Vista - Unzipping

Incredible, unzipping 1.22Gb to a folder on the desktop, started out at
something like 8 hours to finish, now it's down to 1 hour 30 minutes at the
incredible speed of, wait for it. . . . . . . 12.8 KB/sec. And it's running
both my cores at about 50-60%.

You know, I really like Vista and am sticking with it, but this has to be
addressed. Oh, must have hit a sticky patch, now it's down to 8.72 KB/sec,
8.44, bottomed out at 7.42 KB/sec.
Whew, it's done. That was a wild ride.
--
Ray (speedy) Rogers

How do I turn off Compressed Folders (built-in support for ZIP files) in
Windows Vista and XP?
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-202

See if that helps.

KB

"Ray Rogers" wrote in message
news:BB894D09-6763-479A-ADCE-FCDA3FDE2396@microsoft.com...
> Incredible, unzipping 1.22Gb to a folder on the desktop, started out at
> something like 8 hours to finish, now it's down to 1 hour 30 minutes at
> the
> incredible speed of, wait for it. . . . . . . 12.8 KB/sec. And it's
> running
> both my cores at about 50-60%.
>
> You know, I really like Vista and am sticking with it, but this has to be
> addressed. Oh, must have hit a sticky patch, now it's down to 8.72 KB/sec,
> 8.44, bottomed out at 7.42 KB/sec.
> Whew, it's done. That was a wild ride.
> --
> Ray (speedy) Rogers

Thanks KB but I'm just using the default Vista Zip program, from what I read
that addresses the issue when another Zip program is installed.
--
Ray Rogers

"KristleBawl" <kristlebawl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ONM0pxiwHHA.4796@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> How do I turn off Compressed Folders (built-in support for ZIP files) in
> Windows Vista and XP?
> http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-202
>
> See if that helps.
>
> KB
>
> "Ray Rogers" wrote in message
> news:BB894D09-6763-479A-ADCE-FCDA3FDE2396@microsoft.com...
>> Incredible, unzipping 1.22Gb to a folder on the desktop, started out at
>> something like 8 hours to finish, now it's down to 1 hour 30 minutes at
>> the
>> incredible speed of, wait for it. . . . . . . 12.8 KB/sec. And it's
>> running
>> both my cores at about 50-60%.
>>
>> You know, I really like Vista and am sticking with it, but this has to be
>> addressed. Oh, must have hit a sticky patch, now it's down to 8.72
>> KB/sec,
>> 8.44, bottomed out at 7.42 KB/sec.
>> Whew, it's done. That was a wild ride.
>> --
>> Ray (speedy) Rogers
>
>

Q: Is this a clean install or upgrade?

KB

"Ray Rogers" wrote in message
news:07A2D4FD-5AD6-4BEA-8E4F-6B2FE84BC6A6@microsoft.com...
> Thanks KB but I'm just using the default Vista Zip program, from what I
> read that addresses the issue when another Zip program is installed.
>
> "KristleBawl" wrote in message ...
>> How do I turn off Compressed Folders (built-in support for ZIP files) in
>> Windows Vista and XP?
>> http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-202
>>
>> See if that helps.
>>
>> "Ray Rogers" wrote in message ...
>>> Incredible, unzipping 1.22Gb to a folder on the desktop, started out at
>>> something like 8 hours to finish, now it's down to 1 hour 30 minutes at
>>> the
>>> incredible speed of, wait for it. . . . . . . 12.8 KB/sec. And it's
>>> running
>>> both my cores at about 50-60%.
>>>
>>> You know, I really like Vista and am sticking with it, but this has to
>>> be
>>> addressed. Oh, must have hit a sticky patch, now it's down to 8.72
>>> KB/sec,
>>> 8.44, bottomed out at 7.42 KB/sec.
>>> Whew, it's done. That was a wild ride.

Clean install.

"KristleBawl" <kristlebawl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:exEHlrjwHHA.4548@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Q: Is this a clean install or upgrade?
>
> KB
>
> "Ray Rogers" wrote in message
> news:07A2D4FD-5AD6-4BEA-8E4F-6B2FE84BC6A6@microsoft.com...
>> Thanks KB but I'm just using the default Vista Zip program, from what I
>> read that addresses the issue when another Zip program is installed.
>>
>> "KristleBawl" wrote in message ...
>>> How do I turn off Compressed Folders (built-in support for ZIP files) in
>>> Windows Vista and XP?
>>> http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-202
>>>
>>> See if that helps.
>>>
>>> "Ray Rogers" wrote in message ...
>>>> Incredible, unzipping 1.22Gb to a folder on the desktop, started out at
>>>> something like 8 hours to finish, now it's down to 1 hour 30 minutes at
>>>> the
>>>> incredible speed of, wait for it. . . . . . . 12.8 KB/sec. And it's
>>>> running
>>>> both my cores at about 50-60%.
>>>>
>>>> You know, I really like Vista and am sticking with it, but this has to
>>>> be
>>>> addressed. Oh, must have hit a sticky patch, now it's down to 8.72
>>>> KB/sec,
>>>> 8.44, bottomed out at 7.42 KB/sec.
>>>> Whew, it's done. That was a wild ride.
>
>

You could try temporarily turning your antivirus off.

Some people have said using those steps and downloading another zip utility
still works, even if they didn't already have one.

"Ray Rogers" wrote in message
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> Clean install.
>
> "KristleBawl" wrote in message ...
>> Q: Is this a clean install or upgrade?
>>
>> "Ray Rogers" wrote in message ...
>>> Thanks KB but I'm just using the default Vista Zip program, from what I
>>> read that addresses the issue when another Zip program is installed.
>>>
>>> "KristleBawl" wrote in message ...
>>>> How do I turn off Compressed Folders (built-in support for ZIP files)
>>>> in Windows Vista and XP?
>>>> http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-202