Windows XP Won't Prefetch Anymore

[ilovesocks]

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Originally Posted by Arainach /img/forum/go_quote.gif No one can honestly call Vista more secure than XP right now. XP's had intense public testing for just about 5 years; Vista for 2 months. Vista's main claim of "more security" comes from UAC, which more than 75% of the Vista users I know have disabled.

Argh, yes! UAC is the most annoying thing Microsoft has ever invented, and I don't even have Vista. I tried RC1 and that was the thing that really put me off. That and the horribly garbled Control Panel.

EDIT: Yep, now she's runnin' just like she used to. Thanks a lot, lan!

 

[Computerpro3]

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Originally Posted by Arainach /img/forum/go_quote.gif No one can honestly call Vista more secure than XP right now. XP's had intense public testing for just about 5 years; Vista for 2 months. Vista's main claim of "more security" comes from UAC, which more than 75% of the Vista users I know have disabled.

Whether you like it or not, there are simply less exploits and viruses available for Vista right now. Perhaps it's the Mac effect (a suicide bomber wouldn't blow himself up in Siberia; no one uses Vista or Mac yet) but the fact is that there are less security hazards in Vista at the moment the XP. Throw a WinXP machine on the net with no protection and a Vista machine on the net with no protection. See which one gets infected first and most severely.

 

[Cid]

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Originally Posted by Computerpro3 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Whether you like it or not, there are simply less exploits and viruses available for Vista right now. Perhaps it's the Mac effect (a suicide bomber wouldn't blow himself up in Siberia; no one uses Vista or Mac yet) but the fact is that there are less security hazards in Vista at the moment the XP. Throw a WinXP machine on the net with no protection and a Vista machine on the net with no protection. See which one gets infected first and most severely.

That's a stupid point. It's pretty obvious the less popular OS isn't going to get affected as much. You might have a point if your saying the same thing 2 years down the line. Oh and don't bother saying that's the reason Linux is more secure because you have to remember Linux is used on most servers.

I honestly see no reason to even bother using Windows anymore. Unless your a gamer, but even then get a Wii!
Like someone else said Microsoft is the Bose of the computer world.


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[Arainach]

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Originally Posted by Computerpro3 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Whether you like it or not, there are simply less exploits and viruses available for Vista right now. Perhaps it's the Mac effect (a suicide bomber wouldn't blow himself up in Siberia; no one uses Vista or Mac yet) but the fact is that there are less security hazards in Vista at the moment the XP. Throw a WinXP machine on the net with no protection and a Vista machine on the net with no protection. See which one gets infected first and most severely.

Less publicly-known exploits doesn't equal better security. I could write a network driver right now that would have absolutely NO publicly known security flaws but would be the complete opposite of secure.

Security through obscurity has never worked and never will.

 

[Computerpro3]

That's the EXACT same argument that Mac users use against Windows XP; just felt like throwing that out there.

 

[blinx]

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Originally Posted by Computerpro3 /img/forum/go_quote.gif That's the EXACT same argument that Mac users use against Windows XP; just felt like throwing that out there.

i agree with you bro. I dont get what people dont get about secuirty. If vista and OSX don't have exploits and viruses, that makes them more secure then XP..

am i wrong?

 

[Arainach]

Yes, you're wrong.

Not having publicly disclosed exploits does NOT mean not having exploits. The people who hunt for vulnerabilities to exploit can make a lot more money exploiting them (or selling them to people who want to) than disclosing them to companies, so there are ALWAYS undisclosed vulnerabilities floating around.

Anyone with a decent knowledge of Network and Information security could get into a fully patched Mac within half an hour, guaranteed. Probably the same for Vista, although I haven't tried that yet. Even XP and Linux, while they both are incredibly tested and rather solid, aren't completely bug-free.