"David Sherman" <dshermin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> It is time that Microsoft raise the bar of security and fix the
> problems in house before Windows X is released.
>
> This letter was mail to Steve Riley on 08/25/08
>
> One item not mentioned in the letter by added 08/26/08 is the effect
> that installing Search 4 has on the closing of Internet Explorer 7.
> Since indexing is turned on by default, IE 7 takes about 30 seconds to
> close under Windows XP. By disabling indexing IE 7 closed much faster.
> Under Vista, IE closes in about 30 seconds with Search 4 installed.
> There is no way to turn off indexing in Vista or if there is I haven't
> found it yet. Nor was it mentioned that under XP, I tried to uninstall
> Search 4 and Windows uninstaller said it wasn't installed. (Why was
> the service running after I rebooted my machine?) Under Vista, why was
> it hard to remove Search 4? When I uninstalled Search 4, I got a
> message that Windows was doing an update, stage 1, 2 of 3 before Vista
> reboots before Vista is updating stage 3 of 3. So what do the "update
> messages mean when Vista is shutting down?
>
> Added 08/29/08
> UAC question: If UAC is enabled on a Vista machine and an user sees 10
> seconds of blank screen before the UAC command is ready to run, how
> much time is wasted with UAC?
>
> also added 08/29/2008:
> I wonder why HP is still selling Vista machines that show with NIS
> 2007 and NIS 2008 installed that the firewall is turned off?
> http://solutions.symantec.com/sdccom...n&ct=us&src=gg.
> I know that HP has been aware of this bug (feature) since 10/2007. I
> wonder what other bugs that not been fixed? How do I find out?
>
>
> August 24, 2008
>
> RE: Is Windows really trustworthy?
>
> Steve Riley
> Microsoft Corporation
> Trustworthy Computing Group
> 1 Redmond Way
> Redmond, WA 98052
>
> Dear Sir:
>
> I have been reading about Microsoft spending $300 million to brand
> Windows better since Vista is not meeting something (my terms). I
> really don't care about meeting something but I care that Windows is
> not really safe and Microsoft is to blame for this.
>
> Problems that I have:
> 1. Windows by default does NOT delete temporary Internet files. I
> wonder why and even if this is check, temporary files are not deleted.
> I have checked removed Internet files when the browser is closed. I
> just run CCleaner and found that I have 3,793 files or 47.1 Megs. of
> files.
> 2. When I run Disk Cleanup, I have noticed over the years that
> cleaning up these temporary files is a hit and miss operation. Why?
> Programmers can install their temporary files in a least 3 folders but
> Disk Cleanup only looks in 1 folder. But cleaning that folder is not
> guaranteed to clean all files and folders in that 1 folder.
> 3. Why doesn't Microsoft force Sun
> 4. to delete Sun's temporary files default settings? Is there a
> way to force Sun to delete previous versions of Java when the user
> installs a new version?
> 5. Why doesn't Microsoft make Adobe have better security
> procedures? There is no real Adobe to clean up Flash temporary files?
> Is there a way to embed a virus is a Flash object? Is there a way to
> add the playing a Flash object in a Microsoft security zone? I guess
> what I want to do is to stop getting those Flash ads that appear on
> web sites prior to going to that web site. Pre load that Flash ad.
> 6. Is there a way to stop IE from accepting a web site request to
> install an Active X control like Google Toolbar? I wonder if a
> programmer can add an Active X control without user acceptance when in
> administrator mode. Or with UAC disabled?
> 7. Is there a way to know whether Adobe's Air and Microsoft
> "Silverlight" create temporary files? If so, how do I delete them? Is
> there a way to embed a virus in an Air and Silverlight object?
> 8. I recently had a problem losing Vista's Sidebar. I was able to
> find a VBS script that fixed my problem. I wonder why Sidebar went
> missing after I installed Windows update agent 7.1.6001.784. I also
> wonder why there is no way to uninstall this update. I now wonder what
> other Vista updates do not have an uninstaller?
> 9. After I lost the Sidebar, I run sfc /scannow. The operation
> created a log file called CBS.log which I was encourage to look at. I
> wonder why it took me the better part of 10 minutes to change the
> permissions of the file. Why?
> 10. Why do I have basically file folder structures in Vista? (User
> and Document and Settings folder)
> 11. Why doesn't Vista notify the user when an update fails?
> 12. Does Microsoft really know what they want to do with cloud
> computer? I have (a) Foldershare; (b) Live Mesh; (c) Skydrive; and (d)
> workspace.officelive.com. So why do I want to do use these items. What
> not combine these items into one new site?
> 13. We also have sites like live.sysinternals.com. Does Microsoft
> have other live sites? Is there a listing of other public live sites?
> Or how do I find all the public Skydrive sites that are accessible
> like https://cid-63265f352b9da32c.skydriv....com/home.aspx. Are
> these sites searchable? How did Donna and Cindy find my spaces
> account? How do I find who Donna and Cindy are?
> 14. Does anyone know of all the blog sites at Microsoft.com? How
> do I get a listing of all these sites so I can determine if any of
> these sites are meaningful to me?
> 15. When Windows updates and installs Search 4, I have noticed (1)
> Search 4 installs with indexing turn on by default and (2) in Vista,
> the search desktop is not available. Why?
> 16. Why is the reliability monitor a day late? How can someone use
> this tool to troubleshot Vista? When I had Sidebar to shutdown, this
> event was never an item in this monitor? I wonder why? When an
> application fails and appears in this monitor, why is there no
> indication that this application restarted?
> 17. Is there a better way to setup permissions and other security
> items in Vista? I have using computers since 1976 and find that these
> 2 items are confusing to me and I wonder what a new user feels about
> these 2 items. I understand why Microsoft is doing this but what about
> other ways to this?
> 18. Is there a way to monitor the checksums of the files on the
> machine and know when the checksum changes? Like Symantec does with
> their product like..
> 19. Is there to determine that what files are associated with
> programs? I have a file called PSIService_2.exe which I have no idea
> what application installed this program. Other than disable the
> service and see what happens?
> 20. Is there a way to make that each program uninstall's all the
> installed objects? I mean all especially ALL the objects installed.
> (Symantec is my worst offender)
> 21. Is there a way to have Microsoft work with the reseller
> partners to "create" a set of best practices that these partners can
> pass on to their customers?
> 22. Is there a way to determine via these partners what is wrong
> with XP/Vista etc? What areas are getting the most help calls?
> Hardware, non operating system calls and operating system calls? And
> sub categories within the 3 main categories? It would be nice to see
> an industry breakdown of these items? Are these items being fixed or
> addressed by the user, PC vendor (software and hardware) etc?
> 23. Has Microsoft ever done follow-up on Vista users what Window
> applications that are being used regularly? Aero? What about Dell, HP,
> Lenovo, etc?
>
> Based on the above items, I can understand why individuals and
> corporations are bypassing Vista. Maybe Windows 7 may be better.
>
> I still have to make a decision whether to install Vista Ultimate over
> Home Basic. Or should I install a version of Linux. Which version of
> Linux do you recommend for my Compaq Presario F730US?
>
>
> Sincerely yours;
>
>
>
> David Sherman
> I can hardly wait for you to post the response, especially to the last
question about an appropriate Linux version for a Compaq product, asked of a
Microsoft employee ;-)
Buffoonery.