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I wouldn't consider myself a superb admin, I don't do vb script or
powershell. I'm a GUI loving stubborn female is all who knows that
every time there's a crappy app that refuses to run under Vista/UAC
that it's a sign that it hasn't been recoded since it was first built
in the Win95 era.
I've sent a laptop overseas with a user that hadn't seen/used Vista
before. What I see is that the more savvy user fights Vista the most,
not the one that is the less savvy embraces it.
The more savvy they are, the more they are "I'm admin, shut up and let
me do what I want".
I'd argue that the biggest issue is still that we don't have good
enough information on getting crappy apps to install and behave.
What exactly did he fight? Be specific please because I do plan to
shoot this feedback to some folks I know.
Albert Duro wrote:
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<div><font size="2">Which only proves what we already knew, that you
and Susan are superb admins at the top of our profession, capable
of taming an immense herd of wild silicons (i.e. a beach) into
a passable network.</font></div>
<div> </div>
<div><font size="2">It does not change the fact that a large, perhaps
overwhelming, portion of the user base sees Vista as a hostile OS
-- malware, if you will -- and are not going to put up with it, nor
sweet talked into it. </font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nor do all your excellent points address the
growing crisis in our industry. THAT is that is the real issue in this
discussion, not Vista per se. It won't go away by just trying to
ignore it.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Yes, there has been product shock and user
resistance before -- I've been through all of them. But always before,
there has been give-and-take on all sides until we all met in a
sort-of-happy middle. This time, all I see after more than a year is
intractability. The users are moving back or sideways, and MS is not
moving at all -- just making embarassed noises in the corner it has
painted itself into.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Susan: my friend just couldn't get any use out of
Vista and got tired of fighting with it. Mind you, this is no novice,
and I had adjusted his Vista to be as Classic as possible. Never a
power user, but he's been using PCs for his business since the early
DOS days, and has navigated all the OS evolutions. Until now.</font></div>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" title="ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org"
href="javascript:window.location.replace('ma'+'ilto:'+'ActiveDir'+'@'+'mail'+'.activedir')".org">ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org</a>
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<div
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Saturday, March 01, 2008 10:38 AM</div>
<div
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RE: [ActiveDir] OT: (sorta) Basics of common compatibility issues. </div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">I
run Vista and I like it. A lot. Same with Office 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">There
is a major learning curve associated with becoming facile with the
changed features of both. THAT’s unfortunate. But once you’ve overcome
the hump – I think they are much more intuitive and easy to use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">The
Session 0 change? Had to happen. It was possible for malware to easily
inject messages into privileged system processes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">The
UAC change? Had to happen. Users refused to stop clicking on stuff that
would harm their computers – and blamed it on MSFT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">The
Installation permissions change? Had to happen. See above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">The
IE changes? Had to happen. See above. ActiveX has been blamed for
EVERYTHING even though it’s arguably one of the greatest helper
technologies that MSFT developed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">If
some companies/people/groups aren’t ready to upgrade – that’s fine. I
blame much of the issues on the various developers and partners for not
getting off their butts and releasing drivers and updates more quickly
– and not charging for those updates to otherwise current software.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Just
another person’s perspective. ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Michael
B. Smith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">MCSE/Exchange
MVP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="javascript:window.location.replace('ma'+'ilto:'+'ActiveDir-owner'+'@'+'mail'+'.activedir')".org">ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="javascript:window.location.replace('ma'+'ilto:'+'ActiveDir-owner'+'@'+'mail'+'.activedir')".org">mailto:ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Albert
Duro
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 01, 2008 12:16 PM
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="javascript:window.location.replace('ma'+'ilto:'+'ActiveDir'+'@'+'mail'+'.activedir')".org">ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org</a>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ActiveDir] OT: (sorta) Basics of common
compatibility issues. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;">You're right, we've been
through this before, and always I've stuck with MS, and I still do.
But Vista, or NewBob as I call it, is different.</span><span
style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;">Look at the article. It
starts by saying that it's about "new and extended features". FEATURES?</span><span
style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;">Turns out every 'feature'
is a case of Vista wrestling itself to the ground.</span><span
style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;">Discussing the merits and
demerits of Vista is beside the point any more, and done to death
anyway. What I'm trying to say is that us grunt admins and consumers
aren't buying it -- both literally and metaphorically.</span><span
style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;">I just spent a whole
weekend eradicating Vista from a friend's new PC. He runs a small
business that depends heavily on computers, and Vista had ground his
business to a halt. </span><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;">That's one story in the
Naked Vista City. There are a million more.</span><span
style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" title="michael@TheEssentialExchange.com"
href="javascript:window.location.replace('ma'+'ilto:'+'michael'+'@'+'TheEssentialExchange'+'.com')">Michael B. Smith</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">To:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
<a moz-do-not-send="true" title="ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org"
href="javascript:window.location.replace('ma'+'ilto:'+'ActiveDir'+'@'+'mail'+'.activedir')".org">ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Sent:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
Saturday, March 01, 2008 8:15 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Subject:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
RE: [ActiveDir] OT: (sorta) Basics of common compatibility issues. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Microsoft
just can’t win.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">They
either change the system to be more secure and incorporate new
technologies – and by doing so break backward compatibility – or they
leave things alone and get slammed for not being innovative and keeping
up with the times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">It
hasn’t been that long ago when everyone was complaining about XP, and
then 2000 before that, etc. etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Michael
B. Smith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">MCSE/Exchange
MVP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://TheEssentialExchange.com">http://TheEssentialExchange.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="javascript:window.location.replace('ma'+'ilto:'+'ActiveDir-owner'+'@'+'mail'+'.activedir')".org">ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="javascript:window.location.replace('ma'+'ilto:'+'ActiveDir-owner'+'@'+'mail'+'.activedir')".org">mailto:ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Albert
Duro
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:04 AM
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="javascript:window.location.replace('ma'+'ilto:'+'ActiveDir'+'@'+'mail'+'.activedir')".org">ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org</a>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ActiveDir] OT: (sorta) Basics of common
compatibility issues. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Windows XP,
anyone?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Linux, anyone?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">or even
(biting my tongue bloody as I say it) Mac OS, anyone?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <a
moz-do-not-send="true" title="sbradcpa@pacbell.net"
href="javascript:window.location.replace('ma'+'ilto:'+'sbradcpa'+'@'+'pacbell'+'.net')">Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS
Rocks [MVP]</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">To:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <a
moz-do-not-send="true" title="ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org"
href="javascript:window.location.replace('ma'+'ilto:'+'ActiveDir'+'@'+'mail'+'.activedir')".org">ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org</a>
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[ActiveDir] OT: (sorta) Basics of common compatibility issues. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h4>Where do I start? <o:p></o:p></h4>
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<p>When you work on a given subject for a while, you tend to
jump right in and forget to start at the beginning. In the
Application Compatibility lab, we kick off the week with an overview
presentation and cover the basics of common compatibility issues.
Those topics are probably a good place to start with this blog.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first thing to mention is the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480152.aspx">Application
Compatibility Cookbook</a>. <strong>This is the primer of Application
Compatibility.</strong> I was going to call it the <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language_%28book%29">K&R</a>
of of Application Compatibility but I don't want to date myself ;-). I
highly recommend reading the cookbook or at least keep it handy for a
reference.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now that you've looked at the cookbook (Go look at it now if
you haven't), you are probably saying, "Whew, that's a lot of stuff.
Can you just tell me the top issues with Application Compatibility?"
So, let's start with a list of the top areas of issues:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>User Account Control (UAC):</strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>UAC is intended to run applications as standard user by
default. Even if you are a member of the administrators group,
applications that are not marked to run with administrator privileges
will run with reduced "standard user" rights. Applications may not be
designed to run as a standard user and may not have rights or
privileges to certain resources.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Next steps if you have an issue:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480152.aspx#appcomp_topic4">UAC
in the Cookbook</a> <o:p></o:p> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905330.aspx">Windows
Vista Application Development Requirements for User Account Control
(UAC)</a> <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Installation</strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Installation issues usually revolve around UAC. Almost all
installers need to run with admin rights because they usually write to
Program Files or HKLM in the registry. MSI issues usually revolve
around custom actions being run in the wrong context (user or admin).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Next steps if you have an issue:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">MSI Installer issues - See <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/archive/2006/10/01/uac-in-msi-notes-answers-to-questions-in-comments-from-earlier-blog-posts.aspx">rflaming's
blog</a> <o:p></o:p> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Custom installer issues with
UAC - See installer topics under <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480152.aspx#appcomp_topic4">UAC
in the Cookbook</a> <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Service Isolation</strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>On Vista and Windows Server 2008, only services run in
session 0. Desktop applications run in sessions 1+n. This blocks
Windows messages between services and desktop apps. This also blocks
services from displaying UI on the desktop.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Next steps if you have and issue:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480152.aspx#appcomp_topic12">Session
0 Isolation</a> in the cookbook <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Internet Explorer Protected Mode</strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>IE in protected mode is sometimes called "Low Rights IE".
When protected mode is on, IE runs at a low integrity level. This
isolates IE from the rest of the processes and resources on the
system. ActiveX controls and browser objects may not have appropriate
rights running in protected mode.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Next steps if you have an issue:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480152.aspx#appcomp_topic8">IE
protected mode</a> in the cookbook <o:p></o:p> </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb250462.aspx">Understanding
and Working in Protected Mode Internet Explorer</a> <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p>That's it for now. One final note, the area for all things
regarding Application Compatibility can be found on <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/aa905066.aspx">Technet</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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