> My understanding of the Mess Vista got introduced to was yes it was > MS not releasing code and not allowing coders access to needed knowledge. > > I remember a few of the antivirus folks complaining quite publicly about this. > > Seems that they did a lot more work with 7.
The anti-virus folks, most notably Symantec, complained because MS changed the kernel security and wouldn't let them hook in that level. MS eventually caved, which was a mistake. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************