XP Vs Vista

[TinTrump]

Why the fook does it do that? "Are you sure you want to run this program" crap.

I go out and bought a grand laptop, went on the internet and downloaded eclipse, unzipped the package and run the exe every time I start up the thing. Why does it still ask me "Are you sure you want to run this program"?

<mild rant over/>

Very annoying I agree. I've got a laptop with Vista and having tolerated that prompt for the nth time I found you can go into the Control Panel and turn it (User Access Control?) off. Can't recall where exactly as I've not got my laptop with me. Oh, but then a little warning icon in the tray appears saying its turned off each time I boot up .

[VectraMan]

The first thing I did on my Vista systems was to turn that off, the UAC is a pain.

Much better to just run everything with full administrator priveleges.

UAC is in Windows 7 too.

[Sysman]

Much better to just run everything with full administrator priveleges.

Which merely proves the point that if you make security too much of a pain in the neck, folks will bypass it.

UAC is in Windows 7 too.

But have they improved it?

[KevinS]

Which merely proves the point that if you make security too much of a pain in the neck, folks will bypass it.

But have they improved it?

They have - it is much less invasive.. It only questions you when you run something for the first time (like an installer) or when things like Firefox want to run an update..

[Flubster]

Yep. Vista = tulip. Doesn't run SAS.

I'm running SAS 9.1.3 on Vista...

[voodooflux]

But have they improved it?

I believe they have - it certainly seems less intrusive and much quicker on Windows 7. There always seemed to be a lag prior to the UAC prompt on Vista.

[DaveB]

They have - it is much less invasive.. It only questions you when you run something for the first time (like an installer) or when things like Firefox want to run an update..

You mean like Mac OS X has been doing for a while now? It even tells you which website it was downloaded from when it asks





igmc.

[mrdonuts]

Gonna buy a new laptop tomorrow, it'll come bundled with Vista, I've run XP SP3 for ages. Pros and cons anyone ? (GUI's not important, I'm old fashioned).

hold of for windows 7

[DiscoStu]

You mean like Mac OS X has been doing for a while now? It even tells you which website it was downloaded from when it asks





igmc.

You are ScooterScot and I claim my five shiny new iPods

[xoggoth]

Vista is rubbish