOT a very good indicator of industry trends. Not true. In 20 years, no Fortune 500 company will be using Vista.
  7. Huh? by MeMeMeMe · · Score: 2, Funny

    What's Vista?

  8. Re:Vista again? by Compholio · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now, I'm tired of dealing with drivers and all the b.s. I just want an OS that lets me do what I need to do. I don't have unusual needs for hardware so I don't give a shit if Vista won't support this or that. I whipped up an order from Dell and it showed up and it works and that's that.
    I completely agree with you, playing with drivers is a pain in the ass - but that's true on both sides of the isle. This last time around I ordered from System76 and got a nice Ubuntu box with no driver issues, support for updates, and all beautifully pre-installed.
  9. Re:AntiTrust concerns? by obstalesgone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Son of a bitch! He got modded up.

    Debian! Debian! SUSE! SUSE! Hippopotami! Hippopotami!