Hey all,
I love Vista, but I still have 2 things which kinda bother me. First off, I want to say that all my drivers are updates and windows is updated as well. This is also valid for any other computers on the network.
My computer runs vista home premium 64 bit, the other computers on the network run home premium 32 bit. We have a gbit network through a d-link router (dir655) which has never given us any problems. We have the d-link because I couldn't find any other router at the time which supported a glass fibre connection at the speed we have (50 mbit synchronous) and which also offered a 1 gbit home networking solution (wired) while also offering the possibility of using it with the occasional wifi device (such as my archos 605 media player).
my first annoyance has to do with the network. SP1 made it better, but I'm still annoyed.
When I copy files from one computer to the other, the file transfer goes at varrying speeds. The transfer speed seems to depend on one thing and one thing only, and that is on whether the other computer is being used at all. If the other computer is idle (so not even the mouse is moved, there is no user input at all), transfer speeds are between 55 and 70 mb per second. Which is good, I like this.
When there is any kind of activity on the other computer, whether this is typing, using the mouse or any such thing (user initiated I mean.... a virus scan doesn't seem to affect the transfer speed) the transfer speeds drop down to a max of about 18 mb per second. When any type of media player is on, even when paused, it drops down further to between 13 and 15 mb per second. When that media player is windows media player, the transfer speed is usually a bit lower still.
I simply do not understand why this is. The transfer speeds with no activity at all show that there is a possibility of achieving these speeds... the network is not used when someone moves their mouse, so why can't I use the full extent of the network when someone is using their mouse, or typing something in word?
Also, I know that a media player automatically reserves bandwidth for streaming, but going from a max of 70 mb/s to 15 mb/s seems a bit much to me for streaming purposes. I would also have thought that MS could make their media player a bit smarter... I mean, how hard can it be for them to disable the bandwidth reserving when someone is playing a local file?
My second annoyance is probably a well known one... it has to do with explorer. It simply does not remember anything. I like my window to be a certain size, so when I open my computer, I can view 3 hard disk tiles next to eachother. Now, every time I open my computer, I have to resize it. This is strange to me, as firefox DOES remember the last size it had, even the last position it was in when I closed it. Explorer also seems to keep forgetting tile sizes and stuff, but well....
Anyway, if anyone knows a fix for these things, please let me know. I'm hoping these things will get fixed, and that MS won't simply think that people will have to upgrade to win7 to get what they want.
I love Vista, but I still have 2 things which kinda bother me. First off, I want to say that all my drivers are updates and windows is updated as well. This is also valid for any other computers on the network.
My computer runs vista home premium 64 bit, the other computers on the network run home premium 32 bit. We have a gbit network through a d-link router (dir655) which has never given us any problems. We have the d-link because I couldn't find any other router at the time which supported a glass fibre connection at the speed we have (50 mbit synchronous) and which also offered a 1 gbit home networking solution (wired) while also offering the possibility of using it with the occasional wifi device (such as my archos 605 media player).
my first annoyance has to do with the network. SP1 made it better, but I'm still annoyed.
When I copy files from one computer to the other, the file transfer goes at varrying speeds. The transfer speed seems to depend on one thing and one thing only, and that is on whether the other computer is being used at all. If the other computer is idle (so not even the mouse is moved, there is no user input at all), transfer speeds are between 55 and 70 mb per second. Which is good, I like this.
When there is any kind of activity on the other computer, whether this is typing, using the mouse or any such thing (user initiated I mean.... a virus scan doesn't seem to affect the transfer speed) the transfer speeds drop down to a max of about 18 mb per second. When any type of media player is on, even when paused, it drops down further to between 13 and 15 mb per second. When that media player is windows media player, the transfer speed is usually a bit lower still.
I simply do not understand why this is. The transfer speeds with no activity at all show that there is a possibility of achieving these speeds... the network is not used when someone moves their mouse, so why can't I use the full extent of the network when someone is using their mouse, or typing something in word?
Also, I know that a media player automatically reserves bandwidth for streaming, but going from a max of 70 mb/s to 15 mb/s seems a bit much to me for streaming purposes. I would also have thought that MS could make their media player a bit smarter... I mean, how hard can it be for them to disable the bandwidth reserving when someone is playing a local file?
My second annoyance is probably a well known one... it has to do with explorer. It simply does not remember anything. I like my window to be a certain size, so when I open my computer, I can view 3 hard disk tiles next to eachother. Now, every time I open my computer, I have to resize it. This is strange to me, as firefox DOES remember the last size it had, even the last position it was in when I closed it. Explorer also seems to keep forgetting tile sizes and stuff, but well....
Anyway, if anyone knows a fix for these things, please let me know. I'm hoping these things will get fixed, and that MS won't simply think that people will have to upgrade to win7 to get what they want.
My Computer
System One
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- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 Ghz
- Motherboard
- Asus P5K Pro
- Memory
- 2 times 2GB Kingston (paired) DDR2 PC 6400
- Graphics card(s)
- 9600GT 512MB
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung SyncMaster 226 CW
- Screen Resolution
- 1680X1050
- Hard Drives
- 74GB 10.000 rpm WD raptor 750 GB Samsung F1 750 GB Samsung F1 2 WD 500 GB drives
- PSU
- Recom Power Engine 600 Watt
- Case
- Apevia X-cruiser Blue
- Cooling
- Auras CTC-868 CPU cooler; 7 Zalman 120mm, 1 Papst casesooler
- Mouse
- Logitech wireless trackball
- Internet Speed
- 50 mbit synchronous fibreglass connection
