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If you want a nice "OMG!?" moment drag the contents of a zipped file to a folder on a network share. Hell freezes over. There is something seriously wonky in t
by kitsune_ 15y ago
If you want a nice "OMG!?" moment drag the contents of a zipped file to a folder on a network share. Hell freezes over.
There is something seriously wonky in the file access, network and (!) audio stack within Windows.
A good example is the automated wireless network search that runs every 30 seconds or so. If you have somewhat flaky (like, standard Atheros) wi-fi drivers, there's no way you will be able to listen to a song without interruptions and distortions. There are tools that can disable the wi-fi search, but good luck finding this solution if you are a newbie.
The same goes with copying files over the network while playing an mp3 file at the same time.
- sp332 15y agoPlaying audio messes with network performance in Windows Vista. They might have "fixed" it by going the other way in Win7. https://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2007/08/27/1833290.aspx https://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2007/08/...
- kitsune_ 15y agoI'm talking about Windows 7... There are still issues, it's better than Vista tho. It's funny, I actually remember that article from way back when I first started investigating this thing.
- baddox 15y agoIf I'm understanding your scenario correctly, then it's something I do all the time with reasonable results. My file server runs Windows Server 2008, and I frequently pull up shared folders with zip/rar files and extract them from my Windows desktop. Obviously, this is a bit slower than remoting into the server and extracting, but with gigabit ethernet it's not bad at all for small to medium sized compressed archives.