Report: Studios want interoperable DRM | News - Digital Media - CNET News
They already ahve one standard..it’s called windows vista. Vista has DRM throught the ENTIRE SYSTEM. Of course it’s hard to standardize something when nobody wants it..:)
Vista security discovered to be even more useless - The INQUIRER
Some on. Vista IS NOT a new windows version. It’s based on NT which is over 20 years old. Look at some of the security issues that have come out..they affect vista all the way down to windows 2000! Windows has a deep design flaw and that design flaw is IE and activex and now .net.
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I absolutely despise vista. it has been a disaster on every machine i use it on. I have a laptop that’s now a year old and i can’t find a single thing i want to run on it. vista is just terrible, Linux works(depending on distro) but such simple things as hibernate don’t work out of the box w/o serious tweaks(something i’m not willing to put the time into getting working). My hardware isn’t that old(that’s probably the problem). MaxOSX isn’t available to those of us who would desperately love to run it without paying the unreasonable hardware premium(since their now just pc’s with OSX and the EFI firmware lock in). I would love to run XP on this laptop(as it’s the only decent MS OS they still support) but there’s no drivers available for it..only for vista..bleh. Vista when I install it on this laptop jsut works. I ahve to enable hibernation but that’s as far as i have to go..double bleh.
OpenVPN GUI client and Windows Vista | Computer Tech Union
This was a quick google find but it’s very pertinent to thoselike myself who run Vitsa and openvpn..:)
1) Open your client.ovpn file and add the following two lines to the bottom of the file:
route-method exe
route-delay 22) Create a shortcut to your OpenVPN GUI file. Right click the shortcut and click properties.
Under the ‘Shortcut’ tab.
Click ‘advanced’.
Check the box that says ‘Run as administrator’ and
then Click ‘OK’ and ‘OK’ again.
Microsoft extends support life of XP
This is no news. The 2014 expiration has been part of the plan for a long time. Look at the updated on page…2005. unless the author has updated information this is nothing new.
I also have a huge issue with Leo Laporte and the Twit’s this week. About 32 minutes in Leo and the others say the Vista has a perception problem. It’s not a perception problem. Granted many of the folks who are trashing Vista are simply regurtitating what others say. I can tell you right now that Vista is a pig. I have said it before elsewhere here. I have tried it on several so far..some old..some a couple years old and a couple brand new and Vista is a pig no matter what. The Twit’s say it’s normal for the next generation to require more resources…true..but more than double? Maybe for MIcrosoft. That’s insane. I can install the current versions of Linux, put them on a 5 year old mahcine with less than half the resources, imitate the desktop aero effects AND EXCEED THEM plus run multimedia, office programs and various ofther programs AND STILL outrun xp and make Vista look like the slug it is. Keep in mind Apple with OSX has been doing the same vista aero effects 5 years earlier than vista WITH INTEGRATED GRAPHICS OF THE TIME. Hey Wil Vista does suck AND it is a car wreck. I’m still hitting network performance problems with Vista that SP1 suppposedly fixed. On a GIGABIT network i can’t get 100 megabits..that’s not even 10% performance. There are some things positive and Leo points them out, the better search, UAC while irritating does work. If you don’t have to buy vista don’t as windows is moving Windows 7(Vista 2.0) up to 2010.
Dell, Lenovo to offer Windows XP beyond June 30 cutoff
Is there any way to get Windows XP after June 30th? Customers may continue to get Windows XP Professional by exercising Downgrade Rights that come with Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate licenses. Dell has the ability to exercise “Windows Vista downgrade rights” on your behalf in the factory if your business is still reliant upon Windows XP and you’d prefer to have Windows XP Professional preinstalled on your PCs.
Users must select either “Genuine Windows® Vista Business BONUS” or “Genuine Windows® Vista Ultimate BONUS,” for Dell to install Windows XP Professional. The computer will ship with a backup media disc for Windows XP Professional, as well as the media for Windows Vista for upgrade purposes (since the computer is licensed for that OS as well). Dell will provide technical support for both operating systems.
There you have it. You can still get xp Professional through this workaround. Now there is no need to worry about being forced to run Vista..at least until MIcrosoft kills downgrade rights.
AVG has come out with a new version of their free software. it includes not only free anti-virus but also free anti-spyware and anti-phising. While i did not install the toolbar that comes in the installation you can if you would like. You can get the latest version at this link.