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Windows, which is by itself in the ~90% range, is not and has never been a closed ecosystem. You can easily install any piece of software you find anywhere. MS
by jpr 16y ago
Windows, which is by itself in the ~90% range, is not and has never been a closed ecosystem. You can easily install any piece of software you find anywhere. MS is even falling over themselves to give you free developer tools.
- code_duck 16y agoYears back, before Vista was released, people were very concerned that MS might move to do in Windows what Apple has done - lock down Windows so that any software requires digital signing to execute. They did introduce that dialog which warns you when software is not signed, but of course MS didn't take this to the degree that Apple has. While it's a great way to take care of malware, I really don't think Apple's vision of the future is one I want to compute in.
- Dylan16807 16y agoAre you talking about the dialog that appears for unsigned drivers, or something I missed?
- code_duck 16y agoSorry, I guess it's more specific : when you try to execute an unsigned .exe that needs Admin permission, UAC will tell you "An unidentified program wants to access your computer". If it's signed, it displays the identity of the signer. You can set Windows to only allow signed applications to run, too: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd723683(WS.10).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd723683(WS.10).a...