Vista Security — Too Little Too Late

jmke · 21st February 2007, 14:10

Thomas Greene of The Register has a fairly comprehensive review of Vista and IE7 user security measures. The verdict is: better but not adequate, and mostly an attempt to shift blame onto the user when things go wrong. (src: Slashdot)

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02...rity_oversold/

Sidney · 21st February 2007, 15:50

Interesting finds.

Rutar · 21st February 2007, 17:06

"However, IE7 on Vista does still write to parts of the registry in protected mode."

the word registry makes my blood boil, it NEEDS to die (I think it did in OSX)

Sidney · 21st February 2007, 17:42

I checked my Vista machine; indeed they are in the registry.

Kougar · 22nd February 2007, 12:51

Aww, well crud. Reportedly the "people set up with admin accounts by default" thing was only for the beta's and not supposed to occur in the official releases. Can anyone running a Retail build confirm this for me, please??

Sidney · 22nd February 2007, 18:13

I thought I did; Vista home premium.

Quote:

I checked my Vista machine; indeed they are in the registry.

Kougar · 23rd February 2007, 11:35

Sorry, I didn't mean the IE7/registery details... I mean regarding default account creation when first installing Vista. Or was that what you meant??

Sidney · 23rd February 2007, 14:40

I have no problem removing/changing/adding user or with Admin, which function similar to XP. My OS came with the laptop, so I might have missed the install process issues. Other than a few programs and drivers incompatible and more memory requirement, I have been using it daily.

21st February 2007, 14:10	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 78,416	Vista Security — Too Little Too Late Thomas Greene of The Register has a fairly comprehensive review of Vista and IE7 user security measures. The verdict is: better but not adequate, and mostly an attempt to shift blame onto the user when things go wrong. (src: Slashdot) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02...rity_oversold/ __________________

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Sidney [M] Reviewer Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,739	Interesting finds. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

21st February 2007, 17:42	#4
Sidney [M] Reviewer Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,739	I checked my Vista machine; indeed they are in the registry. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

23rd February 2007, 14:40	#8
Sidney [M] Reviewer Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,739	I have no problem removing/changing/adding user or with Admin, which function similar to XP. My OS came with the laptop, so I might have missed the install process issues. Other than a few programs and drivers incompatible and more memory requirement, I have been using it daily. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

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21st February 2007, 17:06	#3
Rutar Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,243	"However, IE7 on Vista does still write to parts of the registry in protected mode." the word registry makes my blood boil, it NEEDS to die (I think it did in OSX)

22nd February 2007, 12:51	#5
Kougar Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,639	Aww, well crud. Reportedly the "people set up with admin accounts by default" thing was only for the beta's and not supposed to occur in the official releases. Can anyone running a Retail build confirm this for me, please??

23rd February 2007, 11:35	#7
Kougar Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,639	Sorry, I didn't mean the IE7/registery details... I mean regarding default account creation when first installing Vista. Or was that what you meant??