Vista Slow To Copy, Delete Files

Bruce Schneier has said that trying to make digital files uncopyable is like trying to make water not wet. With Vista, Microsoft seems to have done a pretty good job of making premium content files not copyable. Now a few readers have tipped us to a new wrinkle: Vista also makes it very, very slow to copy, rename, or delete ordinary files. Here is a Microsoft TechNet thread on the problem. The Reg reports that Microsoft has a hotfix for what sounds like a subset of the more general problem complained about on TechNet; but they will only give it to customers who ask nicely. And a hotfix is fussier to install than a proper patch.

Comments

Re:Removing files in XP is very slow too

[cheekyboy]

1. Do not use windows explorer file manager, use a 3rd party, its always 5-200x faster, MS programmers are newbie lamers, why do you think they got the job.

2. even dos based norton commander is faster.... whats ms doing.... Show us the code idiots!, we can fix it because your too lame.

3. Often it the product managers fault, "oh it workse, not the fastest, but it works, case CLOSED" your task is to now to X feature. Slave programmers
at MS dont have the freedom to say, "this code sucks, let me spend 5 days making it 9000 TIMES FASTER, COZ IT BLOWS ASS", Manager being a R-Tard accountant
golf playing monkey doesnt care, he wants his $900,000 bonus, so he can give you a $2000 bonus for good work.

Re:Removing files in XP is very slow too

[yoyhed]

Okay, I'll bite.

Do not use windows explorer file manager, use a 3rd party, its always 5-200x faster

Nice troll. If you'd even read the post you replied to, you'd see it had nothing to do with Windows Explorer. Oh, and everything is instant for me in Explorer, so I don't know what you're talking about. Plus, I like getting stuff like "Enqueue in Winamp" or "Add to Archive with WinRAR" in my right-click menu, so I don't use 3rd party shit.

MS programmers are newbie lamers

Yes, Microsoft programmers are obviously "newbie lamers", working for one of the largest and most successful software companies in the world.

Show us the code idiots!, we can fix it because your too lame.

If I was MS, I wouldn't let someone like you "fix" my code, because you can't even spell "you're".

Cue the "Bill, is that you?" jokes!