Downfall Of Windows 7

I personally think that Microsoft has gone overboard with all the security, it is becoming more apparent that this might be the downfall of Windows 7 (Another Windows ME).

It is all good and very fast, better than Vista OS, but why all the security, do we as the users really need it, all it is doing is frustrating the hell out of me.

I develop systems for clients and have not really got the time to play around trying to figure out what to set and not to set to get my programs running, thus me and all my clients still run XP Pro or 2000 Pro.

They should of had an option to Install with a the !"£$% Security, or just plain like windows 2000, or XP without the security.

If you look at all the postings on Windows 7, it all has to do with the !"£$% Security.

So who thinks Microsoft should give us a version without all the unnecessary security?

PS. Maybe we could start a petition requesting them to give us a version that is actually user friendly (That will be a first for them )

Lets see if I understand this correctly

You think there is no security with XP, even when there are security updates every week within Windows Update. Furthermore there will not be a downfall with Windows 7. This poll is not worded correctly because each of the options to vote for, shows just how bias you are. If you don't like change then stay with XP or 2K. As for myself, I miss a few things too but times change and so should we.

That's just what we need - a Windows system that's even less secure.

Like Clifford said XP or Even windows 2000 had enough security if it was setup right, so why now ram it down our throats with windows 7, we as the users should be able to select what security we want or not, but Microsoft thinks that all it's users are sheep that they can dictate to and we follow. Do not get me wrong I think Windows 7 is an improvement, except for the security that they have gone overboard with. I can not even do direct port IO to the speaker anymore, is Microsoft scared a virus is going to eat the computer speaker ?

I just think that the protection that they have brought in on Windows is Ludicrous, I do not have the time to sit for weeks trying to figure out like you guys why something is not working, (which worked on XP), because some nut at Microsoft decided it needed protection, and if you ask the so called "Professionals", flippen nobody has an answer, just theories that do not work.

I need to get my work out so I can get paid, not sit around like some of you, figuring out how Microsoft has screwed me over once again.

MonsterKFX, wake up! This is 2010, not 1999! I have all three of these OS's on one laptop, and Windows 7 smokes a@@ over Win2K and XP. No one has screwed you over, you're just stuck in the past.

The only security "alerts" I used to see were for the UAC, but it's dead simple to turn it down or off (my choice is off) and I'm a happy camper. Sure protected files may alert me when I make a change to them but I don't mind this one-in-awhile alert as it's stopped me from accidently doing the wrong thing.

In the end, no-one is strictly forcing you to use Windows 7...XP is still supported and Vista will be for even longer than XP.

The only downfall that I've been reading about lately is the one that XP is taking by the day, and may I add that ALL support for Win 2K will end this year. There's enough holes in XP to drive a bus through (I suppose that's why I got 10 XP and 8 Win 2K updates this week). You can ride on slick tires if you want, but mine are running smoothly. Where's the block to check saying "I like the security of Windows 7"? That would make your "poll" more fair to everyone.

In view of the nonsense questions in the poll heading, and the whole nature. This poll/thread could be usefully terminated?

It is nice to be smug when you are sitting behind your keyboard, but if you are the fundy please resolve this problem for me and I can then also embrace the future !

Port IO Problem ?

Actually, no offense, but we don't visit this forum because we have nothing to do and just "sit around" all day. If you paid some attention to this forum, you'd notice that huge amounts of help is given and information exchanged without charge. People here help out of the goodness of their hearts, not because it helps pass the time that they have too much of.

Thank you for this thread, though, as it hasn't wasted my time at all.