Vista’s “Reduced Functionality”
This blog posting at the Washington Post describes exactly the reason why so many people will be switching to Mac OS X and Linux over the next couple of years. A known legitimate installation of Windows Vista suddenly went into Reduced Functionality Mode. Now, I am not sure what programs are blocked in this mode, but I think it is most of them.
Now imagine this: Your timesheet or invoice or something else that is critical to your wallet is due at 5 PM today, with its supporting data that is saved on your hard drive, but when you arrive at work, your computer has switched into this mode and the only thing you are allowed to do with it is login to pay-me-again.microsoft.com with your credit card number. The IT staff cannot help you, except to call the supplier of the computer and wait for them to decide how to fix things without wrecking all of your saved data.
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