Aaron

RE: "it wasn't just a "screw the customers" moment"

MS needs to focus not on intention, but on results and impact.

Example: McAfee requires a password protected zip file if writing about a
potential virus. I needed to send them a file. BUT, what seemed simple has
now turned into a 1/2 hour production.

One more example of Vista hindering doing what used to be quick and simple,
and requiring one to spend time searching for solutions and alternatives and
work arounds.

Why even include a zip compression program if it can't do the basics?

I don't question your intent. But I do wish that MS developers would gain
more understanding about users — and the time required to do what used to be
so easy.

"Andrew McLaren" wrote:

> "Gabriel Simmons" <GabrielSimmons@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote ...
> > How is an administrator supposed to submit virus samples to Virus
> > Protection
> > companies without having to use third party software then?
>
> This is somewhat apochryphal, but ... I believe the reason the password
> protection feature was withdrwn in Vista was that the quality of the
> password security was actually pretty poor. I don't remember which algorithm
> it used, but it was easily hacked. It did not meet the security standards
> Microsoft required for Vista. So, it was judged better to have no password
> at all, than to create an erroneous illusion of security, by providing weak
> password protection. There were some complications about adding a strong
> password facility to the zip compression - I am not sure what they were,
> but possibly revolving around the fact Microsoft licenses the Zip code from
> a 3rd party. But that's just a guess.
>
> Maybe it was a good decison, maybe bad. But there was a rationale behind it;
> it wasn't just a "screw the customers" moment.
>
> There are several inexpensive 3rd party apps to create password-protected
> Zip files.
> --
> Andrew McLaren
> amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au
>
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