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In our course, and our quest for knowledge, quite naturally most of us are going to hear ideas and reasons from people that know quite a bit more then we do.
because of the respect that we have for these people, and their knowledge, many times we accept what's taught to us to be true...this is natural and correct human behavior...how else to learn, if not to believe our teachers?
Yet still, there are times, where if you think about what's being said, though it's long old wisdom, the ideas and origins fly in the face of current sense.
So, sometimes it is necessary to challenge (introspectively at least), information that has been commonly disseminated;
Now as an example, let me tell you, no matter what you think about the evil empire, I guarantee to you that they at least want to have the best product that they can produce.
Therefore, it doesn't make any sense when a long old and simple fix would still be valid on a later addition of the os....Now I'm not saying that MS will always keep their eyes open, and always be vidulant...what I am saying, is when it looks to you as though the issue should have been simple enough for ms to resolve, at least assume that they've resolved it, and challenge in your mind until satisfied one way or the other.
Three instances that I will sight for you...the IO page lock tweak...ms addressed the issue, yet many sites and experts continue to post this obsolete fix.
The page file tweak...one simply had to say to oneself..."why wouldn't ms simply change this themselves? They must believe they are preparing the computer correctly...this is such an old tweak, and it would be so simple for ms to correct this...I therefore challenge"
Partitions; Ask youself..."why would Microsoft now install it's OS on a single..., they used to install on multiple partitions"...it seems as though Microsoft is convinced their OS is faster on a single partition (microsfts own words; "When performing a clean install, Microsoft recommends...that the system be installed in a single partition on each disk. Under Windows XP, big partitions are better managed than in previous versions of Windows. Forcing installed software into several partitions on the disk necessitates longer seeks when running the system and software").
...yes, it's more convenient for some of you to divide your hard drive, yet unless you do this correctly, you will suffer performance for your convenience...
btw, to parition correctly on a single drive, I'm going to qoute from "jeh"...(Microsoft) is saying that the OS + apps should go into one partition. The system is generally accessing OS files fairly constantly, and if you have your apps in some other partition on the same HD, that will indeed result in longer seeks. And seek time absolutely dominates disk IO time (the actual transfer time is about 10% of the total time for a typical disk IO).
This concern goes away if you put, say, your OS and your apps in separate partitions _on separate drives_. That's BETTER than having them in the same part., again because it means you aren't moving the heads to go back and forth between OS files and app files.
and I'm sure their are other examples..
What I'm saying is this...as far as your gui...go ahead, give yourself the look and functionality that you choose.
BUT...as far as the smoother operation of xp...beleive me, ms will try not to make the same mistake twice, so if the advice you are hearing is old advice...challenge...if the advice you are hearing is new advice...benchmark
perris
because of the respect that we have for these people, and their knowledge, many times we accept what's taught to us to be true...this is natural and correct human behavior...how else to learn, if not to believe our teachers?
Yet still, there are times, where if you think about what's being said, though it's long old wisdom, the ideas and origins fly in the face of current sense.
So, sometimes it is necessary to challenge (introspectively at least), information that has been commonly disseminated;
Now as an example, let me tell you, no matter what you think about the evil empire, I guarantee to you that they at least want to have the best product that they can produce.
Therefore, it doesn't make any sense when a long old and simple fix would still be valid on a later addition of the os....Now I'm not saying that MS will always keep their eyes open, and always be vidulant...what I am saying, is when it looks to you as though the issue should have been simple enough for ms to resolve, at least assume that they've resolved it, and challenge in your mind until satisfied one way or the other.
Three instances that I will sight for you...the IO page lock tweak...ms addressed the issue, yet many sites and experts continue to post this obsolete fix.
The page file tweak...one simply had to say to oneself..."why wouldn't ms simply change this themselves? They must believe they are preparing the computer correctly...this is such an old tweak, and it would be so simple for ms to correct this...I therefore challenge"
Partitions; Ask youself..."why would Microsoft now install it's OS on a single..., they used to install on multiple partitions"...it seems as though Microsoft is convinced their OS is faster on a single partition (microsfts own words; "When performing a clean install, Microsoft recommends...that the system be installed in a single partition on each disk. Under Windows XP, big partitions are better managed than in previous versions of Windows. Forcing installed software into several partitions on the disk necessitates longer seeks when running the system and software").
...yes, it's more convenient for some of you to divide your hard drive, yet unless you do this correctly, you will suffer performance for your convenience...
btw, to parition correctly on a single drive, I'm going to qoute from "jeh"...(Microsoft) is saying that the OS + apps should go into one partition. The system is generally accessing OS files fairly constantly, and if you have your apps in some other partition on the same HD, that will indeed result in longer seeks. And seek time absolutely dominates disk IO time (the actual transfer time is about 10% of the total time for a typical disk IO).
This concern goes away if you put, say, your OS and your apps in separate partitions _on separate drives_. That's BETTER than having them in the same part., again because it means you aren't moving the heads to go back and forth between OS files and app files.
and I'm sure their are other examples..
What I'm saying is this...as far as your gui...go ahead, give yourself the look and functionality that you choose.
BUT...as far as the smoother operation of xp...beleive me, ms will try not to make the same mistake twice, so if the advice you are hearing is old advice...challenge...if the advice you are hearing is new advice...benchmark
perris