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The next-generation Windows operating system Vista, whose business version is released Thursday, is going through growing pains to adapt itself to the environment of Internet powerhouse Korea. The problem is that major domestic online services including Internet banking and gaming do not work on the new OS. According to computer firms, Vista provided as RTM (released-to-manufacturing) blocks ActiveX controls, a base software needed for interactive online services, resulting in hitches in the use of major portals, games and banking sites.
¡°I¡¯m perplexed that online services that everyone would expect to work in this new OS do not in fact work,¡± an industry insider said. ¡°I¡¯m especially concerned that many consumers may complain, thinking the problem is with their PC.¡± The Vista OS and its Internet Explorer 7 reads ActiveX, used for electronic certification systems of online banking here, as a major risk for online security, and puts a block into operation.
Starting in December, Microsoft plans to invite domestic banks, portals and game companies in to explain how to upgrade basic software to prevent collisions between Vista and their interactive programs. Microsoft believes that actual improvement work should be handled by each firm, so a solution would seem to still be a long way down the road. ¡°The situation resulted because Internet usage here towers above that of other nations, but Microsoft can¡¯t do the improvement work for the online firms,¡± a Microsoft Korea staffer said. ¡°We plan to expand technology promotion to tackle the obstacle by January, when the consumer version of Vista will be released.¡±
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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