Criticism of Windows Vista (English Wikipedia)

"Creative mute on Vista Soundblaster drivers". Apcmag.com. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
Warne, Dan (January 22, 2007). "Is Vista's Australian pricing a rip-off?". apcmag.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2007. Retrieved January 23, 2007.

archive.today

"Driver Signing Requirements for Windows". Microsoft. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2008.
Santo Domingo, Joel (May 4, 2007). "New Benchmark Tests for Vista". tomshardware.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2007.

arstechnica.com

"The sky isn't falling: a look at a new Vista security bypass". 11 August 2008.
Fisher, Ken (May 21, 2006). "Hollywood reportedly in agreement to delay forced quality downgrades for Blu-ray, HD DVD".
Protalinski, Emil (June 25, 2009). "Windows 7 pricing announced: cheaper than Vista (Updated)". Retrieved October 4, 2009.
"Windows Genuine Advantage suffers worldwide outage, problems galore (updated)". Retrieved August 24, 2007.

auckland.ac.nz

cs.auckland.ac.nz

Gutmann, Peterson (January 27, 2007). "A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection". Retrieved January 27, 2007. Also available: PDF version Archived May 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

bjorn3d.com

Cheatham, Miles (November 24, 2006). "ATI Radeon X1950XTX CrossFire". bjorn3d.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2007.

chosun.com

"빌 게이츠 없는 마이크로소프트의 운명은? - 1등 인터넷뉴스 조선닷컴". Chosun.com. August 28, 2008. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved June 11, 2010.

computeractive.co.uk

"Microsoft vilified over price of Vista". VNU Business Publications. February 2007. Archived from the original on February 3, 2007. Retrieved January 23, 2007.

computerworld.com

Gregg Keizer (June 30, 2007). "Utility evades Vista kernel defenses". Computerworld. Archived from the original on January 16, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2008.
Computerworld. "The Skinny on Windows SPP and Reduced Functionality in Vista". Archived from the original on May 27, 2007.
"Hands On: A Hard Look at Windows Vista". November 10, 2006. p. 15. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2007.

crysis-online.com

"Crysis System Requirements". crysis-online.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2009. (Minimum Requirements) RAM: 1GB (1.5GB on Windows Vista)

cypherpunks.to

Peter Gutmann (computer scientist). "Windows DRM: A Response to the Disinformation". Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2007.

dasmirnov.net

Smith, Paul (December 31, 2006). "Windows Vista DRM nonsense". Retrieved January 3, 2007.

engadget.com

"Microsoft gets sued over Windows XP downgrade fees". Engadget. 16 February 2009. Retrieved August 6, 2010.

eweek.com

Spooner, John G.; Foley, Mary Jo (August 5, 2005). "Will Your PC Run Windows Vista?". eweek.com. Retrieved August 15, 2006.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Windows-XP-Users-Can-Keep-Downgrade-Rights-491684/ ^{[dead link]}

extremetech.com

Cross, Jason (February 20, 2007). "Vista Game Performance: Vista vs. XP and ATI vs. Nvidia". extremetech.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
Durham, Joel (May 12, 2008). "Gaming Performance: Windows Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3". extremetech.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2008.

fakesteve.net

Steve (May 27, 2008). "The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : New word: "vistaster"". Fakesteve.net. Retrieved June 11, 2010.

forbes.com

"Farewell, Bill Gates". Forbes.com. July 21, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2010.

hardocp.com

enthusiast.hardocp.com

Wall, Jason (May 7, 2007). "XP vs. Vista - A Tale of Framerates". enthusiast.hardocp.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2007.

heise-online.co.uk

"Microsoft blocks 64-bit driver". Heise Security UK. August 8, 2007.

ign.com

pc.ign.com

"Valve Updates Left 4 Dead Requirements". ign.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2008. Retrieved April 13, 2009. RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2 GB for Vista

informationweek.com

McDougall, Paul. "informationweek.com". informationweek.com. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
Paul McDougall (March 2, 2007). "Microsoft Hit By U.S. DOT Ban On Windows Vista, Explorer 7, and Office 2007". Information week. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
"What's been yanked from Vista, and when". Information Week. June 26, 2006. Retrieved July 23, 2018.

istartedsomething.com

Long Zheng (14 June 2007). "Windows Ultimate Extras is a sham - where's the responsibility?".

itprotoday.com

Thurrott, Paul (March 29, 2006). "Finally, Microsoft Releases Windows Vista Hardware Requirements". IT Pro. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2022.

itwire.com

"Windows Vista Too Expensive Says Users". IT Wire. August 30, 2006. Retrieved May 1, 2016.

lanacion.com.ar

"Bill Gates se retira de Microsoft". lanacion.com. Retrieved June 11, 2010.

lifewire.com

Ward, Keith. "5 Reasons to Stick With Windows Vista and One Reason You Shouldn't". Lifewire. Archived from the original on 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2022-01-18.

linchpinlabs.com

"Linchpin Labs Response to Microsoft's Classification of Atsiv". Archived from the original on March 26, 2009.

loc.gov

webarchive.loc.gov

"Application List: Works with Windows Vista". Archived from the original on February 2, 2012.

max-sievers.name

Gutmann, Peterson (January 27, 2007). "A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection". Retrieved January 27, 2007. Also available: PDF version Archived May 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

microsoft.com

"Driver Signing Requirements for Windows". Microsoft. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2008.
Marsh, Dave (April 27, 2005). "Output Content Protection and Windows Vista". Microsoft. Archived from the original on November 16, 2006. Retrieved January 8, 2007.
"Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor". Microsoft.
Microsoft PressPass. "Microsoft's Software Protection Platform: Protecting Software and Customers from Counterfeiter". Microsoft. Archived from the original on July 6, 2007.
"White Paper: Microsoft's Software Protection Platform: Innovations for Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn"" (DOC). Microsoft PressPass. October 3, 2006.
"Product Activation for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008". Microsoft. November 6, 2007. Archived from the original on December 15, 2007.

msdn.com

blogs.msdn.com

van Eerde, Matthew. "How to install unsigned drivers". Microsoft. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
"Update on Validation Issues". Retrieved July 28, 2007.

nbcnews.com

"Six months on, Vista users still griping (page 2 - The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a member of Microsoft's Vista Technical Adoption Program)". MS NBC [NBC News]. 13 July 2007. Archived from the original on August 5, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2007.

nytimes.com

Stross, Randall (March 8, 2008). "They Criticized Vista. And They Should Know". New York Times. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
NYTimes Archived 2016-01-17 at the Wayback Machine – Dell Pointed Out Vista Mistakes, Internal Documents Show

nzherald.co.nz

"Vista still looks expensive after cuts". New Zealand Harald. March 5, 2008. Retrieved May 1, 2016.

pcgamerequirements.com

"Devil May Cry 4 Games Requirements". pcgamerequirements.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2009. (Minimum Requirements) Memory 512MB (Windows XP), 1GB (Windows Vista)

pcworld.com

"No Rush to Adopt Vista". IDG, quoted on PC World. Retrieved May 22, 2007.

blogs.pcworld.com

"Windows Vista Versus XP Pricing". PC World. September 1, 2006. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2016.

rtp.pt

tv1.rtp.pt

"Bill Gates desliga-se de uma Microsoft que vive tempos agitados - RTP Noticias". Tv1.rtp.pt. June 6, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.

sapo.pt

jn.sapo.pt

"Bill Gates desliga-se da Microsoft". JN. June 4, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

spec.org

Williams, Ian (May 29, 2007). "Understanding the impact of Windows Vista on SPECviewperf performance measurement". Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Retrieved October 29, 2008.

taossa.com

"How to Impress Girls with Browser Memory Protection Bypasses" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 26, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2008.

techgage.com

Williams, Rob (January 29, 2007). "Windows Vista Gaming Performance Reports". techgage.com. Retrieved May 26, 2007.

techtarget.com

searchsecurity.techtarget.com

"Researchers use browser to elude Vista memory protections". Searchsecurity.techtarget.com. Retrieved June 11, 2010.

techworld.com

"Microsoft to slim down 'bloated' Windows".

theinquirer.net

Abazovic, Fuad (December 4, 2006). "Testing Vista's different memory configurations". theinquirer.net. Archived from the original on February 10, 2007. Retrieved May 13, 2007.

thetimes.co.uk

Judge, Elizabeth (May 20, 2006). "Windows revamp 'too advanced for most PCs'". The Times. London. Retrieved October 25, 2017.

tomshardware.com

Santo Domingo, Joel (May 4, 2007). "New Benchmark Tests for Vista". tomshardware.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2007.
Schmidt, Patrick (January 29, 2007). "New Benchmark Tests for Vista, Conclusion". tomshardware.com.

web.archive.org

"Linchpin Labs Response to Microsoft's Classification of Atsiv". Archived from the original on March 26, 2009.
Marsden, Richard. "Microsoft Authenticode for the Small Independent Software Vendor". Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2008.
Gregg Keizer (June 30, 2007). "Utility evades Vista kernel defenses". Computerworld. Archived from the original on January 16, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2008.
"How to Impress Girls with Browser Memory Protection Bypasses" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 26, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2008.
"Alarmed about Vista security? Black Hat researcher Alexander Sotirov speaks out". Archived from the original on August 13, 2008.
Marsh, Dave (April 27, 2005). "Output Content Protection and Windows Vista". Microsoft. Archived from the original on November 16, 2006. Retrieved January 8, 2007.
Marsh, Dave (January 20, 2007). "Windows Vista Content Protection - Twenty Questions (and Answers)". Windows Vista team blog. Microsoft. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2007.
Gutmann, Peterson (January 27, 2007). "A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection". Retrieved January 27, 2007. Also available: PDF version Archived May 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
Bott, Ed (September 16, 2007). "Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
Ou, George (September 1, 2007). "Gutmann Vista DRM paper uses shoddy Web Forums as source". Archived from the original on September 4, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
Peter Gutmann (computer scientist). "Windows DRM: A Response to the Disinformation". Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2007.
Nick White and Dave Marsh (January 20, 2007). "Windows Vista Content Protection - Twenty Questions (and Answers)". Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2007.
Thurrott, Paul (March 29, 2006). "Finally, Microsoft Releases Windows Vista Hardware Requirements". IT Pro. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
"calculating time remaining moving, deleting, copying files very slow". Archived from the original on August 18, 2007.
"Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta White Paper". Archived from the original on September 2, 2007. (See 'Performance' section)
Kingsley-Hughes, Adrian (February 15, 2008). "Vista SP1 vs. XP SP2 - Benchmarked". Archived from the original on April 30, 2008. Retrieved February 16, 2008.
"Another take on Vista vs. XP benchmarks". February 19, 2008. Archived from the original on February 28, 2008.
Abazovic, Fuad (December 4, 2006). "Testing Vista's different memory configurations". theinquirer.net. Archived from the original on February 10, 2007. Retrieved May 13, 2007.
Cheatham, Miles (November 24, 2006). "ATI Radeon X1950XTX CrossFire". bjorn3d.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2007.
Cross, Jason (February 20, 2007). "Vista Game Performance: Vista vs. XP and ATI vs. Nvidia". extremetech.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
Wall, Jason (May 7, 2007). "XP vs. Vista - A Tale of Framerates". enthusiast.hardocp.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
Durham, Joel (May 12, 2008). "Gaming Performance: Windows Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3". extremetech.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
"Devil May Cry 4 Games Requirements". pcgamerequirements.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2009. (Minimum Requirements) Memory 512MB (Windows XP), 1GB (Windows Vista)
"Crysis System Requirements". crysis-online.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2009. (Minimum Requirements) RAM: 1GB (1.5GB on Windows Vista)
"Valve Updates Left 4 Dead Requirements". ign.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2008. Retrieved April 13, 2009. RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2 GB for Vista
NYTimes Archived 2016-01-17 at the Wayback Machine – Dell Pointed Out Vista Mistakes, Internal Documents Show
Fried, Ina (June 2, 2006). "Vista beta sucks up battery juice". ZDNet. Archived from the original on May 20, 2007. Retrieved May 6, 2007.
Krazit, Tom (May 4, 2007). "Vista draining laptop batteries, patience". ZDNet. Archived from the original on May 7, 2007. Retrieved May 6, 2007.
"Microsoft rallies developers behind Vista". zdnetasia.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
"Six months on, Vista users still griping (page 2 - The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a member of Microsoft's Vista Technical Adoption Program)". MS NBC [NBC News]. 13 July 2007. Archived from the original on August 5, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2007.
"Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta White Paper". Microsoft. August 29, 2007. p. 1. Archived from the original on September 2, 2007. Retrieved August 29, 2007.
"Application List: Certified for Windows Vista". Archived from the original on July 4, 2008.
"Windows Vista Versus XP Pricing". PC World. September 1, 2006. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
Warne, Dan (January 22, 2007). "Is Vista's Australian pricing a rip-off?". apcmag.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2007. Retrieved January 23, 2007.
"Vista comes to rip-off Britain". The Inquirer. January 23, 2007. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Microsoft vilified over price of Vista". VNU Business Publications. February 2007. Archived from the original on February 3, 2007. Retrieved January 23, 2007.
Computerworld. "The Skinny on Windows SPP and Reduced Functionality in Vista". Archived from the original on May 27, 2007.
Microsoft PressPass. "Microsoft's Software Protection Platform: Protecting Software and Customers from Counterfeiter". Microsoft. Archived from the original on July 6, 2007.
"Hands On: A Hard Look at Windows Vista". November 10, 2006. p. 15. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2007.
Bott, Ed (October 4, 2006). "For Vista, WGA gets tougher". Ed Bott's Microsoft Report. Archived from the original on October 6, 2006. Retrieved July 19, 2007.
Ed Bott (October 4, 2006). "Another wave of WGA failures". Ed Bott's Microsoft Report. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2007.
"ZDNET Hardware 2.0: SP1 brings with it a softer, gentler, naggier WGA". September 2, 2008. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
"Product Activation for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008". Microsoft. November 6, 2007. Archived from the original on December 15, 2007.
Phillips, Josh (June 13, 2007). "Ultimate Extras, Where are you?". windowsconnected.com. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
"Windows DreamScene released!". September 25, 2007. Archived from the original on February 11, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2007.
"빌 게이츠 없는 마이크로소프트의 운명은? - 1등 인터넷뉴스 조선닷컴". Chosun.com. August 28, 2008. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
"没有盖茨,微软是否能够发展得更好?_网易财经". Money.163.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
Ward, Keith. "5 Reasons to Stick With Windows Vista and One Reason You Shouldn't". Lifewire. Archived from the original on 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2022-01-18.

windowsconnected.com

Phillips, Josh (June 13, 2007). "Ultimate Extras, Where are you?". windowsconnected.com. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2016.

windowssecrets.com

Dunn, Josh (July 4, 2007). "Microsoft evades promise of Vista Ultimate Extras". windowsconnected.com. Retrieved July 4, 2007.

windowsultimate.com

"Windows DreamScene released!". September 25, 2007. Archived from the original on February 11, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2007.

windowsvistablog.com

Marsh, Dave (January 20, 2007). "Windows Vista Content Protection - Twenty Questions (and Answers)". Windows Vista team blog. Microsoft. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2007.
Nick White and Dave Marsh (January 20, 2007). "Windows Vista Content Protection - Twenty Questions (and Answers)". Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2007.
"Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta White Paper". Archived from the original on September 2, 2007. (See 'Performance' section)
"Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta White Paper". Microsoft. August 29, 2007. p. 1. Archived from the original on September 2, 2007. Retrieved August 29, 2007.

wintuts.com

"Windows Vista's biggest problem". WinTuts.com. 18 June 2007. Retrieved June 28, 2015.

winwaed.com

Marsden, Richard. "Microsoft Authenticode for the Small Independent Software Vendor". Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2008.

zdnet.com

blogs.zdnet.com

"Alarmed about Vista security? Black Hat researcher Alexander Sotirov speaks out". Archived from the original on August 13, 2008.
Bott, Ed (September 16, 2007). "Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
Ou, George (September 1, 2007). "Gutmann Vista DRM paper uses shoddy Web Forums as source". Archived from the original on September 4, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
Kingsley-Hughes, Adrian (February 15, 2008). "Vista SP1 vs. XP SP2 - Benchmarked". Archived from the original on April 30, 2008. Retrieved February 16, 2008.
"Another take on Vista vs. XP benchmarks". February 19, 2008. Archived from the original on February 28, 2008.
Bott, Ed (October 4, 2006). "For Vista, WGA gets tougher". Ed Bott's Microsoft Report. Archived from the original on October 6, 2006. Retrieved July 19, 2007.
Ed Bott (October 4, 2006). "Another wave of WGA failures". Ed Bott's Microsoft Report. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2007.
"ZDNET Hardware 2.0: SP1 brings with it a softer, gentler, naggier WGA". September 2, 2008. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2008.

zdnet.com

Ed Bott. "Windows bloat? It's always been that way". ZDNet.
"Vista draining laptop batteries, patience". ZDNet.

news.zdnet.com

Fried, Ina (June 2, 2006). "Vista beta sucks up battery juice". ZDNet. Archived from the original on May 20, 2007. Retrieved May 6, 2007.
Krazit, Tom (May 4, 2007). "Vista draining laptop batteries, patience". ZDNet. Archived from the original on May 7, 2007. Retrieved May 6, 2007.

zdnetasia.com

"Gartner: App testing delaying Vista rollouts". zdnetasia.com. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
"Microsoft rallies developers behind Vista". zdnetasia.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
"zdnetasia.com".

Criticism of Windows Vista (English Wikipedia)

163.com

money.163.com

apcmag.com

archive.today

arstechnica.com

auckland.ac.nz

cs.auckland.ac.nz

bjorn3d.com

chosun.com

computeractive.co.uk

computerworld.com

crysis-online.com

cypherpunks.to

dasmirnov.net

engadget.com

eweek.com

extremetech.com

fakesteve.net

forbes.com

hardocp.com

enthusiast.hardocp.com

heise-online.co.uk

ign.com

pc.ign.com

informationweek.com

istartedsomething.com

itprotoday.com

itwire.com

lanacion.com.ar

lifewire.com

linchpinlabs.com

loc.gov

webarchive.loc.gov

max-sievers.name

microsoft.com

microsoft.com

support.microsoft.com

winqual.microsoft.com

msdn.microsoft.com

forums.microsoft.com

msdn.com

blogs.msdn.com

nbcnews.com

nytimes.com

nzherald.co.nz

pcgamerequirements.com

pcworld.com

pcworld.com

blogs.pcworld.com

rtp.pt

tv1.rtp.pt

sapo.pt

jn.sapo.pt

spec.org

taossa.com

techgage.com

techtarget.com

searchsecurity.techtarget.com

techworld.com

theinquirer.net

thetimes.co.uk

tomshardware.com

web.archive.org

windowsconnected.com

windowssecrets.com

windowsultimate.com

windowsvistablog.com

wintuts.com

winwaed.com

zdnet.com

blogs.zdnet.com

zdnet.com

news.zdnet.com

zdnetasia.com