> > Swapping is horrible in Windows! . . . >
> > You can address this flaw using > Computer->Properties... > Advanced system settings > [Advanced tab, Performance] Settings... > [Advanced tab, Virtual memory] Change... > Custom size (radio button) > Set the initial size to be sufficiently large. > > It's a good thing that their user interface is so useful and informative. When I get a new computer I first turn off swap, delete the swap file and create a new swap file with sufficient space so the swap file will not be fragmented. But the problem I am concerned about is when real memory is overloaded. I liked a system which wrote pages which had not been referenced for a while to the swap file at low priority. Then if more real memory is needed all that is necessary is to mark the virtual page as invalid; however, if the application references the virtual page before more real memory is needed, it is not necessary to read the virtual page back in. I don't think that Windows does this. It seems to wait until it needs more real memory before it writes pages to the swap file. > > > > But the real problem that Chrome still does not address is that no one is > > really addressing the problem of software installations. It looks like > > Google touches on it but doesn't solve it. When a new software package is > > installed a cryptic message pops up in a box which the documentation > tells > > you to ignore and reply "allow". Until an operating system is defined > which > > does not allow any modifications to it even for device drivers, which at > the > > level it can do anything added software will always be able to add its > hooks > > and do who knows what. > > I would think that Installing software on the underlying OS is an > underlying OS issue. I agree. What bothered me was that the cartoon strip implied that Chrome addresses this issue. It can't. > > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
