vista slow to open large exe files? – fixed

Have you ever found that windows vista may take around 30 minutes – 1 hour to open a large exe file?

Most people will not notice this since it’s hard to find any programs that even come close to 1GB apart from those who like games – there are many free downloadable games on the internet some that can be several gigabytes usually MMORPGS or FPS’s.

So on topic: this slowness is caused by UAC (User Account Control) which is a supposed security measure which actually just annoys the user when they want to install a program. UAC seems to struggle with large files so you need to disable it.
- Control panel, user accounts, user account control – uncheck the box.

UAC can also slow down the boot time significantly; if vista booting takes more than 2-3 minutes try disabling UAC and that should speed up your boot.

Edit: Let it be known that microsoft admits “The reason we put UAC into the platform was to annoy users. I’m serious,” (David Cross, a product manager responsible for disigning UAC) Source

Linspire is gone

That’s right earlier this year Xandros bought out Linspire (source: http://www.linux.com/feature/144307)

Interestingly Xandros plans to completely revamp Freespire with a Debian code base. This is exciting news indeed I’ve been wondering if they were ever going to go beyond Freespire 2 back when I used Freespire I was highly impressed (although it felt too commercial and I much preferred synaptic to CnR). There have been many cries for a Debian based Freespire I’m not entirely sure why although I have heard that Debian based distro’s are faster, more responsive and easier to upgrade than their Ubuntu counterparts.

Where is BulletSpawn?

It’s been awhile since my last post (well 11 days) so I thought I’d say what’s going on. I’m waiting for a distribution with KDE 4.1 to be released so I can review it. Also I have a couple of other projects under wraps ‘Behind the BulletSpawn’ which will be a new blog about my personal life; I may also start an anime blog – mainly reviews and recommendations.

p.s. Another reason why i may not be posting is that super smash bros brawl has been devouring my life. If you own a wii go and buy super smash bros now!