NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Criticism of Windows Vista

Criticism of Windows Vista includes the various concerns regarding the commercially released version of Vista, due to perceived issues with security, performance and presence of product activation. Windows Vista, the latest version of Microsoft's desktop operating system, has been the subject of a number of negative assessments by various groups. Windows Vista is a line of graphical operating systems used on personal computers, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, Tablet PCs, and media centers. ... Windows Vista (formerly codenamed Longhorn) has many significant new features compared with previous Microsoft Windows versions, covering most aspects of the operating system. ... Windows Vista (formerly codenamed Windows Longhorn) has many significant new features compared with previous Microsoft Windows versions, covering most aspects of the operating system. ... There are a number of security and safety features new to Windows Vista, most of which are not available in any prior Microsoft Windows operating system release. ... Windows Vista contains a brand new networking stack, which brings large improvements in all areas of network-related functionality[1]. It includes native implementation of IPv6, as well as complete overhaul of IPv4. ... Microsofts latest Windows operating system, Windows Vista, includes a number of new I/O technologies and enhancements that are intended to shorten the time taken to boot the system, improve the responsiveness of the system, and improve the reliability of data storage. ... Windows Vista contains a range of new technologies and features that are intended to help network administrators and power users better manage their systems. ... While Windows Vista contains many new features, a number of older technologies, obsolete capabilities and certain programs that were a part of Windows XP are no longer present or changed, resulting in the removal of certain functionality. ... Windows Vista is available in six editions. ... Development of Windows Vista occurred over the span of five and a half years, starting in earnest in May 2001,[1] prior to the release of Microsofts Windows XP operating system, and continuing until November 2006. ... Windows Vista is a line of graphical operating systems used on personal computers, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, Tablet PCs, and media centers. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... An operating system (OS) is the software that manages the sharing of the resources of a computer and provides programmers with an interface used to access those resources. ...

Security

In a July 2006 report,^[1] security software vendor Symantec said that the large amount of new and untested code in Vista, especially the new implementation of the network stack, could cause instability and new security flaws.^[2] The report claims that "Microsoft has removed a large body of tried and tested code and replaced it with freshly written code, complete with new corner cases and defects". Microsoft responded that they "believe the claims are […] unsubstantiated", and Symantec admits that all of the bugs it found were fixed by the time Beta 2 was released, but adds that "While it is reassuring that Microsoft is finding and fixing these defects, we expect that vulnerabilities will continue to be discovered for some time. A networking stack is a complex piece of software that takes many years to mature." IPv6 tunnelling and peer-to-peer collaboration technologies were identified as additional potential problem areas. McAfee has claimed that Vista will actually be less secure than previous versions of Windows.^[3]^[4] According to CNET News.com some critics are unenthusiastic about the Vista security features, because they believe it "offers mostly basic protection and is not the best of its class."^[5] Symantec Corporation NASDAQ: SYMC, founded in 1982, is an international corporation which sells computer software, particularly in the realms of security and information management. ... A protocol stack is a particular software implementation of a computer networking protocol suite. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Boundary case. ... Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is a network layer protocol for packet-switched internetworks. ... A tunneling protocol is a network protocol which encapsulates one protocol or session inside another. ... A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network is a network that relies on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively few servers. ... McAfee, Inc. ... CNET Networks Inc. ...

User Account Control

Concerns have been raised about the new User Account Control (UAC) security technology. While in pre-release states, it was considered too "chatty" by a Yankee Group analyst.^[6] By the time Windows Vista was released, the number of operating system tasks that triggered UAC prompts were greatly reduced. In addition, file and registry virtualization technology was added to reduce the number of legacy applications that trigger UAC prompts.^[7] Despite reductions in UAC prompts the feature is still triggered by a number of third party programs not designed to Microsoft's Windows specifications. Microsoft has recommended that programs be written in such a way to avoid requiring elevation for some time. However, because all users are Administrators by default in previous versions of Windows with security (Windows 2000 and XP), many developers did not modify their applications. Although Microsoft has now added functionality that enforces the security model, UAC can be easily disabled through the Control Panel; however, this also disables privilege separation features such as Internet Explorer 7's 'Protected Mode' which rely on it for their operation. UAC confirmation dialog UAC credentials dialog User Account Control (UAC) is a technology and security infrastructure introduced with Microsofts Windows Vista operating system. ... Yankee Group is an information technology and market research advisory firm. ... It has been suggested that Legacy code be merged into this article or section. ... Windows Internet Explorer 7 is a web browser released by Microsoft in late 2006 for Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. ...

Digital Rights Management

Another common criticism concerns the integration of new forms of Digital Rights Management (DRM) into the operating system, specifically the Protected Video Path (PVP), which involves technologies such as High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) and the Image Constraint Token (ICT). These features have been added to Vista due to an agreement between Microsoft and major Hollywood studios.^[8] Microsoft claims that movie studios and other providers of "premium content" will only allow their data to be played back on PCs if sufficient protection is granted. This will concern, among other things, play-back of protected content on HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs. Digital rights management (DRM) is an umbrella term that refers to access control technologies used by publishers and copyright holders to limit usage of digital media or devices. ... PVP-OPM (Protected Video Path - Output Protection Management) is a form of DRM expected to be implemented in Microsofts Windows Longhorn. ... High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is a form of Digital Rights Management (DRM) developed by Intel Corporation to control digital audio and video content as it travels across Digital Visual Interface (DVI) or High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connections. ... Image Constraint Token, or ICT, is a flag that causes downsampling of high-definition content on Blu-ray and HD DVD to slightly-better-than-DVD quality video. ... HD DVD or High-Density DVD is a high-density optical disc format designed for the storage of data and high-definition video. ... Blu-ray discs Blu-ray Disc is a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by a group of leading consumer electronics and PC companies called the Blu_ray Disc Association (BDA), which succeeds the Blu_ray Disc Founders (BDF). ...

In essence, the Protected Video Path mandates that encryption must be used whenever content marked as "protected" will travel over a link where it might be intercepted. This is called a User-Accessible Bus (UAB). Additionally, all devices that come into contact with premium content (such as graphics cards) have to be certified by Microsoft.^[8] Before playback starts, all the devices involved are checked using a Hardware Functionality Scan (HFS) to verify if they are genuine and have not been tampered with. Devices are required to switch off or artificially degrade the quality of any signal outputs that are not protected by HDCP. Additionally, Microsoft maintains a global revocation list for devices that have been compromised. This list is distributed to PCs over the Internet using normal update mechanisms. The only effect on a revoked driver's functionality is that high-level protected content won't play — all other functionality, including low-definition playback, is retained.^[8]^[9]

Notable critics

Peter Gutmann, a computer scientist from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, has released a whitepaper in which he raises concerns regarding the security mechanisms used for Digital Rights management.^[10] This article is about a computer scientist. ... The University of Auckland (MÄori: Te Whare WÄnanga o TÄmaki Makaurau) is New Zealands largest research-based university. ... A white paper is a government report outlining policy or authoritative report on a major issue. ...

The Free Software Foundation is leading a campaign called "BadVista" against Vista on these grounds, as well as because it is an example of prominent proprietary software.^[11] The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit corporation founded in October 1985 by Richard Stallman to support the free software movement (free as in freedom), and in particular the GNU project. ... BadVista is a campaign by the Free Software Foundation to advocate for the freedom of computer users, opposing adoption of Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free (as in freedom) software alternatives. ... Proprietary software is software with restrictions on copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor. ...

Forbes Magazine's technology editor, Stephen Manes, has been extremely critical of Vista's speed, hardware requirements, value for price, security, and similarity to Mac OS X. His review in Forbes was entitled "Dim Vista."^[12] This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Security expert Bruce Schneier has in an article in Forbes stated^[13] that: Bruce Schneier Bruce Schneier (born January 15, 1963) is an American cryptographer, computer security specialist, and writer. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Hardware requirements

Initial speculation regarding the hardware requirements for Vista raised concerns from many users, however they were dispelled in March 2006 when Microsoft released the official requirements.^[14] According to Microsoft, "nearly all PCs on the market today will run Windows Vista" and most PCs sold after 2005 are capable of running Vista.^[15]^[16] However, requirements for running some advanced features, such as the Aero interface, may impact many users. According to Elizabeth Judge, those full features "would be available to less than 5 percent of Britain's PC market."

Laptop battery life

With the new features of Vista, criticisms have surfaced concerning the use of battery power in laptops by Vista, which can drain the battery much more rapidly than Windows XP, reducing battery life.^[17] With the Aero visual effects turned off, battery life is equal to or better than Windows XP systems. ^[18] "With the release of a new operating system and its new features and higher requirements, higher power consumption is normal," as Richard Shim, an analyst with IDC noted, "when Windows XP came out, that was true, and when Windows 98 came out, that was true... " ^[19] In order to extend the battery life, Microsoft added the requirement of hybrid hard disk for laptops to be certified as "Vista Premium capable".^[20] ^[21] Windows XP is a line of operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on general-purpose computer systems, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, and media centers. ... This article refers to the computer hard disk. ...

Software compatibility

Significant problems have surfaced with other software running under Vista. According to Gartner 'Vista has been dogged by fears, in some cases proven, that many existing applications have to be re-written to operate on the new system'.^[22] Cisco have been reported as saying 'Vista will solve a lot of problems, but for every action, there's a reaction, and unforeseen side-effects and mutations. Networks can become more brittle'.^[23] According to PC World, 'Software compatibility issues, bug worries keep businesses from moving to Microsoft's new OS'.^[24] Citing 'concerns over cost and compatibility', the United States Department of Transportation prohibited workers from upgrading to Vista.^[25] The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, said the rollout (of Vista) is significantly behind schedule because 'several key programs still aren't compatible, including patient scheduling software'.^[26] The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) is a federal Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with transportation. ...

Even six months after Vista's release, software compatibility problems are still stopping adoption of Vista.^[27] As of November 2007, some of the software compatibility problems which are still stopping adoption of Vista are addressed, most notably Celtx and IrfanView. November 2007 is the eleventh month of that year. ... Celtx is a free, open source software tool for writing and formatting a screenplay to meet the screenplay submission standards set by the theater and film industries. ... IrfanView is a freeware image viewer for Microsoft Windows that can view, edit, and convert image files and play video/audio formats. ...

Microsoft provides an Upgrade Advisor Tool which can be used on existing XP systems to flag driver and application compatibility issues before upgrading to Vista.^[28]

Microsoft provides a list of legacy applications that meet their "Works with Vista" software standards. ^[29] They also provide a list of applications that meet their more stringent "Certified for Windows Vista" standards. ^[30]

Games

Vista has implemented DirectX 10, and Vista also has DirectX 9.0L for backward compatibility.^[31] However, there are significant compatibility problems with pre-Vista games that use DirectX 9 or older, such as Quake 4.^[32] Microsoft Direct eXtension (almost always called DirectX) is a collection of application programming interfaces for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. ... Quake 4 is the fourth title in the series of Quake FPS computer games. ...

Specific programs

Problems have been found with many programs, such as Nero and Symantec's and other's virus scanning programs^[33] require new versions. Many Adobe programs require new versions.^[34] Problems have also been shown with many peripherals, including mobile phone synchronising software. There are also compatibility issues with some host-based printing programs under Vista.^[35]^[36]^[37] Nero Burning ROM is a popular optical disc authoring program for Microsoft Windows and Linux by Nero AG, formerly Ahead Software. ... Symantec Corporation NASDAQ: SYMC, founded in 1982, is an international corporation which sells computer software, particularly in the realms of security and information management. ...

Removal of announced features

Microsoft has also been criticized for removing some heavily discussed features such as Next-Generation Secure Computing Base in May 2004, WinFS in August 2004, Windows PowerShell in August 2005 (though this was released separately from Vista prior to its release), SecurID Support in May 2006, PC-to-PC Synchronization in June 2006.^[38] The initial "three pillars" in Vista were all radically altered to reach a release date.^[39] The Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB), formerly known as Palladium, is a software architecture designed by Microsoft which is expected to implement parts of the controversial Trusted Computing concept on future versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. ... It has been suggested that Microsoft Rave be merged into this article or section. ... Windows PowerShell is an administration focused extensible command line interface (CLI) shell and scripting language product developed by Microsoft. ... RSA SecurID tokens SecurID is a mechanism developed by Security Dynamics and currently owned by RSA Security for authenticating a user to a network resource. ... Data synchronization is the process of establishing consistency among data on remote sources. ...

Pricing

Microsoft's international pricing of Vista has been criticized by many as too expensive. The differences in pricing from one country to another are also striking, especially considering that copies of Vista can be ordered and shipped worldwide from the US saving between US$42 and US$314. In many cases, the difference in price is significantly greater than was the case for Windows XP.^[40] At the current exchange rate, UK consumers could be paying almost double their US counterparts for the same software.^[41] Windows XP is a line of operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on general-purpose computer systems, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, and media centers. ...

Performance

Windows Vista executes typical applications slower than Windows XP, for the same hardware configuration^[43]^[44].

File system performance

When released, Vista performed file operations such as copying and deletion more slowly than other operating systems. Large copies required when migrating from one computer to another seemed difficult or impossible without workarounds such as using the command line. This inability to perform basic file operations efficiently attracted strong criticism.^[45] After six months, Microsoft confirmed the existence of these problems by releasing a special performance and reliability update,^[46] which was later disseminated through Windows Update and will be included in SP1.^[47]

Games performance

Due to the resource use of Vista, many games including games using the Source engine (Half Life 2, Counter Strike: Source, etc.) or Doom 3 Engine (Doom 3, Quake 4, etc.) show a drop in frame rate compared to that experienced in Windows XP.^[48]^[49]^[50]^[51] Some articles point out, these results are also the consequence of the current lack of maturity of Vista Graphics processing units drivers, and even maturity of Vista itself.^[52]^[53] Source engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Half-Life 2 is a first-person shooter computer game and the highly anticipated sequel to Half-Life developed by Valve Software. ... ... Doom 3 is a science fiction, horror, first-person shooter computer game. ... Doom 3 is a science fiction, horror, first-person shooter computer game. ... Quake 4 is the fourth title in the series of Quake FPS computer games. ... â€œGPUâ€ redirects here. ...

Software Protection Platform

Vista includes an enhanced set of anti-piracy technologies, based on Windows XP's WGA, called Software Protection Platform (SPP).^[54] A major component of this is a new reduced functionality mode, which Vista enters when it detects that the user has "failed product activation or of that copy being identified as counterfeit or non-genuine",^[55] which is described in a Microsoft white paper as follows: The copyright infringement of software is often called software piracy by those seeking to reduce its incidence. ... Windows XP is a line of operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on general-purpose computer systems, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, and media centers. ... Windows Genuine Advantage Notification in Windows XP Windows Genuine Advantage Notification in Windows Vista Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) is an anti-piracy system enacted by Microsoft that enforces Microsoft Windows online validation of the authenticity of several recent Microsoft operating systems when accessing several Microsoft Windows services, such as Windows...

This has been criticised for being overly draconian,^[57]^[58] especially given an imperfect false-positive record on behalf of SPP's predecessor,^[59] and at least one temporary validation server outage.^[60]^[61]

Microsoft has released a technical bulletin which provides further details on product activation for Vista: ^[62]

Number of Ultimate Extras available for Windows Vista Ultimate Users

Windows Vista Ultimate users can download 'Windows Ultimate Extras', which are available only to the users of Windows Vista Ultimate. These extras have been released much slower than expected, with only 4 available as of September 2007, which has prompted some criticisms.^[64]^[65]^[66] Barry Goffe, Director of Windows Vista Ultimate for Microsoft states that they were unexpectedly delayed on releasing several of the extras, but that "[Microsoft] plan[s] to ship a collection of additional Windows Ultimate Extras that [it is] confident will delight [its] passionate Windows Vista Ultimate customers."^[67] Windows Ultimate Extras are optional features offered to users of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition. ... For other uses, see September (disambiguation). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

See also

Criticism of Microsoft has followed various aspects of its products and business practices. ... Microsofts Windows XP operating system has received considerable amounts of criticism for various problems. ...

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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 124th day of the year (125th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... 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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 3DMark is a computer benchmark by Futuremark (formerly MadOnion) to determine the DirectX performance of graphics cards. ... Frame rate, or frame frequency, is the measurement of the frequency (rate) at which an imaging device produces unique consecutive images called frames. ... This article is about the computer game. ... 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Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 200th day of the year (201st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 200th day of the year (201st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... 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