On Jan 3, 7:06 am, Alistair <alist...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 1 Jan, 21:28, "Pete Dashwood" <dashw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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> > "Alistair" <alist...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>news:814afd98-2b44-4abc-846d-d72d56f810b3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > On 31 Dec 2007, 00:11, LX-i <lxi0...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > Alistair wrote:
> > > > On 25 Dec, 23:46, LX-i <lxi0...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > > XP is so perfect that MS has released XP SP3 RC 1.
>
> > XP is a very good Operating System. The fact that service packs are
being
> > released for it doesn't change that. It shows it is being well
sup****ted.
> > The core functionality of it is not being updated, and even if it
were,
> > there is nothing wrong with making a Good Thing better.
>
> > >> Heh - I said *near* perfect. Especially comparatively. Besides, SP3
> > >> will help immensely. What everyone is running right now is SP2 +
> > >> hundreds of add-on updates. What SP3 will do is integrate their
fixes
> > >> into the libraries themselves. It's sort of like going back and
> > >> modifying the "2am fix" to standardize it with the rest of the
code.
> > >2 am fixes: happy days.
>
> > That's just sad. There was nothing "happy" about it. It simply
reflected bad
> > management and bad programming. And it usually caused more problems
than it
> > ever fixed...
>
> > > > Incidentally, since
> > > > installing the XP December updates from MS I noticed that the
machine
> > > > has slowed significantly. A friend has re****ted the same slowing
on
> > > > his XP box. I have switched searchindexer off and it still runs
slow.
> > > > Any ideas?
>
> > I have the December updates installed and noticed no change. What else
has
> > been installed recently? You might try turning off the System Restore
> > function; this requires a huge amount of disk access during boot. If
you
> > REALLY need this cuddle blanket (and image copy backups are probably a
> > better solution) then try allocating less space to it so that there
are
> > fewer restore points saved. (It takes time to look through restore
points
> > when adding new ones...)
>
> > Then defrag.
>
> > > Hmm. Not really - I don't use XP anymore. :) Below is a link with a
> > > synopsis on what was changed...
>
> > >http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9832347-7.html
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> > > The MS07-063 may have something to do with it.
>
> > It says: "...this bulletin affects users of Microsoft Windows Vista
and does
> > not affect users of Windows 2000 or Windows XP SP2" so you would not
expect
> > a problem from this.
>
> > Indexing and anti-virus are the most likely candidates for resource
> > hogging...
>
> It now looks as if the anti-virus and/or firewall (AVG and Zonealarm)
> may be responsible. More investigation needed.
_That_ will teach you for using non-Microsoft products. Perfection in
computing will be achieved only when Microft is the sole computer
company (and the soul company, sign here in your own blood). The old
refrain:
"The job ain't done,
'Til Lotus won't run."
applies to every other company you know: Netscape, Google,
DoubleClick, the InterWeb, ...
If you want to run anti-Microsoft stuff like ZoneAlarm and AVG then
you will have to put up with our busyloops that suck up half your CPU
power, for your protection and security of course.
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