Windows 7 is less secure out-of-the box than Vista, despite Redmond’s protestations to the contrary, a top security firm has claimed.
Trend Micro said that the default configurations of Windows 7 are less secure than Vista. Raimund Genes, CTO of Trend Micro, said that Windows 7 had sacrificed security for useability – at least for default configurations.
“I’m not saying Windows 7 is insecure, but out of the box Vista is better,” Genes told El Reg.
The reason Windows Vista seemed slow, and somehow, strangely seemed even slower over time, is now abundantly clear to Microsoft’s architects: The evolution of computer hardware, particularly the CPU, exceeded anyone’s expectations at the time of Vista’s premiere in early 2007. But the surge in virtualization, coupled with the rise of the multicore era, produced a new reality where suddenly Vista found itself managing systems with more than 64 total cores.
Microsoft’s Windows 7 is finally here. The new perating system (OS) is the the company’s most important release after the disappointing performance of Vista, its earlier release. With Windows 7 Microsoft aims to once again strengthen its grip on the PC market.
Here’s looking into all that’s new in Windows 7.
THE mighty Microsoft marketing machine switched itself to humble mode for the Windows 7 launch today, crediting millions of beta testers with helping its development and even poking fun at the previous Windows Vista product.
Microsoft Australia managing director Tracey Fellows kicked off the low key launch at Sydney’s Maritime Museum today where, unlike previous Windows launches, nary a rock band or celebrity entertainer was on hand to liven up the proceedings.
Microsoft has published a command shell script, which will add and set a registry key on the computer so that Windows Update, Microsoft Update or Automatic Updates will offer the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 the Service Pack 2 (KB version 948465) beta build 6002.16497. The registry key hack that given officially by Microsoft is slightly different from the previously used registry key (for leaked build 16497), although both registry keys will direct Windows Update to install the exact same build version number of 6002.16497.081017-1605.
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