Ever wonder why bad actors can so easily hack any system, it’s because of QA like what we see from Microsoft on a daily basis.
So, a while back Windows implemented ‘Controlled folders’ and I’ve been banging my head against my PC ever since.
Up until now I’ve managed to make things work, but today I wanted to use Camtasia to make a recording and when it came time to save the recording I got:
You’re probably saying to yourself:
What’s the big deal, just add it (CamtasiaRecorder.exe) to the authorized apps and move on!
The problem is I already did that weeks ago!
So, even with exceptions in place I am unable to work! (Yes, I have 2 version installed on my PC, hence 2 entries in the exception listing)
All these great lines quickly jump into my head:
Car 54 where are you?!
Hello McFly, Anybody Home?!
I’ve gotten such blockages with Access, Word, Outlook, … Why in God’s name would they have made the necessary entries for their own MS Office applications!?
Needless to say, I now have Controlled folders off. So much for security when Microsoft is around. Oye!
So to sum it up, Windows security is so bad that you have to disable it to be able to actually use your computer.
Let’s look on the bright side, at least it isn’t another Access bug. 🙂
If you’ve moved to PHP then you’re finally using a tool that can be used on any OS. That means that now you’re free to look into getting out from MS on the operating system front too. 🙂
That’s the plan. I still support existing clients, so I do have to retain Windows one way or another. I will be creating a dual boot system and switching to using LINUX as my primary OS and switching to Windows on when needed.
Protected folders is a complete disaster and made the system unusable. I have to disable it too.
Anything newer than Windows 7 and Access 2010 MSI has been a disaster. That’s why we and our users froze on that configuration and have avoided all the headaches you have experienced with the newer editions. Yestyerday we spent the whole day and night with our new customer replacing Access 2013 C2R with Access 2010 MSI on their 14 workstations because they were getting Windows low memory warnings.
I think your mixing up bugs and security.
By not upgrading many can argue that you are actually leaving your clients wide open to known exploits jeopardizing their security and thus even to legal recourse.
Bugs on the other hand are a whole other matter. Since Microsoft switched to CTR deployment, bugs abound! Every update bring new problems. By sticking with out of support products, they should be stable and thus continue to work.