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10/02/09 09:31
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 		 #169353 - Windows slow-down
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Per Westermark said:
Windows machines for some magic reason tends to slow down significantly with age.

Yes, this is a well-known phenomenon!

I have just rebuilt a system: I remember it seemed really fast when I first got it ~5 years ago, but was taking many minutes to start. I re-started from scratch with a new hard drive, but same old software, and now it's back up to speed!

I don't know if this is really a "fault" with Windoze or just the way people use Windoze PCs - constantly installing stuff, and updates, etc, etc...
If a *NIX PC were used that way, would it get the same problem?

Probably a hidden M$ "upgrade-me-now" feature that slowly kicks in.

As above, it doesn't need an upgrade - just maintenance.

List of 26 messages in thread
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10-22-09            01/01/70 00:00      
   Hmmm            01/01/70 00:00      
      most people stopped updating their systems            01/01/70 00:00      
         Seldom upgrading OS on machines            01/01/70 00:00      
            Windows slow-down            01/01/70 00:00      
               Disk Fragmentation            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Good point            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Not really "all" operating systems            01/01/70 00:00      
                        It's risky using all those "updates"            01/01/70 00:00      
                           No problem with IP            01/01/70 00:00      
                              a lot of applications are written by morons            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Cleaning time            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Cookies? Registry Entries? Automatic Updates?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       One other possibility            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       re: cookies            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          appeaciate the 'complement'            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             if that makes me silly so be it            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                two points            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   expertise            01/01/70 00:00      
                              I think it's lack of testing ... not just playing with it            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Which file system?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     NTFS fragments heavily under some situations            01/01/70 00:00      
                        HDD Issues            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Probably no interleaving anymore - no need with track caches            01/01/70 00:00      
                        NTFS fragmentation            01/01/70 00:00      
                     re: which FS?            01/01/70 00:00      

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