Re: VB6, VB2005, or Something Else?

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mayayana wrote:
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I'm not sure what you're arguing about. We both
seem to be saying the same thing: That Microsoft is

We are not.

adding new restrictions, partly in order to handle
entertainment sales. You challenge me to prove that
point and then make the same point. I'm not going
to have a Monty Python argument with you.

I only said that I have developed a driver on Vista and
it didn't stop me to install it as administrator.

May I quote you:

"and Vista is apparently going to require a digital certificate
in order to avoid warnings, while some software won't
be allowed to run *even by a full admin."

AFAIK you cannot avoid warnings of the user account protection
by using a certificate. That's only true for drivers and
has been true for them since Win2K ! So what ?
Vista 64 Bit Server enforces such certificates currently.


The disagreement seems to be that I want to write
software on a PC OS, the way I'm doing now, while
you're taking the point of view of someone
who just wants their PC for online banking, shopping
and playing music.

No - both.

This whole part of the thread started with my
pointing out that the move toward managed code
that is represented by .Net, and gradual increases in
other types of system access restrictions, will be a
problem for software developers who are not corporate
MS partners; and that many of the people moving to
.Net don't seem to be taking that into consideration.

What doesn't .Net taking into consideration ?
In what way are .Net programs restricted to run ?

If you run them in the context of the browser - sure -
that is true for each Java program and script too.
If you run a .Net application directly it has the same
access rights as a native application.

If one is not satisfied by this feature -> he just can deactivate it.

Of course, people *can* turn off warning
messages. But the vast majority of people don't know
what to do when they see "Security Warning" popups.
So people are likely to stop using 3rd-party software
if it evokes warnings. Even if they're not worried
about the security issue they'll do it to stop the annoying
popups.

The whole application / services - you won't see any warning
anymore. And may be the Home version won't have UAC either
- don't know.

A similar problem is already present with IE in
XP SP2. I have to show a special message on my
website to people using IE in XP SP2 before they
download files. I have to inform them that they will
probably see a security warning message and
explain that it's a problem with IE and not a problem
with the files. My choice is either to do that or find a
[...]

The warning:

That downloaded files can >potentially< harm the computer ?

Andre
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