Windows Vista Support Has Officially Ended

Source:
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2017/04/win...icially-ended/

Perhaps no other iteration of Windows has created such a bad reputation
for itself than Windows Vista. Universally loathed, Microsoft was quick
to move on after Vista and didn’t quite look back. However, since it was
a major platform release, the company has had to support it for a very
long time. Now, a decade after it was first launched, Microsoft today
announced that Windows Vista support has officially ended.

What this means is that after April 11th, 2017, Windows Vista users will
no longer get any new security updates, non-security hotfixes,
additional support options, or any other online technical content
updates from Microsoft.

The company says in a post on its website that it has provided support
for Windows Vista for the past 10 years “but the time has come for us,
along with our hardware and software partners, to invest our resources
towards more recent technologies.�

Windows Vista PCs will still work but they will be more vulnerable to
security risks because Microsoft will no longer be providing any
security patches that protect it from the latest threats. Moreover,
software and hardware manufacturers will continue to optimize their
products for more recent versions of Windows, which will result in more
apps and services no longer working properly with Vista.

Microsoft recommends that Vista owners upgrade to Windows 10 but it’s
unlikely that PCs from Vista’s early days will be able to support the
latest iteration. Some customers may have to buy new PCs that come with
Windows 10 installed, fortunately for them, there are tons of options in
all price ranges.

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On 04/12/2017 10:55 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

Source:
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2017/04/win...icially-ended/

Perhaps no other iteration of Windows has created such a bad reputation
for itself than Windows Vista. Universally loathed, Microsoft was quick
to move on after Vista and didn’t quite look back. However, since it was
a major platform release, the company has had to support it for a very
long time. Now, a decade after it was first launched, Microsoft today
announced that Windows Vista support has officially ended.

What this means is that after April 11th, 2017, Windows Vista users will
no longer get any new security updates, non-security hotfixes,
additional support options, or any other online technical content
updates from Microsoft.



snip

I gave Vista a try shortly after it was released and it was horrible
beyond belief...it took 15 minutes or more just to delete something.


A few years later I tried it and after the updates it seemed to work
quite well but it's reputation was ruined by releasing it too soon.

In message , Mr. Man-wai Chang
writes:
[]
Windows Vista PCs will still work but they will be more vulnerable to
security risks because Microsoft will no longer be providing any
security patches that protect it from the latest threats. Moreover,
software and hardware manufacturers will continue to optimize their
products for more recent versions of Windows, which will result in more

* new versions of *

apps and services no longer working properly with Vista.
[]
(Versions that were already working properly will of course continue to
do so.)
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On 04/12/2017 12:27 PM, philo wrote:
On 04/12/2017 10:55 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

Source:
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2017/04/win...icially-ended/

Perhaps no other iteration of Windows has created such a bad reputation
for itself than Windows Vista. Universally loathed, Microsoft was quick
to move on after Vista and didn’t quite look back. However, since it was
a major platform release, the company has had to support it for a very
long time. Now, a decade after it was first launched, Microsoft today
announced that Windows Vista support has officially ended.

What this means is that after April 11th, 2017, Windows Vista users will
no longer get any new security updates, non-security hotfixes,
additional support options, or any other online technical content
updates from Microsoft.



snip

I gave Vista a try shortly after it was released and it was horrible
beyond belief...it took 15 minutes or more just to delete something.


A few years later I tried it and after the updates it seemed to work
quite well but it's reputation was ruined by releasing it too soon.


After Service Pack 2, it settled down. Getting to SP2 was
a gargantuan task. I still see some folks with Vista.
And it is still a pain-in-the-ass to deal with, but not
so bad since SP2. Windows Nein, oops, Ten is a bigger
pain in the ass

On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:27:11 -0500, philo wrote:


I gave Vista a try shortly after it was released and it was horrible
beyond belief...it took 15 minutes or more just to delete something.


A few years later I tried it and after the updates it seemed to work
quite well but it's reputation was ruined by releasing it too soon.


Many other people said much the same thing. But my experience with it
was fine. I ran it from RTM to Windows 7 release, and never had any
problems with it.

Ken Blake wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:27:11 -0500, philo wrote:


I gave Vista a try shortly after it was released and it was horrible
beyond belief...it took 15 minutes or more just to delete something.


A few years later I tried it and after the updates it seemed to work
quite well but it's reputation was ruined by releasing it too soon.


Many other people said much the same thing. But my experience with it
was fine. I ran it from RTM to Windows 7 release, and never had any
problems with it.

I take it you didn't watch what Windows Update
was doing very often :-) Vista is one ugly porker
to get updating. The secret was a hint from the
wsusoffline forums (a list of KBs to install manually).
Microsoft never made any attempt to put the Vista WU
upright.

I've only tested Vista SP2, which was pleasant enough,
with the exception of the *days* I spent researching
WU fixes.

Paul

On 04/12/2017 08:43 PM, Paul wrote:
Ken Blake wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:27:11 -0500, philo wrote:


I gave Vista a try shortly after it was released and it was horrible
beyond belief...it took 15 minutes or more just to delete something.


A few years later I tried it and after the updates it seemed to work
quite well but it's reputation was ruined by releasing it too soon.


Many other people said much the same thing. But my experience with it
was fine. I ran it from RTM to Windows 7 release, and never had any
problems with it.

I take it you didn't watch what Windows Update
was doing very often :-) Vista is one ugly porker
to get updating. The secret was a hint from the
wsusoffline forums (a list of KBs to install manually).
Microsoft never made any attempt to put the Vista WU
upright.

I've only tested Vista SP2, which was pleasant enough,
with the exception of the *days* I spent researching
WU fixes.

Paul

You are now an "Official M$ Alpha Tester". (I won't
soil a "beta's" reputation by calling an "alpha"
a "beta".)

Tears

On 13/04/2017 3:27 AM, philo wrote:

I gave Vista a try shortly after it was released and it was horrible
beyond belief...it took 15 minutes or more just to delete something.

A few years later I tried it and after the updates it seemed to work
quite well but it's reputation was ruined by releasing it too soon.

It's the first usable 64-bit Windows after 64-bit WinXP. It worked
fairly well for me, and some banks' ATM machines used it as OS.

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/( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you!
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On 04/12/2017 10:56 PM, T wrote:
On 04/12/2017 08:43 PM, Paul wrote:
Ken Blake wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:27:11 -0500, philo wrote:


I gave Vista a try shortly after it was released and it was horrible
beyond belief...it took 15 minutes or more just to delete something.


A few years later I tried it and after the updates it seemed to work
quite well but it's reputation was ruined by releasing it too soon.


Many other people said much the same thing. But my experience with it
was fine. I ran it from RTM to Windows 7 release, and never had any
problems with it.

I take it you didn't watch what Windows Update
was doing very often :-) Vista is one ugly porker
to get updating. The secret was a hint from the
wsusoffline forums (a list of KBs to install manually).
Microsoft never made any attempt to put the Vista WU
upright.

I've only tested Vista SP2, which was pleasant enough,
with the exception of the *days* I spent researching
WU fixes.

Paul

You are now an "Official M$ Alpha Tester". (I won't
soil a "beta's" reputation by calling an "alpha"
a "beta".)

Tears




Before the service packs , Vista was essentially unusable.

When I tried to delete a file it sat there for over 15 minutes
calculating free space. I could not imagine why free space would need to
be calculated for a deletion, much less why it would take 15 minutes.

Actually I don't know how long it would have taken, 15 minutes was when
I shut the machine down

On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:03:18 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:27:11 -0500, philo wrote:

I gave Vista a try shortly after it was released and it was horrible
beyond belief...it took 15 minutes or more just to delete something.


A few years later I tried it and after the updates it seemed to work
quite well but it's reputation was ruined by releasing it too soon.

Many other people said much the same thing. But my experience with it
was fine. I ran it from RTM to Windows 7 release, and never had any
problems with it.

Agree, and I ran it from the Customer Preview stage till Win7 came
out.

On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 23:43:32 -0400, Paul
wrote:

Ken Blake wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:27:11 -0500, philo wrote:


I gave Vista a try shortly after it was released and it was horrible
beyond belief...it took 15 minutes or more just to delete something.


A few years later I tried it and after the updates it seemed to work
quite well but it's reputation was ruined by releasing it too soon.


Many other people said much the same thing. But my experience with it
was fine. I ran it from RTM to Windows 7 release, and never had any
problems with it.

I take it you didn't watch what Windows Update
was doing very often :-) Vista is one ugly porker
to get updating. The secret was a hint from the
wsusoffline forums (a list of KBs to install manually).


Yes, I'm aware that other people had trouble with that. But as I said,
I had no trouble.

On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 08:55:32 -0500, philo wrote:


Before the service packs , Vista was essentially unusable.


To *you*. But as I said, not to me. And not to many others I know.


When I tried to delete a file it sat there for over 15 minutes
calculating free space. I could not imagine why free space would need to
be calculated for a deletion, much less why it would take 15 minutes.


I never had such a problem.

On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 19:04:52 +0800, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

On 13/04/2017 3:27 AM, philo wrote:

I gave Vista a try shortly after it was released and it was horrible
beyond belief...it took 15 minutes or more just to delete something.

A few years later I tried it and after the updates it seemed to work
quite well but it's reputation was ruined by releasing it too soon.

It's the first usable 64-bit Windows after 64-bit WinXP. It worked
fairly well for me, and some banks' ATM machines used it as OS.

I have Vista Ultimate and it works very well.

On 04/13/2017 12:03 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 08:55:32 -0500, philo wrote:


Before the service packs , Vista was essentially unusable.


To *you*. But as I said, not to me. And not to many others I know.


When I tried to delete a file it sat there for over 15 minutes
calculating free space. I could not imagine why free space would need to
be calculated for a deletion, much less why it would take 15 minutes.


I never had such a problem.



Then you must have been doing something wrong (dumb sarcasm sorry)

On 04/13/2017 04:30 PM, sctvguy1 wrote:
On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 19:04:52 +0800, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

On 13/04/2017 3:27 AM, philo wrote:

I gave Vista a try shortly after it was released and it was horrible
beyond belief...it took 15 minutes or more just to delete something.

A few years later I tried it and after the updates it seemed to work
quite well but it's reputation was ruined by releasing it too soon.

It's the first usable 64-bit Windows after 64-bit WinXP. It worked
fairly well for me, and some banks' ATM machines used it as OS.

I have Vista Ultimate and it works very well.




yes, I found Vista to be very good once the service packs came out...it
was simply released too soon