Comments on: Open IT Forum: Windows 7 Security – Differences? Shortcomings?

By: Something old, something new: Windows 7 improves Vista’s security - Enterprise IT Watch Blog

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:02:19 +0000

[...] us what you like or desire from Windows 7 security capabilities, and see what other members of the community had to [...]

By: Windows 7 Wrap Up - Enterprise IT Watch Blog

Windows 7 Wrap Up - Enterprise IT Watch Blog — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:20:08 +0000

[...] Windows 7 Security – Differences? Shortcomings? [...]

By: sixball

sixball — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:38:03 +0000

Tyvm Samdy for another round of yummy forum SPAM.

By: rechil

rechil — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 08:59:53 +0000

All we know about Disk Defragmenter, but in Windows 7 it is possible to defragment on multiple drives simultaneously. It is possible to run old programs in Windows 7. Just type “Program Compatibility” in search area and it shows Run programs made from previous versions of Windows wizard which may help with getting these older programs up and running.

By: sixball

sixball — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:19:08 +0000

Agre w/ Labnuke: really enjoy that IPSEC is native to the OS. Win7 on Cisco SSL / IPSEC and QuickVPNs is a dream to work with.

We even tested one connection with the firewall / IKE/ IPSEC services disabled, and the OS flipped them on and allowed our test VPN connection to establish…

By: labnuke99

labnuke99 — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:26:16 +0000

Windows 7 is definitely a stability improvement over XP. Even having said that, I have had a couple of BSOD. The security prompts can be annoying for regular users, but I do have administrative access to my system so that does help. I think a lot of planning/testing and patience would have to go into deployment in an environment where least user authority (highly recommended config) is in place.

As with any OS there will be vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit and users should be aware of that threat and keep their systems and applications patched/updated. Demand security and learn what it takes to make a system trustworthy and reliable.