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.

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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!