Criticism of Windows Vista soon picked up by international media outlets: "Jornal de Notícias", Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, "La Nación", "The Chosun Ilbo", and 163.com. Criticism of Windows Vista Windows Vista, an operating system released by Microsoft for consumers on January 30, 2007, has been widely criticized by reviewers and users. Due to issues with new security features, performance, driver support and product activation, Windows Vista has been the subject of a number of negative assessments by various groups. For security reasons, 64-bit versions of Windows Vista (and of Windows 7 as well) allow only signed drivers to be installed in kernel mode.
Management features new to Windows Vista Startup Repair checks for corruption of operating system and other components, such as Boot Configuration Data, disk and file system metadata, the Master Boot Record, and the Windows Registry. Microsoft has stated that the utility is intended to repair over eighty percent of issues. "Package Manager", part of the Windows Vista servicing stack, replaces the previous "Package Installer" (codice_1) and "Update Installer" (codice_2). Microsoft delivers updates for Windows Vista as files and resources only. Package Manager, Windows Update, and the Control Panel item to turn Windows features on and off, all use the Windows Vista servicing stack. Package Manager can