I am running the beta of Windows Security Essentials on Vista. I suspect it does that also. Thanks for mentioning.
Rik Rasmussen On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Ed Hoopes <[email protected]> wrote: > Another Win Vista performance enhancement (that may already be well known) > is that Windows Defender - the built in virus checker - is enabled by > default. You can disable the real time virus checking mode. > > I found this helped performance considerably when I am receiving real time > data from IQFeed. > > ReefBreak > > --- In [email protected], Henrik Rasmussen <hrasmus...@...> wrote: > > > > Thanks for that tip TJ. > > > > Rik Rasmussen > > > > > > > > > > 2009/7/31 Tomasz Janeczko <gro...@...> > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > Those who run Vista, and striving for memory should turn OFF DWM( > > > Desktop Window Manager) a.k.a "Aero" interface. > > > BTW: DWM turned off is the *default* setting for Windows Server 2008. > > > For good reason. > > > > > > Why? Simply because DWM takes tremendous amounts of memory for > > > its eye candy. It is quite normal than DWM takes several hundreds of > > > megabytes of RAM > > > and the value shown in the Task Manager is only HALF of the memory > > > it actually uses. Why? Because it keeps DOUBLE copies of EACH window > > > and each bitmap in the system. One copy in system RAM and one copy > > > on graphic card memory and copies back and forth. > > > > > > Microsoft was well aware of this problem and they addressed it in > Windows 7 > > > which keeps only one copy of graphics and leads to 50% decrease in > memory > > > consumption > > > by DWM as compared to Vista. > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Tomasz Janeczko > > > amibroker.com > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > **** IMPORTANT PLEASE READ **** > > > This group is for the discussion between users only. > > > This is *NOT* technical support channel. > > > > > > TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT send an e-mail directly to > > > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > > > > > > TO SUBMIT SUGGESTIONS please use FEEDBACK CENTER at > > > http://www.amibroker.com/feedback/ > > > (submissions sent via other channels won't be considered) > > > > > > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: > > > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > **** IMPORTANT PLEASE READ **** > This group is for the discussion between users only. > This is *NOT* technical support channel. > > TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT send an e-mail directly to > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > > TO SUBMIT SUGGESTIONS please use FEEDBACK CENTER at > http://www.amibroker.com/feedback/ > (submissions sent via other channels won't be considered) > > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
