Windows XP Extensions Reflect Vista's Woes

[Ron]

Hopefully Windows 7 will be the true successor of xp than this current BUGGY Vista

It will be...Remeber tht
After Windows 98 there was Windows 200 and thn Xp. Similarly,
After Windows Xp there was Windows Vista and thn Win7'

 

[victor_rambo]

Thumbs up to Vista.

 

[Power UP]

It will be...Remeber tht
After Windows 98 there was Windows 200 and thn Xp. Similarly,
After Windows Xp there was Windows Vista and thn Win7'

But 2k was never this annoying

 

[axxo]

Had you ever compare the Security level of XP and Vista and also the parental control feature, or movie making, orr user level controls of Vista.....

security level - what security u see in vista that is not available in xp
parental control - corporates are not employing kids to do parental control..if they need to do so they will do at the firewall level not at the os part.
movie making - ??? not so much difference again.
user level controls - UAC is the first one that any vista user will disable from msconfig just after its installation.

 

[iMav]

^^ Plug in a pen drive with an autorun virus in Vista & in XP, the chances of you getting infected in Vista are negligible & that in XP are quite high. Now, corporates never use pen drives according to you, I suppose?

 

[chooza]

security level - what security u see in vista that is not available in xp
parental control - corporates are not employing kids to do parental control..if they need to do so they will do at the firewall level not at the os part.
movie making - ??? not so much difference again.
user level controls - UAC is the first one that any vista user will disable from msconfig just after its installation.

May u can disable UAC after installing Vista not many. Another thing, boy, corporates are much more prone to porn sites and any other, that cause them wastage of time and manpower. As far as security is concern,I had mentined earlier in another thread that I am running vista from last one year without any antivirus, and not a single virus is able to reach my machine.Plz do the thing urself before saying.

^^ Plug in a pen drive with an autorun virus in Vista & in XP, the chances of you getting in Vista are negligible & that in XP are quite high. Now, corporates never use pen drives according to you, I suppose?

Gd Bro. Keep these newbie inform.

 

[Ecko]

My SIggy Can be applied on Vista/XP combination

 

[axxo]

May u can disable UAC after installing Vista not many. Another thing, boy, corporates are much more prone to porn sites and any other, that cause them wastage of time and manpower. As far as security is concern,I had mentined earlier in another thread that I am running vista from last one year without any antivirus, and not a single virus is able to reach my machine.Plz do the thing urself before saying.


Gd Bro. Keep these newbie inform.

I can say this in reverse too. As I told already almost all corporates would have already done this prevention at a different layer.
I have been using xp without AV for 9 months or so since my deinstallation of visa. I didn't say vista isnt susceptable to virus or not. In few cases I have seen vista hosts infected with viruses too, in most cases it depends on user conspicious level.

Its the existing software compatibility and the new h/w requirements and these are the two that prevents the upgrade not by the security to a greater extent.

^^ Plug in a pen drive with an autorun virus in Vista & in XP, the chances of you getting in Vista are negligible & that in XP are quite high. Now, corporates never use pen drives according to you, I suppose?

If you see them using so then no else yes .

 

[Kl@w-24]

Now, corporates never use pen drives according to you, I suppose?

AFAIK, many corporates prefer to entirely disable the USB data transfer functionality in order to prevent sensitive/confidential data from leaving the office.

 

[sibot]

I can say this in reverse too. As I told already almost all corporates would have already done this prevention at a different layer.
I have been using xp without AV for 9 months or so since my deinstallation of visa. I didn't say vista isnt susceptable to virus or not. In few cases I have seen vista hosts infected with viruses too, in most cases it depends on user conspicious level.

Its the existing software compatibility and the new h/w requirements and these are the two that prevents the upgrade not by the security to a greater extent.

As far as the Security level is concerned, Vista is quantum leaps ahead of XP. I could never use XP w/o a firewall, the built-in XP firewall was never enough. But with Vista, I have never had the need to install one, but I have recently started installing an anti-virus. As for UAC, it has been rated the best anti-malware tool, having the best score of 86% (reference: a study that took place a few months ago). Yes indeed UAC is annoying at first, but when you have defined every programs accebility, it doesn't bug/annoy you anymore, it just sails smooth until a 3rd party tries to gain control of applications, or a web service requests a windows service, etc. Which either way could be a security threat and could allow access to a 3rd party to your computer.

 

[Vishal Patil]

Vista is a big waste, i hope that windows 7 will be better than Vista. As recent tests have shown, but i dont expect it to be that reliable since they dropped the idea minwin.

 

[iMav]

^^ What do you know about minwin?

AFAIK, many corporates prefer to entirely disable the USB data transfer functionality in order to prevent sensitive/confidential data from leaving the office.

Go ask the sys admin in your office to compare the security offered by Vista & the one by XP, keeping aside everything else. Then enlighten us also.

 

[Kl@w-24]

Go ask the sys admin in your office to compare the security offered by Vista & the one by XP, keeping aside everything else. Then enlighten us also.

What you're saying, has got nothing to do with the point I made. Go, read it again and be enlightened.

Or allow me to explain it to you. I said, most corporates prefer to disallow the usage of USB data transfer devices to prevent their sensitive data from leaving the office. Nowhere did I compare the security offered by XP or Vista and neither am I interested in doing so.

 

[iMav]

The USB restrictions are lower in the ranks not higher up. If you understand what I mean. BEsides why bother in a thread where the discussion is about Vista & XP security if you're not here to compare?

 

[chooza]

The USB restrictions are lower in the ranks not higher up. If you understand what I mean. BEsides why bother in a thread where the discussion is about Vista & XP security if you're not here to compare?

True Bro. Restrictions are only at very junior level, but main channels are account department, sales department, Marketing deptt.

 

[debsuvra]

I'm sorry for Vista. And I'm sorry for those who expected a lot out of it.

=> I'm shifting to OSX shortly.

Appreciated only if you run that on your PC, not on a real Mac.

 

[Kl@w-24]

BEsides why bother in a thread where the discussion is about Vista & XP security if you're not here to compare?

Read the thread title and the first post. You seem to have forgotten what the thread was all about in the first place. Fanboys like you have turned this into a comparison between Vista and XP.

And next time, don't bother telling me where to post and where not to post.

 

[debsuvra]

Thumbs up to Vista.

Thumbs Up and Head down for Vista.

 

[iMav]

Read the thread title and the first post. You seem to have forgotten what the thread was all about in the first place. Fanboys like you have turned this into a comparison between Vista and XP.

Who me? Fanboy? Case of mistaken identity. Besides, thread title "Windows XP Extensions Reflect Vista's Woes" relfects a discussion between supposed Vista woes of which someone talked about security difference & feature benefits of XP & Vista.

And next time, don't bother telling me where to post and where not to post.

Sure, as long as you don't pick up parts of conversations in an attempt to prove your lame point.

Thumbs Up and Head down for Vista.

 

[Kl@w-24]

Who me? Fanboy? Case of mistaken identity. Besides, thread title "Windows XP Extensions Reflect Vista's Woes" relfects a discussion between supposed Vista woes of which someone talked about security difference & feature benefits of XP & Vista.
Sure, as long as you don't pick up parts of conversations in an attempt to prove your lame point.

Someone talked about security and this turned into a flame war. Good going.

Pray, enlighten me as to what 'lame point' I was trying to prove here.

AFAIK, many corporates prefer to entirely disable the USB data transfer functionality in order to prevent sensitive/confidential data from leaving the office.

Go ask the sys admin in your office to compare the security offered by Vista & the one by XP, keeping aside everything else. Then enlighten us also.

What you're saying, has got nothing to do with the point I made. Go, read it again and be enlightened.

Or allow me to explain it to you. I said, most corporates prefer to disallow the usage of USB data transfer devices to prevent their sensitive data from leaving the office. Nowhere did I compare the security offered by XP or Vista and neither am I interested in doing so.

That should have been the end of it. But no.

The USB restrictions are lower in the ranks not higher up. If you understand what I mean. BEsides why bother in a thread where the discussion is about Vista & XP security if you're not here to compare?

And now you're telling me that I'm trying to prove a point by picking up parts of conversation.