Comments on: Windows Vista boss on Vista http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7761 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7761/comment-page-1#comment-32897 Reader's Write Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:42:34 +0000 #comment-32897 There are some programs that are designed to run at kernal level. its those programs that I am talking about and as far as other drivers i covered that also. To install them u must be in admin if not signed. ;) There are some programs that are designed to run at kernal level. its those programs that I am talking about and as far as other drivers i covered that also. To install them u must be in admin if not signed. ;)

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7761/comment-page-1#comment-32894 Reader's Write Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:13:38 +0000 #comment-32894 Haha! You're wrong. The open-source software modules you're talking about that run at driver level don't need to run at kernel driver level. LHDDM splits drivers into 2 levels User Driver Level and Kernel Driver Level. Almost everything that we use now (video card drivers, sound card drivers, etc.) will run on the user driver level. Motherboard stuff will run at kernel level along with stuff like that Haha! You’re wrong. The open-source software modules you’re talking about that run at driver level don’t need to run at kernel driver level. LHDDM splits drivers into 2 levels
User Driver Level and Kernel Driver Level. Almost everything that we use now (video card drivers, sound card drivers, etc.) will run on the user driver level. Motherboard stuff will run at kernel level along with stuff like that

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7761/comment-page-1#comment-32892 Reader's Write Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:49:21 +0000 #comment-32892 Vista x64 will require kernal level drivers to be signed. So much for open source software that has a driver that runs at that level. They say it will be an answer to "security". And this is true. this is a line straight from a email from Microsoft. "Unsigned kernel-mode software will not load and will not run on x64-based systems." Also unsigned drivers that don't run at the kernal level will require to be under a Admin account as stated here which came from the email. "Users who are not administrators cannot install device drivers that don't have digital signatures." Vista x64 will require kernal level drivers to be signed. So much for open source software that has a driver that runs at that level. They say it will be an answer to “security”. And this is true. this is a line straight from a email from Microsoft. “Unsigned kernel-mode software will not load and will not run on x64-based systems.” Also unsigned drivers that don’t run at the kernal level will require to be under a Admin account as stated here which came from the email. “Users who are not administrators cannot install device drivers that don’t have digital signatures.”

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7761/comment-page-1#comment-32867 Reader's Write Tue, 31 Jan 2006 02:30:31 +0000 #comment-32867 "... I don't think people even think about their machines having to be rebooted, not like they used to be in the old days." I'm a FreeBSD user for several years now, but anytime I am forced into a situation where I must use Windows (such as at work, Win2K, or my folks home, WinXP) I still see the constant need for reboots. Whether it's tweaking a simple setting or recovering from leaky programs and other nonsense, the reboot problem is just as bad as it always was. This guy is full of it. As everyone knows, keeping legacy support for ancient, insecure programs will ensure that Vista is as insecure as it predecessors. Geeez. “… I don’t think people even think about their machines having to be rebooted, not like they used to be in the old days.”

I’m a FreeBSD user for several years now, but anytime I am forced into a situation where I must use Windows (such as at work, Win2K, or my folks home, WinXP) I still see the constant need for reboots. Whether it’s tweaking a simple setting or recovering from leaky programs and other nonsense, the reboot problem is just as bad as it always was. This guy is full of it. As everyone knows, keeping legacy support for ancient, insecure programs will ensure that Vista is as insecure as it predecessors. Geeez.

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