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That was me who said that.
@JingoFresh wrote:
It isn’t so much an issue of doing something wrong consciously. These days exploits can target you without you having to do anything, just through a banner ad on a site you otherwise trust.
Since you only need to be Admin to install software or configure things, why take the extra risk and run as admin all the time?
I’m a tinkerer and I install and configure software and hardware virtually on a daily basis.
I do 95% of my web browsing inside a virtual machine anyway.
@JingoFresh wrote:
Just as you wouldn’t run as root all the time on *nix you shouldn’t runas Administrator on Windows. The tiny bit of increased convenience is not worth the increased risk.
Just saying.
For me the extra convenience is worth the increased risk. I have no tolerance for nagging prompts, or my system telling me what I can and cannot break.
I grew up with DOS and single user Windows environments where, in general, the OS did what was told, even if what you told it to do would render it completely inoperable, and I honestly preferred things that way.
Not that I have anything against those who do prefer the extra security, but I simply don’t need or want it.
@Indrek wrote:
Then there’s the old games that simply refuse to install or work on a modern OS, for a number of reasons, but they won’t work on 7 either.
Yep.
@Indrek wrote:
And again, this is usually resolved using the compatibility settings.
I have upwards of a dozen games that won’t run correctly in any NT 6.x OS, regardless of compatibility settings.
Games older than about 2001 I usually end up running in VMware (with 3d acceleration enabled, if necessary), unless they are DOS games, in which case I use DOSBox.
I have a small collection of games from 97-99 that will not run in anything besides Windows 95/98, yet still require 3D acceleration (Heavy Gear 2 is a prime example). I had to build a separate system for these.
@JingoFresh wrote:
Also, just a note, but you really shoudlnt be using the Administrator account as your everyday account.
I’m aware of the risks.
No one else has physical access to my systems and I have a hardware firewall. I also have backups and disk images if anything goes wrong, and I’ve never had anything go wrong in 10 years of using the Administrator account in NT based OSes that would have been prevented by using another account.
I’m much more willing to risk breaking something than having to deal with more frequent, but smaller, annoyances.
CTD = Crash to desktop.
I think there is still a save game issue where save slots cannot be used more than once in game (it will say it saved but doesn’t actually overwrite anything) so when all save slots are full the save games must be manually deleted in explorer to continue to save. I still have to check if compatability mode fixes this problem.
The multi-player issue is a fairly large one as LAN is the only way to play multiplayer at all. The WON service the game depended on for internet games is long dead, so Hamachi or other VPN + LAN is often the only way to play with others.
In my experience Windows 7 is slightly more compatible.
However, most games work in Server 2008 R2 without issue, and I haven’t noticed any game related performance differences between the two OSes.
Convenience and minimalism for me.
Server 2008 R2 has less fluff I have to remove, doesn’t force me to create any extra user accounts I don’t need (I know I can change this), and requires me to disable less stuff to get my system the way I want it.
Superfetch, indeed prefetching in generall is overrated on a well maintained system. If anything I notice a small improvement in responsiveness with it disabled.
I like XP x64, a lot. Of course I’ve n-lited all the junk out of mine.
It’s fast, it’s light weight, it’s stable, it’s got fairly good hardware support, and oddly enough, I have fewer game compatibility issues than with Windows 7, especially with older games (1998-2002 era).
Game: Tribes Next (Tribes 2)
Compatible?: Yes
Issues: None
Fix: NAGame: Dungeons and Dragons Online: Ebberon Unlimited
Compatible?: Yes
Issues: None
Fix: NAGame: Vampire the Masquerade – Redemption (1.1)
Compatible?: No
Issues: CTD when attempting to host LAN games, ALT-TAB issues.
Fix: unknown -
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