Microsoft is preparing to release the first major update to
Vista, Service Pack 1 (SP1), which is supposed to clear out some of the
major issues users have had with Vista, including speed and compatibility problems. Unfortunately for those eagerly awating SP1, it seems that Microsoft is creating just as many problems as it's solving.
Microsoft released an admittedly incomplete list of applications that will either not work properly or not work at all with SP1:
- BitDefender AV
- Fujitsu Shock Sensor
- Jiangmin KV Antivirus 10
- Jiangmin KV Antivirus 2008
- Trend Micro Internet Security
- Zone Alarm Security Suite
- Iron Speed Designer
- Xheo Licensing
- Free Allegiance
- NYT Reader
- Rising Personal Firewall
- Novell ZCM Agent
Ironically, most of the applications that will lose functionality or not work at all with Vista SP1 are security applications -- namely
firewalls and anti-virus programs. One of the major complaints against Microsoft Windows is its relative insecurity when
compared to Mac OS X and the Linux operating systems, so losing access to security programs will be a major drawback for most users.
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