Paul Stanway Jr
07-27-2005, 07:55 PM
Security vendors holding off on 64-bit Windows
McAfee and Trend Micro don't expect to release updates until next year
News Story by Robert McMillan
(IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Companies looking to become early adopters of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows x64 Edition operating systems may find that their favorite antivirus software won't work on their new desktops.
Microsoft maintains that most software written for older, 32-bit versions of Windows is compatible with the 64-bit version of the operating system released last April. But changes to the core, kernel component of Windows will require certain types of software to be rewritten for the 64-bit versions of Windows.
Read more at http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/story/0,10801,103508,00.html?source=x54
McAfee and Trend Micro don't expect to release updates until next year
News Story by Robert McMillan
(IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Companies looking to become early adopters of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows x64 Edition operating systems may find that their favorite antivirus software won't work on their new desktops.
Microsoft maintains that most software written for older, 32-bit versions of Windows is compatible with the 64-bit version of the operating system released last April. But changes to the core, kernel component of Windows will require certain types of software to be rewritten for the 64-bit versions of Windows.
Read more at http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/story/0,10801,103508,00.html?source=x54