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| Time: 01:18 EST/06:18 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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Even though Windows Vista's code has been locked down, work will continue on the new operating until it ships, the Microsoft executive in charge of the product said. While boasting that the installation DVD of Vista will contain nearly 20,000 device drivers -- nearly twice as many as Windows XP offered when it debuted in 2001 -- Windows co-president Jim Allchin also said that Microsoft's revamped Windows Update and Automatic Updates services will let the company keep crafting new drivers, then release them to customers once they have the OS on a PC. "We will continue to add more drivers even after the launch," wrote Allchin on the Vista team's blog. Work on third-party application compatibility updates will also continue, said Allchin, as outside developers test their wares against Vista and provide feedback. "As each batch is ready, we will put the new compatibility updates on Windows Update." | ||
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| #1 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 11/21/2006 10:13:45 AM |
| Sure, it's got billions of drivers. Too bad it doesn't recognize either the 3Com 3C-509 or SMC EtherPower II NICs that W2K, XP, WS2K3 and every distro of Linux I've ever tried have no problems with. Hooray for Vista! |
| #2 By 61 (72.64.142.13) at 11/21/2006 10:31:02 AM |
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Latch, not Microsoft's fault if 3Com and SMC do not produce the driver, and new network drivers from scratch were required.
Also, I know that 3c-509 is an ancient card (because I have one in my server). |
| #3 By 2459 (69.22.124.202) at 11/21/2006 11:23:01 AM |
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If you have the PCI versions of those NICs and the WinXP/Server drivers work on Vista, but aren't supported/included, you can build a custom image including them using the WAIK.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?pocId=&freetext=waik&DisplayLang=en If you're using the ISA version of the 3com, you're out of luck as Vista doesn't support ISA bus. |
| #4 By 8273 (24.17.214.18) at 11/21/2006 2:34:15 PM |
| #1, Ahhh, the typical Anti-MS BS. Over at another forum (similar to this one), the MS haters are complaining that this is too many drivers, that OSX is so much better because it does not need to support all the legacy hardware that Vista has to support. Many people on this forum have complained that back compat in Vista should be dumped (and I would not be surprised if you were one of those people). Now you are complaining that MS does not directly support a NIC? Typical damned if you do, damned if you don't rhetoric people like yourself. |
| #5 By 2960 (68.101.39.180) at 11/21/2006 3:44:19 PM |
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Yes, but are these full version drivers, or skeletal drivers, like the video and sound drivers usually are.
TL |
| #6 By 3653 (68.52.143.149) at 11/21/2006 8:01:03 PM |
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ALERT! If you are reading this on a mac, you might want to disconnect from the internet.
http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6137710.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-5&subj=news remember when people used to say macs were secure? |
| #7 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at 11/21/2006 9:28:58 PM |
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#6, While off-topic on the surface, it is relevant in the context of low level system access - Drivers, that is - system and device. As I have warned very many times, there are extremely skilled professionals that regard it as lunacy to run a Unices/Linuces, of which OSX is one, on any public network, or the Internet. It was my high privilege to work with them and be trained by them for nearly three decades. I also submit, based upon this same experience, that Windows is by far the most secure OS one can use - it has been for a very long time.
When administered and run properly, it is largely immune from unauthorized access. |
| #8 By 32158 (130.13.156.6) at 11/27/2006 12:07:23 AM |
| I'm drawing a blank here. What in the heck kind of system is capable of running Vista that would have a 3C509?! RTL8139 cards are like $5.00! |
| #9 By 1204147 (113.173.119.149) at 7/8/2013 2:29:15 AM |
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dfg gdg This post was edited by dulich01 on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 14:33. |
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