Which OS do you prefer?

[PhaedrusXY]

Oh noes?  Turn it off for that folder?  Or leave it on and let it *gasp* finish for each folder.

I don't know how to turn it off. I'm not even sure what it's doing. I think it is trying to co-opt control of the virus scanner or something. If you look in the log of the virus scanner, it shows that some other program tried to take control of it repeatedly (like once per second) during the same times that this happens.

Also, it does it every time I open the folder. Letting it finish accomplishes nothing. And it's not like I have a choice, anyway. You can't do anything till it finishes.

I tried searching online for solutions, and all I saw was people having the same problem that were as clueless about how to stop it as me. Turning off the preview function helped a bit, but didn't totally solve it.

Oh, and speaking of virus scanners, this isn't the first one I've had trouble with in Vista. I tried using McAfee Virus Enterprise originally, and had to remove it because it slowed the machine down substantially even when it wasn't scanning, and took FOREVER when it did scan. I bought the Norton Internet Security suite because it was supposed to work better with Vista... and yet I still am having this problem. How much more money am I supposed to dump into this system to get it stable and safe? How about none (Ubuntu is free  ).

XP uses more resources and is slower on the same machine than win 98.  In fact, proportionately it's the same degree of increase.  Next!

So what? Is that supposed to prove that we're just supposed to expect that? As Dictum demonstrated, other OS's don't do this. It's not a necessity. It's just sloppy programming, and bloat due to adding unnecessary features.

[NineInchNall]

The point is that you complained that Vista uses more resources than XP.  Well, each successive version of Windows has used more resources than the last, so yes, you should expect it.  People were making the same complaints about XP when it came out, and the same complaints about 95 when it came out.

The installed hardware demographics will change over time, and by the time the next version of Windows comes out, people will be accustomed to Vista's requirements as a standard and complain that Windows NEXT uses more resources than their Vista machines.  It's the way of things, and the fact that people seem to deny this pattern amuses me.

[NineInchNall]

I don't know how to turn it off. I'm not even sure what it's doing. I think it is trying to co-opt control of the virus scanner or something. If you look in the log of the virus scanner, it shows that some other program tried to take control of it repeatedly (like once per second) during the same times that this happens.

Hmm.  I'm not sure how to fix that.  I normally don't use antivirus stuff, since I only go to crazy web sites on my linux box, so ...

Have you tried turning off Windows Defender and Bitlocker?  You might also try turning off the drive indexing.

[Dan2]

I like to play a lot of games on my PC, so right now I use XP.  I've seriously considered switching to a version of Linux though.

[PhaedrusXY]

Hmm.  I'm not sure how to fix that.  I normally don't use antivirus stuff, since I only go to crazy web sites on my linux box, so ...

I think that's a bad idea... but it's your machine. I've gotten viruses without going to "crazy websites" at all. One of them was one of the ones that erases your boot sector. I think it was on one of the machines at the University, and I got it via a floppy disk I used there or something.

Have you tried turning off Windows Defender and Bitlocker?  You might also try turning off the drive indexing.

I think I did turn off Defender for a while, and also shut down the firewall in windows itself. I haven't tried turning off indexing, and I'm not sure what Bitlocker is. Never heard of it.  :-\

The point is that you complained that Vista uses more resources than XP.  Well, each successive version of Windows has used more resources than the last, so yes, you should expect it.

Yes, if you use Windows, you should expect it. 

[NineInchNall]

I haven't tried turning off indexing, and I'm not sure what Bitlocker is. Never heard of it.  :-\

It's a drive encryption tool for Vista Ultimate.  I've never messed with it, myself. *shrug*

Yes, if you use Windows, you should expect it. 

Well ...  Yeah. 

I think that's a bad idea... but it's your machine. I've gotten viruses without going to "crazy websites" at all. One of them was one of the ones that erases your boot sector. I think it was on one of the machines at the University, and I got it via a floppy disk I used there or something.

I've gotten one virus ever, and it was a fairly benign worm (nimda).

[PhaedrusXY]

I don't have Vista Ultimate.

[Shigunaru]

What? A new windows version is out? Does that mean that is almost safe to update to windows xp on my old guinea pig-pc?

[DetectiveJabsco]

First of all, I have never had to download a driver on Ubuntu weather it is the first release or the latest, however I can only use vista on my new laptop, it will no longer support XP.

Seconded, the Tools that come or are intended to be used with Vista (burning/Office/ect) are horrible, and unreliable, while The tools that come with Ubuntu and stable and worth-while.

Finally, I can have Ubuntu running on Full Graphics with all desktop effects enabled with it never using enough memory for me to notice, However If I tried to Run Vista on Full...Well look at your usage logs see for your self.

So Ubuntu 3/ Vista 0?