Comments on: Annoyed With Vista’s Zip Program, Part 2 http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/06/09/annoyed-with-vistas-zip-program-part-2/ Rants and Musings of an Agile Developer Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:36:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jegatheesh http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/06/09/annoyed-with-vistas-zip-program-part-2/#comment-41025 Jegatheesh Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:28:21 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=81#comment-41025 I faced the same problem. Extracting a PHP script took 30min whereas in my previous machine it was a fraction of second.This happended on a brand new Dell machine with Core2 Duo, 2GB Ram and Vista Business. Downloaded 7zip and the same took less than a min. In fact I cannot even see the extraction process. Think some unresolved serious problem is with vista. Regretted that I bought a machine with Vista [ XP machines or no longer available in our country :( ]. I faced the same problem. Extracting a PHP script took 30min whereas in my previous machine it was a fraction of second.This happended on a brand new Dell machine with Core2 Duo, 2GB Ram and Vista Business. Downloaded 7zip and the same took less than a min. In fact I cannot even see the extraction process. Think some unresolved serious problem is with vista. Regretted that I bought a machine with Vista [ XP machines or no longer available in our country :( ].

]]> By: Paul http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/06/09/annoyed-with-vistas-zip-program-part-2/#comment-27346 Paul Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:11:08 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=81#comment-27346 I've always had this problem with XP - the build in unzip takes an extremely long time for big files. Even with virus protection turned off. I've always used 7zip because it is always fast. I'd be interested to know why XP has problems - is it indexing the files as it goes? BTW, when dual booting between windows and linux, I find 'EXT2 IFS for Windows' really useful. See http://www.javathinking.com/?p=23 I’ve always had this problem with XP - the build in unzip takes an extremely long time for big files. Even with virus protection turned off. I’ve always used 7zip because it is always fast. I’d be interested to know why XP has problems - is it indexing the files as it goes?

BTW, when dual booting between windows and linux, I find ‘EXT2 IFS for Windows’ really useful. See http://www.javathinking.com/?p=23

]]> By: James Carr http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/06/09/annoyed-with-vistas-zip-program-part-2/#comment-23562 James Carr Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:58:19 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=81#comment-23562 Eh... the 5 minutes also included the download and install of 7zip, but it's not a reliable benchmark either way... I simply did it while doing other things, and typed in that it took 5 minutes when making the post as it felt small enough. But now I just need to get Debian installed so I can dual boot between the two. :) Eh… the 5 minutes also included the download and install of 7zip, but it’s not a reliable benchmark either way… I simply did it while doing other things, and typed in that it took 5 minutes when making the post as it felt small enough.

But now I just need to get Debian installed so I can dual boot between the two. :)

]]> By: Cole Mickens http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/06/09/annoyed-with-vistas-zip-program-part-2/#comment-23538 Cole Mickens Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:02:47 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=81#comment-23538 I hate to tell you, but the existence of a 5 minute wait for eclipse still shows a problem. I've got a three year old Toshiba 1.6 and Ubuntu can extract that sucker in about 30 seconds or so (assuming you got the full Eclipse SDK) so I don't know if you were simply running many other programs or if Vista is really that ridiculous, either way, the best of luck with your extraction future... I hate to tell you, but the existence of a 5 minute wait for eclipse still shows a problem. I’ve got a three year old Toshiba 1.6 and Ubuntu can extract that sucker in about 30 seconds or so (assuming you got the full Eclipse SDK) so I don’t know if you were simply running many other programs or if Vista is really that ridiculous, either way, the best of luck with your extraction future…

]]> By: Ted http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/06/09/annoyed-with-vistas-zip-program-part-2/#comment-23465 Ted Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:00:30 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=81#comment-23465 I'm having the same problem with zip files on Vista, 7 zip didn't want to work for me either so I'm still searching for a solution. Let me know if you find anything out. Cheers Ted I’m having the same problem with zip files on Vista, 7 zip didn’t want to work for me either so I’m still searching for a solution. Let me know if you find anything out.

Cheers
Ted

]]> By: James Carr http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/06/09/annoyed-with-vistas-zip-program-part-2/#comment-22284 James Carr Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:30:39 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=81#comment-22284 Actually, it hasn't been too bad. 24 hours in, the only bad experience I've had so far was the problem with the built in zip program... everything else has been smooth. ;) Actually, it hasn’t been too bad. 24 hours in, the only bad experience I’ve had so far was the problem with the built in zip program… everything else has been smooth. ;)

]]> By: asj http://blog.james-carr.org/2007/06/09/annoyed-with-vistas-zip-program-part-2/#comment-22170 asj Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:54:19 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=81#comment-22170 Maybe you should have gotten a new PC with XP on it? I did when CompUSA closed. Maybe you should have gotten a new PC with XP on it? I did when CompUSA closed.

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