With it's release of Windows XP, microsoft turned on it's driver blocking feature, with NO way of turning it off. This means that all drivers not carrying the WHQL sign will not be able to install on XP.
Although Release Candidate 2 (RC2) of Windows XP is billed as a bug fix, it actually implements a long-promised feature that disables current versions of some users' most trusted software. |
At the eleventh hour, Microsoft has turned on "Driver Blocking", and RC2 refuses to install a host of third party applications including Black Ice, Zone Alarm and AOL. Users will need to upgrade their applications to Windows XP-compliant versions.
Several Register readers are alarmed that Microsoft has launched a proscribed list, likening it to the closed world of games consoles.
"If Microsoft got into the business of deciding which programs you may run on your system, that's a pretty scary thing. Most companies don't have the time or resources to go through the 'Microsoft certification' program," writes one concerned reader.
One thing that scares me the most is that Microsoft can ultimately KILL Divx. If Divx deosn't get WHQL, and i guess Microsoft doesn't want that, then this might be the end of Divx as we know it
Good i shifted to Linux a couple of month ago.
Update: First of all, thanks guys for calling my article crap, Second THIS IS TRUE. I don't know how good this driver blocking feature works at the moment. But it WILL stop drivers without a WHQL sign.
It's just a matter of time before it works 100% in all situations PERIOD.
PS: Watch your mouth guys.
Source: The Register / Zyron
