20 things you won't like about Vista:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9000829
The third added step is more protection for the System Registry and Program Files folders to prevent applications from writing without permission to the Registry or writing settings data into Program Files folders. This is also a good thing, but it creates problems for many applications, which may not successfully install or operate because they expect to be able to write where they are not "supposed" to. And to be fair, Microsoft has asked software makers for years not to write settings data to the Program Files area and to cut way back on writing to the System Registry, which should probably only ever occur during installation. Many ISVs have chosen to ignore those strong guidelines. And it's their applications that might get hung up by Vista's new protections.
That's nice, but if we're not supposed to write to the registry, and not supposed to write to Program Files (WHAT???) then where exactly are we SUPPOSED to write application settings?
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9000829
The third added step is more protection for the System Registry and Program Files folders to prevent applications from writing without permission to the Registry or writing settings data into Program Files folders. This is also a good thing, but it creates problems for many applications, which may not successfully install or operate because they expect to be able to write where they are not "supposed" to. And to be fair, Microsoft has asked software makers for years not to write settings data to the Program Files area and to cut way back on writing to the System Registry, which should probably only ever occur during installation. Many ISVs have chosen to ignore those strong guidelines. And it's their applications that might get hung up by Vista's new protections.
That's nice, but if we're not supposed to write to the registry, and not supposed to write to Program Files (WHAT???) then where exactly are we SUPPOSED to write application settings?