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Overview

Windows Vista is the name of the latest version of Microsoft Windows; it supercedes Windows XP.

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Reference

Microsoft: Windows Vista
Wikipedia:
- Windows Vista
  - Windows Vista editions and pricing
Win-Vista.net: "your source for Windows Vista information": 3rd-party site

version comparisons

Microsoft
The Tech Report: succinct table showing which versions have which features, with discussion and prices following
AnandTech: similar to The Tech Report
Tom's Hardware: shorter summary of differences (still a good page or two)

Related Pages

A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection by Peter Gutmann: the evils of Vista's content protection are severe and far-reaching

Links

Articles

2007-04-23:
- Security by naming conventions: apparently the need for administration rights when installing a program is triggered not by detection of installation-related system services, but by running any program called install.exe
  - This reminds me of an incident where WinXP's network security seemed to be preventing XP users from accessing shared resources on certain machines because of insufficient permissions (with or without a password), while Win98 and Linux users were able to access those same resources without a password. --Woozle 19:54, 23 April 2007 (EDT)
- Russinovich: Malware will thrive, even with Vista’s UAC
2007-03-19 Windows Vista: more than just a pretty face by Peter Bright: the more positive side of Vista is the reworking of its API, especially the graphics. Multi-page article. DRM issues are discussed on page 7
2007-02-19 So Beautiful, So Disturbing: an amusing and highly metaphorical review of Vista, along with some very brass-tacks discussion about Vista's DRM
2007-02-12 DRM in Windows Vista by Bruce Schneier, with very long comments section
2007-02-03 Making the Jump: Loves Windows. Loves Vista. Switching to Linux.
2007-02-02 Windows Vista: a Cautionary Tale: how WV protects you from yourself in one very confusing way
2007-01-31 Windows Vista Upgrade Decision Flowchart by Brian Briggs: a less-than-serious look at whether or not to upgrade
2007-01-30 Windows Vista's new spin on licensing ...and why it grates by Scott Wasson
2007-01-20 Windows Vista Content Protection - Twenty Questions (and Answers) by Nick White on the "Windows Vista Team Blog": appears to be a response to at least some of the issues raised in the cost analysis article, although it is not yet clear if they are truly answers or primarily evasions; note that it does not link to the "paper scrutinizing how Windows handles digital rights management", a sign that they are not particularly interested in allowing readers to judge for themselves.
2007-01-18 (login required) Vista: Worthy, Largely Unexciting by Walter S. Mossberg
2007-01-09 For Windows Vista Security, Microsoft Called in Pros
- Anyone who has read The Cuckoo's Egg (by Clifford Stoll) may be less than sanguine about the NSA's savvy regarding computer security
2006-11-30 Vista and small businesses: Support company recommends Vista for new PCs only, by James E. Gaskin
2006-09-08 A reality check for Vista (slashdot): "A day late and a dollar short, the software giant's new Vista operating system won't have anyone standing on line to buy the first copy."
2006-09-04 The Dark Side of Windows Vista RC1 (slashdot)

Humor

2007-02-02: Penny Arcade: The Manifold Faces of Vista
2007-01-24~: The Joy of Tech (web page with ads and maybe pop-ups)

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-* '''2007-04-23''' [http://www.the-gay-bar.com/index.php/2007/04/23/security-by-naming-conventions/ Security by naming conventions]: apparently the need for administration rights when installing a program is triggered not by detection of installation-related system services, but by running any program called install.exe
-** This reminds me of an incident where [[WinXP]]'s network security seemed to be preventing XP users from accessing shared resources on certain machines because of insufficient permissions, while [[Win98]] and [[Linux]] users were able to access those same resources (without a password). --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 19:54, 23 April 2007 (EDT)
+* '''2007-04-23''':
+** [http://www.the-gay-bar.com/index.php/2007/04/23/security-by-naming-conventions/ Security by naming conventions]: apparently the need for administration rights when installing a program is triggered not by detection of installation-related system services, but by running any program called install.exe
+*** This reminds me of an incident where [[WinXP]]'s network security seemed to be preventing XP users from accessing shared resources on certain machines because of insufficient permissions (with or without a password), while [[Win98]] and [[Linux]] users were able to access those same resources without a password. --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 19:54, 23 April 2007 (EDT)
+** [http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=175 Russinovich: Malware will thrive, even with Vista’s UAC]
 * '''2007-03-19''' [http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/pretty-vista.ars Windows Vista: more than just a pretty face] by Peter Bright: the more positive side of Vista is the reworking of its [[API (programming)|API]], especially the graphics. Multi-page article. [[digital rights management|DRM]] issues are discussed on [http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/pretty-vista.ars/7 page 7]
 * '''2007-02-19''' [http://chalain.livejournal.com/43015.html So Beautiful, So Disturbing]: an amusing and highly metaphorical review of Vista, along with some very brass-tacks discussion about Vista's [[digital rights management|DRM]]