It virtualizes the registry so standard users can install software.
It’s supposed to do something funky with the processes so you don’t have to restart after installing most updates.
Automatic recovery lets you fix problems that used to be fixed with a restart and it also lets you keep workign in the event of a service failure.
It has “built in diagnostics”, more importantly it can disable bad parts of memory so you can still run your computer without replacing a bunch of DIMMs.
It can detect problems in the os that lead to poor performance.
There are only a few things I’m truly looking forward to in Vista (the rest I could care less about):
Aero
Disk Imaging
Virtualizing the Registry
Less Restarts
It will allow programs to install without admin rights. In XP, only admins can modify the system registy(which most installers do) so you had to have admin rights to install programs.
It will allow programs to install without admin rights. In XP, only admins can modify the system registy(which most installers do) so you had to have admin rights to install programs.
Do you know if you’d be required to enter an admin password? Otherwise I see a potential security weakness.
It will allow programs to install without admin rights. In XP, only admins can modify the system registy(which most installers do) so you had to have admin rights to install programs.
Do you know if you’d be required to enter an admin password? Otherwise I see a potential security weakness.
Only if the program tries to do something outside it’s own registry. Because each program has it’s own registry which will only be accessable when the program is running, there shouldn’t need to be a password to install everything.
It will allow programs to install without admin rights. In XP, only admins can modify the system registy(which most installers do) so you had to have admin rights to install programs.
Do you know if you’d be required to enter an admin password? Otherwise I see a potential security weakness.
I’d imagine in such a setting an administrator would impliment restrictive execution policies for programs that somebody might not want somebody else running on a computer. (and interesting piece of malware did this to my w2k box and I had to rename several files to remove the policies)
One thing I think Vista needs is a better way of organising the programs menu in the start menu. It should catagorise applicaitons. Catagories like: Games, Office, Utilities, System, Graphics, Development… Microsoft could build a database into vista for old applications, and the new ones could tell Vista where an app should go. For apps that aren’t in the dbase and don’t give a catagory the user could be asked, and would have the option of submitting the choice to MS so the dbase could be updated.
And it should use a database for the program menu instead of a bunch of shortcut files. But it should also appear and function as part of the file system.
One thing I think Vista needs is a better way of organising the programs menu in the start menu. It should catagorise applicaitons. Catagories like: Games, Office, Utilities, System, Graphics, Development… Microsoft could build a database into vista for old applications, and the new ones could tell Vista where an app should go. For apps that aren’t in the dbase and don’t give a catagory the user could be asked, and would have the option of submitting the choice to MS so the dbase could be updated.
At the very least, something like that may come in Blackcomb. The wikipedia article states that Microsoft will be implementing an entire new shell that they made over 10 years of R & D.
Again, the start menu was a great concept back when the average user had 5 programs. I think Microsofts main problem with Windows is that they fail to see where computing will go. Maximizing was all fine and dandy when the biggest monitor on the market could only reach 1024 X 768.
By the sounds of it the registry thing sounds just like an OSX installer. OSX installers are generally used when you need to install more than just the application. If you just need the application then you just need a drag and drop install which means you know what’s going where.
