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{{cquote|There is no doubt that Vista will be Microsoft's most secure operating system. However, most secure is not equivalent to secure.|15px|15px|Natalie Lambert, analyst, [[Forrester Research|Forrester]]}}
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===User Account Control===
Some concerns have also been raised about the new [[User Account Control]] (UAC) security technology. While [[Yankee Group]] analyst Andrew Jaquith believes that critical security vulnerabilities may be "reduced by as much as 80%," he also noted that "while the new security system shows promise, it is far too chatty and annoying."<ref name="pcworlduac">{{cite web
| url=http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6069464.html
| title=Report: Vista to hit anti-spyware, firewall markets
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}}</ref> However, this statement was made over six months before Vista was actually released (even before [[Development of Windows Vista#Beta 2|Beta 2]] was released). By the time Windows Vista was released in November 2006, Microsoft had drastically reduced the number of operating system tasks that triggered UAC prompts, and added [[Technical features new to Windows Vista#Kernel and core OS changes|file and registry virtualization]] to reduce the number of [[Legacy system|legacy]] applications that trigger UAC prompts.<ref>{{cite web
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|title=UAC - What. How. Why.
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|author=Charles}}</ref> Despite reductions in UAC prompts the feature is still triggered by a number of third party programs not properly designed for Windows Vista.



== Digital Rights Management ==
== Digital Rights Management ==
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{{quotation|By choosing "Access your computer with reduced functionality," the default Web browser will be started and the user will be presented with an option to purchase a new product key. There is no start menu, no desktop icons, and the desktop background is changed to black. The Web browser will fully function and Internet connectivity will not be blocked. After one hour, the system will log the user out without warning.}}
This has been criticised for being overly [[draconian]],<ref name="compworld">{{Cite web|url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9004916&pageNumber=15#spp|title=A Hard Look at Windows Vista|accessdate=2007-07-29|publisher=Computerworld Inc|year=2007|author=Finnie, Scot and Preston Gralla|work=Computerworld}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=148 |author=Ed Bott |title = For Vista, WGA gets tougher}}</ref> especially given the imperfect false-positive record of SPP's predecessor, WGA.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=150 WGA failures |author=Ed Bott |title=Another wave of WGA failures}}</ref>
This has been criticised for being overly draconian,<ref name="compworld">{{Cite web|url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9004916&pageNumber=15#spp|title=A Hard Look at Windows Vista|accessdate=2007-07-29|publisher=Computerworld Inc|year=2007|author=Finnie, Scot and Preston Gralla|work=Computerworld}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=148 |author=Ed Bott |title = For Vista, WGA gets tougher}}</ref> especially given the imperfect false-positive record of SPP's predecessor, WGA.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=150 WGA failures |author=Ed Bott |title=Another wave of WGA failures}}</ref>


== Non-supply of promised extras ==
== Non-supply of promised extras ==

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Windows Vista, the latest version of Microsoft's desktop operating system, has been the subject of a number of negative assessments by various groups. Criticisms of Windows Vista have included concerns about the security implications of the large amounts of new code, the inclusion of a number of new Digital Rights Management technologies aimed at restricting the copying of digital media,[1] and the usability of the new User Account Control security technology. Additionally, reviewers have noted similarities between the Vista interface and that of Apple's Mac OS X operating system. Concerns have also been raised about many PCs not meeting "Vista Premium Ready" hardware requirements. Further critical comments on Windows Vista's performance have been voiced by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes of ZDNet and Joe Wilcox of Microsoft Watch, who compared it to the short-lived Windows Millennium Edition, however Adrian Hughes also stated that Windows Vista is "fast, very reliable and actually quite nice to use".[2][3]

Security

In a July 2006 report,[4] security software vendor Symantec said that the large amount of new and untested code in Vista, especially the new implementation of the network stack, could cause instability and new security flaws.[5] The report claims that "Microsoft has removed a large body of tried and tested code and replaced it with freshly written code, complete with new corner cases and defects". Microsoft responded that they "believe the claims are […] unsubstantiated", and Symantec admits that all of the bugs it found were fixed by the time Beta 2 was released, but adds that "While it is reassuring that Microsoft is finding and fixing these defects, we expect that vulnerabilities will continue to be discovered for some time. A networking stack is a complex piece of software that takes many years to mature." IPv6 tunnelling and peer-to-peer collaboration technologies were identified as additional potential problem areas. McAfee has claimed that Vista will actually be less secure than previous versions of Windows.[6][7] According to CNET News.com some critics are unenthusiastic about the Vista security features, because they believe it "offers mostly basic protection and is not the best of its class."[8]

There is no doubt that Vista will be Microsoft's most secure operating system. However, most secure is not equivalent to secure.

— Natalie Lambert, analyst, Forrester

User Account Control

Some concerns have also been raised about the new User Account Control (UAC) security technology. While Yankee Group analyst Andrew Jaquith believes that critical security vulnerabilities may be "reduced by as much as 80%," he also noted that "while the new security system shows promise, it is far too chatty and annoying."[9] However, this statement was made over six months before Vista was actually released (even before Beta 2 was released). By the time Windows Vista was released in November 2006, Microsoft had drastically reduced the number of operating system tasks that triggered UAC prompts, and added file and registry virtualization to reduce the number of legacy applications that trigger UAC prompts.[10] Despite reductions in UAC prompts the feature is still triggered by a number of third party programs not properly designed for Windows Vista.


Digital Rights Management

Another common criticism concerns the integration of new forms of Digital Rights Management into the operating system, specifically the Protected Video Path (PVP), which involves technologies such as High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) and the Image Constraint Token (ICT). These features have been added to Vista due to an agreement between Microsoft and major Hollywood studios.[11] Microsoft claims that movie studios and other providers of "premium content" will only allow their data to be played back on PCs if sufficient protection is granted. This will concern, among other things, play-back of protected content on HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs.

In essence, the Protected Video Path mandates that encryption must be used whenever content marked as "protected" will travel over a link where it might be intercepted. This is called a User-Accessible Bus (UAB). Additionally, all devices that come into contact with premium content (such as graphics cards) have to be certified by Microsoft.[11] Before playback starts, all the devices involved are checked using a Hardware Functionality Scan (HFS) to verify if they are genuine and have not been tampered with. Devices are required to switch off or artificially degrade the quality of any signal outputs that are not protected by HDCP. Additionally, Microsoft maintains a global revocation list for devices that have been compromised. This list is distributed to PCs over the Internet using normal update mechanisms. The only effect on a revoked driver's functionality is that high-level protected content won't play — all other functionality, including low-definition playback, is retained.[11][12]

Notable critics

Peter Gutmann, a computer security expert from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, has released a whitepaper[13] in which he raises the following concerns against these mechanisms:

  • Adding encryption facilities to devices makes them more expensive, a cost that is passed on to the user.
  • If outputs are not deemed sufficiently protected by the media industry, then even very expensive equipment can be required to be switched off (for example, S/PDIF-based, high-end audio cards).
  • Some newer high-definition monitors are not HDCP-enabled, even though the manufacturer may claim otherwise.
  • The added complexity makes systems less reliable. Gutmann cites anonymous sources from within Microsoft who, as he says, "are quite distressed about having to spend time implementing large amounts of anti-functionality when it's already hard enough to get things running smoothly without the intentional crippling."
  • Since non-protected media are not subject to the new restrictions, users may be encouraged to remove the protection in order to view them without restrictions, thus defeating the content protection scheme's initial purpose.
  • Protection mechanisms, such as disabling or degrading outputs, may be triggered erroneously or maliciously, allowing denial-of-service attacks.
  • Revoking the driver of a device that is in wide use is such a drastic measure that Gutmann doubts Microsoft will ever actually do this. On the other hand, they may be forced to do it because of their legal obligations to the movie studios.

Steve Gibson of Gibson Research Corporation has stated during his Security Now! show that he agrees with Peter Gutmann in principle and that what he proposes is a factually accurate description of what is found in the specification from Microsoft.[14]

The Free Software Foundation is leading a campaign called "Bad Vista" against Vista on these grounds, as well as because it is an example of prominent proprietary software.[15]

Forbes Magazine's technology editor, Stephen Manes, has been extremely critical of Vista's speed, hardware requirements, value for price, security, and similarity to Mac OS X. His review in Forbes was entitled "Dim Vista."[16]

Reaction

Microsoft has published a blog entry with "Twenty Questions (and Answers)" on Windows Vista Content Protection, intending to refute some of Gutmann's arguments.[17]

Paul Smith, a Microsoft MVP has written a response to Gutmann's paper in which he counters some of his arguments.[18] Specifically, he says:

  • Microsoft is not to blame for these measures. The company has been forced to do this by the movie studios.

Microsoft's intent is to protect commercial content. However, home movies are increasingly being shot in high definition, Gutmann says;
Many users are finding they can't play any content if it's considered "premium." ..home movies are increasingly being shot in high definition, Gutmann has said. Many users are finding they can't play any content if it's considered "premium".[19]

  • The Protected Video Path will not be used for quite a while. There is said to be an agreement between Microsoft and Sony that Blu-Ray discs will not mandate protection until at least 2010, possibly even 2012.[20]
  • Vista does not degrade or refuse to play any existing media, CDs or DVDs. The protected data paths are only activated if protected content requires it.
  • Users of other operating systems such as Linux or Mac OS X will not have official access to this kind of premium content at all.

Microsoft also noted that content protection mechanisms have existed in Windows as far back as Windows Me.[21]

Hardware requirements

Considerable speculation and questions about the hardware required to run Vista were eventually dispelled when Microsoft revealed its own requirements and recommendations in March 2006.[22] However, controversy and concerns have arisen over how the increase in hardware specifications required to take advantage of many of Vista's new features may impact users. Elizabeth Judge of The Times stated that “the system’s full range of tools would be available to less than 5 percent of Britain’s PC market” and that it “would run in full only on super-advanced PCs”. This has raised concerns that users wanting to enjoy all the features would be forced to buy new equipment, even though the minimum hardware specifications for Vista indicate that it will run on most PCs sold over the last three years.[citation needed] A Microsoft spokeswoman countered these claims by denying that current PC users would be unable to use Vista, stating, “A recent analyst report states that nearly all PCs on the market today will run Windows Vista.”[23] While most PCs purchased in or after 2005 will be able to meet Vista’s minimum “Windows Vista Capable” requirements, many laptops and low-end to midrange desktops with integrated graphics will not be able to meet “Windows Vista Premium Ready” requirements and will therefore not be able to run some advanced features such as the Aero Glass interface.[24]

Laptop battery life

With the new features of Vista, criticisms have surfaced concerning the use of battery power in laptops by Vista, which drain the battery much more rapidly than Windows XP, reducing battery life.[25] According to reports, with the Aero visual effects turned off, battery life is equal to or better than Windows XP systems. However, when Aero is enabled battery life is reduced in comparison to Windows XP.[26] Computer manufacturers tried to adjust power management features of their notebooks under Vista (including disabling the use of Aero to save battery life) but still found it hard to improve battery life. "With the release of a new operating system and its new features and higher requirements, higher power consumption is normal" as Richard Shim, an analyst with IDC noted, "when you look at a new operating system, battery life tends to be worse. When Windows XP came out, that was true, and when Windows 98 came out, that was true... The difference this time around is that notebooks are "the growth engine for industry." [27] Also, Microsoft added the requirement of hybrid hard disk for laptops to be certified as "Vista Premium capable" in order to reduce overall power consumption, improve access times, and extend battery life[28] [29].

Software compatibility

Business view

Significant problems have surfaced with other software running under Vista. According to Gartner 'Vista has been dogged by fears, in some cases proven, that many existing applications have to be re-written to operate on the new system.'[30] Cisco have been reported as saying 'Vista will solve a lot of problems, but for every action, there's a reaction, and unforeseen side-effects and mutations. Networks can become more brittle'[31]. According to PC World, 'Software compatibility issues, bug worries keep businesses from moving to Microsoft's new OS.'[32] Citing 'concerns over cost and compatibility', the United States Department of Transportation prohibited workers from upgrading to Vista.[33] The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, said the rollout (of Vista) is significantly behind schedule because 'several key programs still aren't compatible, including patient scheduling software'.[34]

Even six months after Vista's release, software compatibility problems are still stopping adoption of Vista.[35]

Game compatibility

Vista has implemented DirectX 10, and Vista also has DirectX 9.0L for backward compatibility.[36] However, there are significant compatibility problems with pre-Vista games that run on DirectX 9 or older, including popular games such as World of Warcraft and Counter-Strike.

Other program compatibility

Problems have been found with many programs, such as Nero and Symantec's and other's virus scanning programs[37] require new versions. Many Adobe programs require new versions.[38] Problems have also been shown with many peripherals, including mobile phone synchronising software. There are also compatibility issues with some host-based printing programs under Vista.[39][40][41]

Removal of announced features

Microsoft has also been criticized for removing some heavily discussed features such as Next-Generation Secure Computing Base in May 2004, WinFS in August 2004, Windows PowerShell in August 2005 (though this was released separately from Vista prior to its release), SecurID Support in May 2006, PC-to-PC Synchronization in June 2006.[42] The initial "three pillars" in Vista were all radically altered to reach a release date.[43]

Anti-trust controversy in Europe

The European Union Competition Commission has raised questions with Microsoft about Vista concerning compliance with EU rules intended to allow competition between security providers on the merits of their products. Commission spokesman Jonathan Todd stated, "If business and home users are deprived of choice, a security monoculture based on Microsoft products may lead to less innovation and could harm all computer users. Security risks could increase, and not decrease." Todd also stated that, "it is Microsoft's responsibility as a 'near monopolist' to abide by EU competition rules—in particular, those that prohibit abuse of a dominant market position." Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer met with EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes in August 2006 to discuss EU concerns. Responding to EU concerns, Jack Evans, a Microsoft spokesman, stated, "We still have not received the guidance we're seeking. In July, we received a formal list of questions, but no answers about what specific concerns the Commission has, or how we should address them." Evans went on to state "The bottom line is that we want to launch Vista in a fully lawful manner, and we want to avoid regulatory decisions that could increase security risks for European consumers." Despite speculation to the contrary,[44] the antitrust concerns did not delay the release of Vista in Europe.

Licensing

The introduction of additional licensing restrictions has been criticized. Criticism of upgrade licenses pertaining to Windows Vista Starter through Home Premium was expressed by Ars Technica's Ken Fisher, who noted that the new requirement of having a prior operating system already installed was going to cause irritation for users who reinstall Windows on a regular basis.[45] It has been revealed that an Upgrade copy Windows Vista can be installed clean without first installing a previous version of Windows. On the first install, Windows will refuse to activate. The user must then reinstall that same copy of Vista. Vista will then activate on the reinstall, thus allowing a user to install an Upgrade of Windows Vista without owning a previous operating system.[46] As with Windows XP, separate rules still apply to OEM versions of Vista installed on new PCs; these are not legally transferrable.[47]

Unlike previous versions of Windows, enterprises using Vista are no longer able to use a single enterprise license key that does not need to be activated, and must now fall in line with the activation method used in consumer editions of Windows. Specifically Multiple Action Keys (a limited number of installs per key) or Key Management Server (25 or more computers) must be used to activate Vista in an enterprise. [48] This activation mechanism potentially makes the installation of Vista problematic in an isolated test lab, secure facility or other scenario that does not have an internet connection.

Pricing

Microsoft's pricing of Vista has been criticized by many as too expensive. A majority of users in a poll said that the prices of various Windows Vista editions posted on the Microsoft Canada website in August 2006 make the product too expensive.[49]

The differences in pricing from one country to another are also striking, especially considering that copies of Vista can be ordered and shipped worldwide from the US saving between US$42 and US$314. In many cases, the difference in price is significantly greater than was the case for Windows XP.[50] At the current exchange rate, UK consumers could be paying almost double their US counterparts for the same software.[51]

Microsoft has come under fire from British consumers about the price it is charging for Vista, the latest version of Windows. British (and French) customers will pay double the US price. The upgrade from Windows XP to Vista Home Basic will cost £100, while American users will pay only £51 ($100).[52]

— Computer Active

Performance

Windows Vista executes typical applications slower than Windows XP, for the same hardware configuration[53][54].

File system performance

Vista performs file operations such as copying and deletion more slowly than other operating systems. Large copies required when migrating from one computer to another seemed difficult or impossible without workarounds such as using the command line. This inability to perform basic file operations efficiently attracted strong criticism.[55] Microsoft has released possible fixes to testers. This issue is expected to be addressed in SP1.[56]

Games performance

Due to the resource use of Vista, many games including games using the Source engine (Half Life 2, Counter Strike: Source, etc.), and games using the Doom 3 Engine (Doom 3, Quake 4, etc.) show a drop in frame rate compared to that experienced in Windows XP[57]. This effect is mostly a problem if the computer running Vista has less than 2 GB of memory. However, hardware surveys show that very few gamers have 2 GB of RAM or more available on their hardware (less than 0.1% on Steam November 2006 hardware survey) [58].

Additionally, even with 2 GB of system memory, video games benchmarks with Vista show a framerate drop compared with XP[59], with some benchmarks showing a significant drop with similar configurations [60]. Of course, as some articles point out, these results are also the consequence of the current lack of maturity of Vista Graphics processing units drivers, and even maturity of Vista itself [61][62].

Software Protection Platform

Windows Vista includes an enhanced set of anti-piracy technologies, based on Windows XP's WGA, called Software Protection Platform (SPP).[63]. A major component of this is a new reduced functionality mode, which Vista enters when it detects that the user has "failed product activation or of that copy being identified as counterfeit or non-genuine".[64] Reduced functionality mode is described in a Microsoft white paper as follows:

By choosing "Access your computer with reduced functionality," the default Web browser will be started and the user will be presented with an option to purchase a new product key. There is no start menu, no desktop icons, and the desktop background is changed to black. The Web browser will fully function and Internet connectivity will not be blocked. After one hour, the system will log the user out without warning.

This has been criticised for being overly draconian,[65][66] especially given the imperfect false-positive record of SPP's predecessor, WGA.[67]

Non-supply of promised extras

When Windows Vista Ultimate was released, it was sold with some promised 'Windows Ultimate Extras', that would only be available to purchases of Windows Ultimate Edition. As of July 4 2007, the extras promised have not been supplied.[68][69] This has prompted criticism from those who purchased Ultimate for the promised extras.

See also

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