Criticism of Windows Vista 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. Because code executing in kernel mode enjoys wide privileges on the system, the signing requirement aims to ensure that only code with
Features new to Windows Vista display, the operating system will move the window back to the primary display so that it remains visible. Application developers can also respond to changing monitor conditions. While a presentation is active, Windows Vista disables idle sleep timers and system notifications, and may optionally enable a variety of settings specified by the user. Presentation settings that users may customize include the ability to disable the screen saver, adjust volume levels, temporarily display a specific background image on the display and/or change its position, and to automatically enable these presentation settings with individual display configurations. Windows Vista also introduces an Aero