____/ BearItAll on Thursday 05 July 2007 14:40 : \____
> Jim wrote:
>
> there there <gentle taps on shoulder> You have been Vista'd
>
>> So, here's me, having sworn off even looking at Vista until SP1 (which was
>> slated for this month originally, I don't know what's happened to that,
>> but anyway...), got two notebooks to "upgrade" from XPSP2 to Vista
>> Ultimate. One was using an upgrade pack, the otehr an OEM copy.
>>
>> The upgrade one was an adventure.
>>
>> OK: upgrade didn't take. FS fell completely over after the almost two
>> hours
>
>
> The butteryfly effect applies right across the board. Right now we have
> heavy rain outside due to some sodding cabbage white flapping it's wings
> in Wales 100 miles away.
>
> If anything at all takes longer than it takes to have a coffee and a Mars
> bar, then it isn't working, unless it has shown conciderable progress and
> is giving you something nice to look at while you sit there.
>
> But actually there seems to be some talk of the Vista file system being very
> slow to format and very slow to access. Now, we all know that Vista doesn't
> work, therefore my theory holds true, anything that takes longer than a
> coffee and Mars bar doesn't work. It's the butterfly effect.
>
> So on your way home buy a stick with a little net on the end and nail the
> little buggers to display boards.
See *this*, Rob.
Notes on Vista forensics
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| The problems are not only related to forensic software, however, and
| while some may be addressed with a simple driver update others may
| be considered even more fundamental as Scott A Moulton of Forensic
| Strategy Services, LLC. explains: "I still have major problems
| mounting large drives under Vista. I use many 1 terabyte or 2
| terabyte drives and Vista is absolutely worthless on these drives -
| I'm lucky if Vista does not actually mess the drive up. Deleting
| files is a nightmare and sometimes takes days. Just simply copying
| files is so slow it is unbearable.
|
| "I received quite a few responses from people who have had similar
| issues and it seems that DRM [Digital Rights Management] may be the
| most probable cause. They've found that Vista tries to check each
| file to see if there is a protection flag on it or not before even
| deleting the file."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/16/vista_forensics_2/page3.html
One guy said it took him a day to delete a bunch of stuff. It's scary-awkward,
Related:
Copying files across LAN with Vista is deathly slow
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| Copying files from my XP video capture pc to my Vista pc is 3 times
| slower than copying from my XP video capture PC to my old XP PC.
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http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/99609816/m/109009593831
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| "Windows Vista suffers from a bug that causes many machines to stall
| while deleting, copying and moving files, a flaw that has provoked
| consternation in online forums."
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http://www.theregister.com/2007/03/26/vista_copying_bug/
Avoid the Vista badge, it means DRM inside
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| The root of this crappy DRM infection is Microsoft. It is the driving
| force here. This has nothing to do with protecting content, as we
| keep pointing out, there has never been a single thing that has had
| a DRM infection applied that didn't end up cracked on the net in
| hours. DRM is about walled gardens and control.
|
| He who controls the DRM infection controls the market. DRM is
| about preventing you from doing anything with the devices
| without paying the gatekeeper a fee. This is what MS wants,
| nothing less than a slice of everything watched, listened to
| or discussed from now on. DRM prevents others from playing
| there, thanks to the DMCA and other anti-consumer laws.
|
| Make no mistake, MS is pushing the DRM malware as hard as
| it can so it can rake in money hand over fist with no
| competition. It is really good at lock-in, in fact, the firm
| based its entire business model on harming the user so they
| have to comply and spend more.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38926
Vista DRM = rootkit?
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| Alex Ionescu developed the program, called D-Pin Purr, to show that
| Vista features designed to protect media files can also be used to
| protect other kinds of files. This could also include malicious software.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft in a statement late Thursday said it is also investigating
| Ionescu's findings.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6176051.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
DRM in Windows Vista
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| Windows Vista includes an array of "features" that you don't want.
| These features will make your computer less reliable and less secure.
| They'll make your computer less stable and run slower. They will
| cause technical support problems. They may even require you to
| upgrade some of your peripheral hardware and existing software.
| And these features won't do anything useful. In fact, they're
| working against you. They're digital rights management (DRM)
| features built into Vista at the behest of the entertainment
| industry.
|
| And you don't get to refuse them.
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http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/drm_in_windows.html
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