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The shittest thing about Windows Vista
Published by Ewan on Monday 5th May 2008, 19:20 Comments | Filed under: Mobile

When I’m in the SMS Text News office, I generally blog with my Windows Vista machine — principally because it’s got two 29.5″ monitors and, thus, a lot of deskspace for Twitter feeds, browser windows, email, instant messages and so on.

Other than that, I strictly use the Apple operating system for everything else.

Some BRIGHT SPARK at Microsoft has decided to program the Vista OS to confirm every.single.installation.operation on the machine. Some further BRIGHT SPARK has clearly decided to have a bit of fun with the installation process. Try installing a program or making any large change and your monitor(s) turn black. Completely black.

Then they lighten a bit to show a ‘greyed out’ screen with your focus moving to the ‘Are you sure you want to install this program’ display box.

Every time this happens, my heart jumps because I think the OS has crashed.

Stupid. Totally stupid. Just ask me for my password – like with Leopard.

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  • Turn it off?

    User Account Control under User Accounts...

    Needs a reboot but first thing I normally do - I like to think I am savvy enough not to be annoyed by UAC :)
  • The fact that you have to turn it off in the first place........
    gaaaaaahhhhh
  • Steve
    Oh come on. Folk complain that Microsoft made Windows too open to abuse, viruses and hackers. Yet every time they add another layer of security, folk whine! It's not like it's rocket science to reopen the vulnerability just so you dont have to make one or two more mouse clicks.

    And since Apple has similar, if slightly less invasive, blocks on installing stuff without express permission, then you are being just a hair disingenuous ... IMHO :-)
  • Get Ubuntu. Fast, stable, free and it does what *you* want - not what Microsoft wants.
  • You say that... But the reality is next to nothing I need is available for that platform!
  • Really? What can't you run on Linux?

    The very few things that I couldn't find equivalents for, I use WINE. It runs all manner of Windows programs without any of the hassle of Vista.

    Try a installing Ubuntu alongside your Windows and use it for a week. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
  • preshit
    You probably missed the part where he says he uses his Mac.
  • Ubuntu works on Mac hardware (either via Parallels or a native install)
  • preshit
    That's not what I meant. If Vista is troubling him, he has the option of using his Mac. He doesn't have to choose something new such as Ubuntu :)

    Don't get me wrong. I use Ubuntu too.
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