There was quit an architectural change from WinXP to 7, and a lot of app compatibility work done to address it. The move from 7 to 10 doesn’t seem to have as many problems.
Mark Kent Manager, Client Systems Engineering Technology Support Services Resources for Information, Technology and Education (RITE) http://rite.buffalostate.edu<http://rite.buffalostate.edu/> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Link Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 12:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Microsoft announces Windows 7 is a security disaster. Yes, but Windows X tries to actively hide this fact from you by installing updates as stealthily as possible... It's always great to restart a computer only to be get a 5 minute delay because it's installing updates, and I only recognize that updates are being installed because it's taking an eternity to restart the computer. I'm brand new to Windows X on a personal basis, and our organization isn't ready to embrace it yet. It will probably be a couple of years before we are, to be honest. I know that the enterprise has some capability of managing updates, just as it does for Windows 7, but I focus on small businesses, and that update process is a lot more disruptive and obscure than in previous generations of Windows. I've also seen the effect it's had on my mom. I tell her to change the settings, but she doesn't. So the average consumer has a system where they get updates automatically, which may or may not fix things, make things worse and come at inconvenient times. Love how my computer just restarted because of updates just the other day. Wait, that's not supposed to happen, you say? Well, it did. On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Kent, Mark <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: All software is a work in progress. Mark Kent Manager, Client Systems Engineering Technology Support Services Resources for Information, Technology and Education (RITE) http://rite.buffalostate.edu<http://rite.buffalostate.edu/> From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 11:36 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Microsoft announces Windows 7 is a security disaster. A machine not attached to the network is even more secure, but usability is greatly reduced. ☹ -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kennedy, Jim Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 10:51 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Microsoft announces Windows 7 is a security disaster. Apparently perpetual Beta is more secure. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Link Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 10:50 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Microsoft announces Windows 7 is a security disaster. But I don't want an OS in perpetual beta... On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 10:16 AM, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Yea, click bait subject. Sorry, but they deserve it. http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2017/01/17/microsoft-windows-7-security-hardware-support-problems/#7bd530f87836
