Windows 8 rockets to 7.41% market share as Windows XP falls below 35%
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Overall, even though the stats are mainly rubbish, Microsoft still have over 90% of the desktop market.
First annoyance - you could not not create MS account and keep going on with local unless you pulled out the lan cable. No thanks.
Than comes the driver signing - it took me 3 hours to get my Cisco VPN working because the OS installed the drivers but refused to launch them (no object found).
On top of that I could not disable compatibility assistant (PCA) even if I stopped the service, Group Policy, from the registry etc. So it put hard block to install Comodo Firewall ... and no way to install it.
MS continue to lock down the platform. That is not nice. Lets hope that the after-Ballmer with move it in different direction.
Driver problem is Cisco's fault. Proprietary VPN software has been a shitfest since day one. This is not new. Try using another VPN system end to end i.e. standard IPSec or SSTP or something and it'll just work.
Are you sure Comodo firewall is actually designed to work with it? If you're playing around with PCA, you are trying to break windows to make it work. Windows has a good firewall built in. Go read up on it.
nothing inherently wrong with windows 8.1 in your statement - you need to go introspect. This is typical it's shit because I know better (but you don't).
The moment I disabled driver signing the cisco VPN worked like a charm.
Also it is my OS on my pc. If I want it to commit suicide I expect it to obey not to have hard block on installing a program.
The Windows Firewall is crap because trusted installer can add exceptions so I have to clean up after every program I install. Nothing makes outgoing connections before I allow it to.
cisco didn't sign their driver or get it approved. If you disable driver signing you leave a big hole in your system.
Well you're certainly trying to get it to commit suicide.
Trusted installer can add rules. Software should ask but if it doesn't you can always deny access to it anyway.
It's not like people wouldn't tell you otherwise.
"Proprietary software means, fundamentally, that you don't control what it does; you can't study the source code, or change it. It's not surprising that clever businessmen find ways to use their control to put you at a disadvantage."
"In the past, these were isolated incidents. “Trusted computing” would make the practice pervasive. “Treacherous computing” is a more appropriate name, because the plan is designed to make sure your computer will systematically disobey you. In fact, it is designed to stop your computer from functioning as a general-purpose computer. Every operation may require explicit permission.
The technical idea underlying treacherous computing is that the computer includes a digital encryption and signature device, and the keys are kept secret from you. Proprietary programs will use this device to control which other programs you can run, which documents or data you can access, and what programs you can pass them to."
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.en.html
Ok, "trusted computing" doesn't do that yet... completely...
But has microsoft been going into that direction or hasn't it?
If you want control over your PC, use at least open source software.