Not a bug really, just dumb

I move around BIG files all the time. For some reason once a file gets
past a certain size when the move dialog box comes up, it spends a lot
of time saying (falsely) that is preparing to move the file. Then
nothing for several seconds, then all at once the progress bar flys
left to right and the file is moved. I'm talking BIG files in excess
of several GB. Anybody else notice this in Windows Explorer?

Adam Albright wrote:
> I move around BIG files all the time. For some reason once a file gets
> past a certain size when the move dialog box comes up, it spends a lot
> of time saying (falsely) that is preparing to move the file. Then
> nothing for several seconds, then all at once the progress bar flys
> left to right and the file is moved. I'm talking BIG files in excess
> of several GB. Anybody else notice this in Windows Explorer?
>
Yeah, thats the usual behavior for really large files here too.

When I copy kids it takes over 9 months to complete in vista. Why?

"Mark Dormer" <markd@mvpsx.org> wrote in message
news:%23Pvgad6XHHA.4692@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Adam Albright wrote:
>> I move around BIG files all the time. For some reason once a file gets
>> past a certain size when the move dialog box comes up, it spends a lot
>> of time saying (falsely) that is preparing to move the file. Then
>> nothing for several seconds, then all at once the progress bar flys
>> left to right and the file is moved. I'm talking BIG files in excess
>> of several GB. Anybody else notice this in Windows Explorer?
>>
> Yeah, thats the usual behavior for really large files here too.

Same thing in XP.

Preparing to copy...
Preparing to move...
Preparing to delete...


<.> wrote in message news:OSyh7h6XHHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> When I copy kids it takes over 9 months to complete in vista. Why?
>
> "Mark Dormer" <markd@mvpsx.org> wrote in message
> news:%23Pvgad6XHHA.4692@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Adam Albright wrote:
>>> I move around BIG files all the time. For some reason once a file gets
>>> past a certain size when the move dialog box comes up, it spends a lot
>>> of time saying (falsely) that is preparing to move the file. Then
>>> nothing for several seconds, then all at once the progress bar flys
>>> left to right and the file is moved. I'm talking BIG files in excess
>>> of several GB. Anybody else notice this in Windows Explorer?
>>>
>> Yeah, thats the usual behavior for really large files here too.
>

yeah right! and it spend 5 minuits calculating a 1 kb text file... lol

(reported by many)

I know your reply justin... its working fine on your vista yada yada...

nephew of gates.....


"Justin" <None@None.com> wrote in message
news:u8An9K7XHHA.992@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Same thing in XP.
>
> Preparing to copy...
> Preparing to move...
> Preparing to delete...
>
>
> <.> wrote in message news:OSyh7h6XHHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> When I copy kids it takes over 9 months to complete in vista. Why?
>>
>> "Mark Dormer" <markd@mvpsx.org> wrote in message
>> news:%23Pvgad6XHHA.4692@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Adam Albright wrote:
>>>> I move around BIG files all the time. For some reason once a file gets
>>>> past a certain size when the move dialog box comes up, it spends a lot
>>>> of time saying (falsely) that is preparing to move the file. Then
>>>> nothing for several seconds, then all at once the progress bar flys
>>>> left to right and the file is moved. I'm talking BIG files in excess
>>>> of several GB. Anybody else notice this in Windows Explorer?
>>>>
>>> Yeah, thats the usual behavior for really large files here too.
>>

Justin,

No, it's not the same thing. *Many* users have reported
copying, moving, and deleting files can take a lot longer
in Vista than with XP- even worse doing these actions across
a network. I have experienced this numerous times. Has been
this way for me since I first started using Vista betas back in June,
and is still the same since I moved to the RTM in November.
Two different machines running Vista, and on both, this issue happens
often.

People aren't making this up, Justin.

-Michael

"Justin" <None@None.com> wrote in message news:u8An9K7XHHA.992@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Same thing in XP.
>
> Preparing to copy...
> Preparing to move...
> Preparing to delete...
>
>
> <.> wrote in message news:OSyh7h6XHHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> When I copy kids it takes over 9 months to complete in vista. Why?
>>
>> "Mark Dormer" <markd@mvpsx.org> wrote in message
>> news:%23Pvgad6XHHA.4692@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Adam Albright wrote:
>>>> I move around BIG files all the time. For some reason once a file gets
>>>> past a certain size when the move dialog box comes up, it spends a lot
>>>> of time saying (falsely) that is preparing to move the file. Then
>>>> nothing for several seconds, then all at once the progress bar flys
>>>> left to right and the file is moved. I'm talking BIG files in excess
>>>> of several GB. Anybody else notice this in Windows Explorer?
>>>>
>>> Yeah, thats the usual behavior for really large files here too.
>>

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 21:41:28 -0800, "Justin" <None@None.com> wrote:

>Same thing in XP.
>
>Preparing to copy...
>Preparing to move...
>Preparing to delete...

No it isn't. Geez, Justin, you keep stepping in it.

In XP the progress bar actually SHOWED progress. If a file took 20
seconds to move, that's how the progress bar moved over time. Now for
some reason it only works correctly with smaller files. Large ones it
says it is getting ready, the new little move icon animates, but the
progress scoll bar is totally missing until the very last second then
it just flys from 0% to 100% in less than a second regardless how long
it takes to copy or move the file.

Falsely reported by many trolls, that or they are using 286 era hardware.

It works fine here both on a 2.5 year old laptop & a 6month old mid-range
machine.

"nick" <1@1.1> wrote in message
news:OtZi2I9XHHA.2436@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> yeah right! and it spend 5 minuits calculating a 1 kb text file... lol
>
> (reported by many)
>
> I know your reply justin... its working fine on your vista yada yada...
>
> nephew of gates.....
>
>
> "Justin" <None@None.com> wrote in message
> news:u8An9K7XHHA.992@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Same thing in XP.
>>
>> Preparing to copy...
>> Preparing to move...
>> Preparing to delete...
>>
>>
>> <.> wrote in message news:OSyh7h6XHHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> When I copy kids it takes over 9 months to complete in vista. Why?
>>>
>>> "Mark Dormer" <markd@mvpsx.org> wrote in message
>>> news:%23Pvgad6XHHA.4692@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Adam Albright wrote:
>>>>> I move around BIG files all the time. For some reason once a file gets
>>>>> past a certain size when the move dialog box comes up, it spends a lot
>>>>> of time saying (falsely) that is preparing to move the file. Then
>>>>> nothing for several seconds, then all at once the progress bar flys
>>>>> left to right and the file is moved. I'm talking BIG files in excess
>>>>> of several GB. Anybody else notice this in Windows Explorer?
>>>>>
>>>> Yeah, thats the usual behavior for really large files here too.
>>>
>
>

I remember reading that this is a feature not a bug, and is a more accurate
representaion of what is actually happening when you move a large file.

"nick" <1@1.1> wrote in message
news:OtZi2I9XHHA.2436@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> yeah right! and it spend 5 minuits calculating a 1 kb text file... lol
>
> (reported by many)
>
> I know your reply justin... its working fine on your vista yada yada...
>
> nephew of gates.....
>
>
> "Justin" <None@None.com> wrote in message
> news:u8An9K7XHHA.992@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > Same thing in XP.
> >
> > Preparing to copy...
> > Preparing to move...
> > Preparing to delete...
> >
> >
> > <.> wrote in message news:OSyh7h6XHHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> When I copy kids it takes over 9 months to complete in vista. Why?
> >>
> >> "Mark Dormer" <markd@mvpsx.org> wrote in message
> >> news:%23Pvgad6XHHA.4692@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >>> Adam Albright wrote:
> >>>> I move around BIG files all the time. For some reason once a file
gets
> >>>> past a certain size when the move dialog box comes up, it spends a
lot
> >>>> of time saying (falsely) that is preparing to move the file. Then
> >>>> nothing for several seconds, then all at once the progress bar flys
> >>>> left to right and the file is moved. I'm talking BIG files in excess
> >>>> of several GB. Anybody else notice this in Windows Explorer?
> >>>>
> >>> Yeah, thats the usual behavior for really large files here too.
> >>
>
>

Wow, another brilliant nick post!

1. "I move around BIG files all the time." - we're not talking about 1kb
files.

2. We've already gone over that bug a few times in this NG. Go back and
read.



"nick" <1@1.1> wrote in message
news:OtZi2I9XHHA.2436@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> yeah right! and it spend 5 minuits calculating a 1 kb text file... lol
>
> (reported by many)
>
> I know your reply justin... its working fine on your vista yada yada...
>
> nephew of gates.....
>
>
> "Justin" <None@None.com> wrote in message
> news:u8An9K7XHHA.992@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Same thing in XP.
>>
>> Preparing to copy...
>> Preparing to move...
>> Preparing to delete...
>>
>>
>> <.> wrote in message news:OSyh7h6XHHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> When I copy kids it takes over 9 months to complete in vista. Why?
>>>
>>> "Mark Dormer" <markd@mvpsx.org> wrote in message
>>> news:%23Pvgad6XHHA.4692@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Adam Albright wrote:
>>>>> I move around BIG files all the time. For some reason once a file gets
>>>>> past a certain size when the move dialog box comes up, it spends a lot
>>>>> of time saying (falsely) that is preparing to move the file. Then
>>>>> nothing for several seconds, then all at once the progress bar flys
>>>>> left to right and the file is moved. I'm talking BIG files in excess
>>>>> of several GB. Anybody else notice this in Windows Explorer?
>>>>>
>>>> Yeah, thats the usual behavior for really large files here too.
>>>
>
>