- Sep 1, 2002
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Fill in the blank. What is it that Windows has done forever that drives you up the wall.
- Could be something it just started doing.
- Could be something it's done ever since you started using it.
- It can be any version of Windows (desktop, server, mobile, etc).
I'll start. After 31 Years, Why Does Microsoft Windows still come to a standstill during large network file transfers? In my case, it would be from the SSD in my desktop through gigabit connection on the desktop, router, and server, to the mechanical hard drive on the server. Sometimes it is using all the bandwidth of the connection, sometimes it's not. But try to do something on the local computer while the transfer is processing, FORGETABOUTIT. Things like opening the start menu, which should be in memory anyway, aren't happening anytime soon. The other computers on Wifi will do it do, but I do most of these on the desktop, so that's where they are both noticed. The only nice thing is that now, with the gigabit connection, these don't last long unless I am doing a major backup.
I mean c'mon! With unused memory just sitting there, and neither the SSD now the CPU working hard, I should theoretically be able to play a FPS while this is going on, not struggling to open the start menu!
What else do all have? I'm sure there are some good ones out there! Maybe we can even solve some of each other's problems along the way
- Could be something it just started doing.
- Could be something it's done ever since you started using it.
- It can be any version of Windows (desktop, server, mobile, etc).
I'll start. After 31 Years, Why Does Microsoft Windows still come to a standstill during large network file transfers? In my case, it would be from the SSD in my desktop through gigabit connection on the desktop, router, and server, to the mechanical hard drive on the server. Sometimes it is using all the bandwidth of the connection, sometimes it's not. But try to do something on the local computer while the transfer is processing, FORGETABOUTIT. Things like opening the start menu, which should be in memory anyway, aren't happening anytime soon. The other computers on Wifi will do it do, but I do most of these on the desktop, so that's where they are both noticed. The only nice thing is that now, with the gigabit connection, these don't last long unless I am doing a major backup.
I mean c'mon! With unused memory just sitting there, and neither the SSD now the CPU working hard, I should theoretically be able to play a FPS while this is going on, not struggling to open the start menu!
What else do all have? I'm sure there are some good ones out there! Maybe we can even solve some of each other's problems along the way