Now I have the large program take focus away from what I’m doing. I turn off the splash screen when the option is available.
The new program begins to load and the splash screen takes focus away from the task I want to be doing. If I’m working in a program and I know I’m going to need another heavy program, I’ll start it loading then go back to my first task. The real issue, for my anyhow, is taking focus by default. If they can write it so that dependent apps where opened previous to apps further down the chain then that is not a big issue.
This article has some good points, and several flaws, mostly rising from the fact that the author has not explored Windows thoroughly enough to be a able to criticize it. Maybe, a user managed way could help, but that is still not for 99% of users. Other confusions can happen too (dependent apps, etc). Users think system is ready to use, then out of blue, windows starts loading apps. This would prevent the computer struggling to open several programs in one hit. Updates that require reboot are not THAT frequent, and I don’t see any reason other than that to restart your machine.Ī simple startup interface (not as daunting as the current MS Configuration Utility) would help users disable what they don’t need running.Īnother feature would be to schedule programs to start after a certain amount of time. Vista, on my Macbook Pro, takes about 25~30 seconds. A faster boot time would be a great first impression to many critics, and it’ll save valuable time, especially when restarting for updates. This seems to be something that constantly plagues Windows. Again, a complete solution will get MS sued. Other tools have been available since 2000. Go to start > type ‘memory’ > select and run > Vista restarts…. Vista already has a Memory Diagnostic Tool built in. If diagnostic tools similar to Memtest were included, issues like this could be detected without the need to find third party software. You blame the OS, but really, something else is at fault (such as the RAM).
It happens all the time, you build your own PC and the OS install constantly crashes. If you need more than Windows provides, there are free, good enough, alternatives available. Nero, Roxio, Ashampoo, Ulead and others WILL sue. A unified way of extending this to all applications, games, etc.
Windows already looks for new drivers and Microsoft applications. By having this all in the one place (possibly within Windows Update) users can keep their system up-to-date without seeking drivers and patches manually. The feature would list current drivers and patches for all installed hardware, games, and software. This is an idea we came up with which we believe would benefit many users with compatibility issues. I don’t think typical user knows or cares about the way operating system manages resources, should OS give constant updates of its inner workings to user?!! In case of technical users, well, they already know that Vista is caching apps in memory. Click here for more information’, would end all the confusion. A simple toolbar notification stating ‘Vista is caching your programs to improve speed. The main problem with this approach is that it confuses users into thinking Vista is using several hundred MB of RAM just for itself.
Agreed, plus, consider the monopoly cries! Furthermore:Ĭurrently, Vista caches commonly used software into RAM so that it launches faster.