Windows 7: You Can Disable Every Major Feature

[phil0083]

[citation][nom]Shadow703793[/nom]Not sure exactly how it works, but in Vista/XP if you remove IE (via nLite/VLite) you can run in to some nasty problems, so turning off IE in Win 7 may lead to some problems.[/citation]

Shadow, since it's an option offered by the OS itself and NOT some 3rd party program then I'm pretty sure they've managed to get it to work, seeing as how they are the ones that made it and all.....

 

[plbyrd]

Turning off the .Net Framework is a very, very bad idea. That would be a disincitive to developers using the .Net Framework which is the single easiest way to assert high security applications on the desktop.

 

[eklipz330]

i kinda like windows media player, but god damnit if it ever pisses me off....

 

[p05esto]

Yea, I hate FireFox as well...pure crap. Anhow Windows 7 is going to be a major hit, I like everything I've seen, used and read so far on the subject. It's time to buy some MS stock I think before the general publich figures out what is coming.

 

[kingssman]

I think this move is a positive all around. For #1 reason, it helps reduce the bloat of the OS making it run smoother on lesser / underpowered machines for basic stuff. Makes security better for those who want to disable internet and movie makers/picture viewers on work computers, Also by disabling IE8 will prevent it from being the "default" application every time a help window, program window, or anything that connects to the web from coming up.

It's so annoying that I use firefox as my default browser but yet some of my apps keep popping up an IE window, and unfortunately IE is known for its back-door security flaws. (multiple windows of death anyone?)

What Vista failed to do is support low end, low ram/cpu systems which are pretty much terminals and mobile devices that many folks ran XP, heck some still run 2000

 

[Guest]

can you turn off themes too?

 

[Guest]

[citation][nom]Hop[/nom]Agree, with the age of terabyte hdd, giving 10 gig to the OS is not a big deal. Heck give 100 gig to the OS is not a big deal. [/citation]
I think it's more the load time, and usage of RAM.
Also many mininotebooks will go with Win7.
They often still come with 8 and 16GB SSD's,or 32GB MLC SSD's.

If I look at Win98Se which fit on a 1GB HD, I think I wouldn't mind going back to an OS taking up that little space (not to mention loadtime and system response speed).

 

[radguy]

Why not have a typical/custom option during installation. That should make everyone happy.

 

[lexspecialis]

I think i'll turn off IE and Windows DVD Maker, since i have my Nero to do that. IE is, well.. Historically have rather poor performance in the security department compared to much of it's competitors..

 

[seboj]

[citation][nom]ProDigit80[/nom]I think it's more the load time, and usage of RAM.Also many mininotebooks will go with Win7.They often still come with 8 and 16GB SSD's,or 32GB MLC SSD's.[/citation]

MS is going to release a lighter Win7 for netbooks and the like. Read the announcement somewhere like a week ago.

If I look at Win98Se which fit on a 1GB HD, I think I wouldn't mind going back to an OS taking up that little space (not to mention loadtime and system response speed).

You have to remember that back in the days of Win98, HDD space was limited and expensive when compared to today.

 

[phil0083]

Ahh Win98se, I cant remember how many times a did a fresh install of that. I liked it except for the fact that it had ungodly amounts of shit wrong with it, so much to the point that I think that that's one of the main reasons why the stopped supporting it, that and to urge people to update and buy more crap from them.

 

[Guest]

umm... you can turn off themes in xp and vista =_=

 

[Guest]

I'd like to turn off DRM. I will stay with XP until MS remove DRM from their OSes.

 

[plbyrd]

@ASddsfsdwww

So, what is it about DRM you don't like? The inability to pirate stuff? You know, you can go buy unlocked MP3 files from practically every music site now. There's no reason to have music on your system you didn't purchase.

 

[mystvearn]

Can I turn of WGA notification then

 

[descendency]

I think people are really missing the power of this... it justifies buying Windows 7 ultimate. Windows Vista Ultimate was more bloat than Vista Home Premium, so Home Premium was preferred. So now, with 7 ultimate, you will be allowed to have the features you want without the added bloat.

Granted, the price will probably not warrant it.

 

[seboj]

[citation][nom]plbyrd[/nom]There's no reason to have music on your system you didn't purchase.[/citation]

My iPod is hungry and needs to be fed.

 

[deltatux]

They should move UAC to the Core OS. Allowing you to disable UAC is a dumb idea from a security perspective.

As for allowing you to shut off the bloat, Microsoft finally made an OS that isn't bloated.

 

[fuser]

I'm not planning on turning off any features, but it's nice that MS is offering the option.

For those of you talking about turning off UAC and Security Center messages, perhaps you should spend a few minutes learning how to use Vista.

 

[seatrotter]

Thanks, MS, for such a "feature". Still not enough, but it's a start. But then again, we have to thank all/most/sum of the anti-trusts filed against them.

...Microsoft felt that in order to reduce the complexity of getting Windows up and running, the disabling feature will only be available after installation is complete.

Umm... How hard is it to have a default setup (during installation) where in when a user tries to modify it, it'll throw a scary popup message (or even 3) to discourage people? How many "typical users" do you think, would even bother trying to change a default setup? And of those that do so, would still continue after several popups of "scary" warnings?

 

[neiroatopelcc]

I don't see windows defender in that screenshot! I do hope it's going to be there. It's possibly the worst part of vista if you're not counting idiots like 3com that don't want to make drivers.

 

[sublifer]

There are two things I saw on that list that are noteworthy, might be more I didn't notice. Of course everyone now knows about ie8 and that is one of the two. Most everything else on the list can be removed from XP even... the second thing I saw is the Tablet features. I wish I could get those for XP pro. It'll be great having the option in an OS in case, like I've done, you try to deploy an environment meant for touchscreens. In XP that environment collapsed to dependance on keyboard and mouse due to both lack of OS touchscreen abilities and software that wasn't touchscreen friendly.

 

[MojoYugen]

[citation][nom]jeverson[/nom]...I think MS is missing out on is not only do we not want all that crap running... we don't want it eating up Gbs of space on our hard drives.[/citation]
I think you're missing their point. They believe, and I agree, that in this age of terabyte-sized hard drives people (not us geeks, but people) would rather be able to add/remove pieces of Windows without having to go track down the installation DVD.

 

[neiroatopelcc]

[citation][nom]MojoYugen[/nom]I think you're missing their point. They believe, and I agree, that in this age of terabyte-sized hard drives people (not us geeks, but people) would rather be able to add/remove pieces of Windows without having to go track down the installation DVD.[/citation]
My thoughts too. Plus everybody has plenty of diskspace available. Mostly when I have to service someone's pc, and they don't have any teenage kids at home, they're only using 40gb of space or so.

 

[seboj]

[citation][nom]neiroatopelcc[/nom]My thoughts too. Plus everybody has plenty of diskspace available. Mostly when I have to service someone's pc, and they don't have any teenage kids at home, they're only using 40gb of space or so.[/citation]

Hell, most of the ones I service (who don't have kids) barely use more space than what the OS takes up.