Slow Decompression (.ZIP)

For whatever reason unzipping a file under vista is very very slow. Using
Vista it took me over 20 seconds to decompress a 143K file!? This is mind
boggling, because in Windows XP unzipping such a small file size is nearly
instant.

This isn't just on my home computer, but also on my work computer which is
running Vista too (both Unlimited edition). However, when I used a 3rd party
software program called "WinRAR", I got decompression and compression speeds
that run circles around Vista. Does anyone know why decompressing files in
Vista is so painfully slow?

This is a problem I myself and many others have noticed, hopefully it'll get
fixed in the future. It's a nightmare when certain games use decompression
with install routines.

--
Byron Hinson
ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com


"Deren Smith" <DerenSmith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C275432C-B204-4772-A53C-1346CAB1D0D6@microsoft.com...
> For whatever reason unzipping a file under vista is very very slow. Using
> Vista it took me over 20 seconds to decompress a 143K file!? This is mind
> boggling, because in Windows XP unzipping such a small file size is nearly
> instant.
>
> This isn't just on my home computer, but also on my work computer which is
> running Vista too (both Unlimited edition). However, when I used a 3rd
> party
> software program called "WinRAR", I got decompression and compression
> speeds
> that run circles around Vista. Does anyone know why decompressing files
> in
> Vista is so painfully slow?

On Feb 1, 8:17 pm, Deren Smith <DerenSm...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> For whatever reason unzipping a file under vista is very veryslow. Using
> Vista it took me over 20 seconds to decompress a 143K file!? This is mind
> boggling, because in Windows XP unzipping such a small file size is nearly
> instant.
>
> This isn't just on my home computer, but also on my work computer which is
> running Vista too (both Unlimited edition). However, when I used a 3rd party
> software program called "WinRAR", I got decompression and compression speeds
> that run circles around Vista. Does anyone know why decompressing files in
> Vista is so painfullyslow?

I am having the same problem. 20 minutes to uncompress a 6MB .zip
file! I always found .zip support in XP to be slower than 3rd party
applications, but this is ridiculous!

Yes i have exactly the same problem. WinZip 11 has the same problem. Only
WinRAR seems to do the business. My OS is Vista Ultimate (upgraded from Home
Premium on a Vaio FE41Z.)

"Byron Hinson" wrote:

> This is a problem I myself and many others have noticed, hopefully it'll get
> fixed in the future. It's a nightmare when certain games use decompression
> with install routines.
>
> --
> Byron Hinson
> ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com
>
>
> "Deren Smith" <DerenSmith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C275432C-B204-4772-A53C-1346CAB1D0D6@microsoft.com...
> > For whatever reason unzipping a file under vista is very very slow. Using
> > Vista it took me over 20 seconds to decompress a 143K file!? This is mind
> > boggling, because in Windows XP unzipping such a small file size is nearly
> > instant.
> >
> > This isn't just on my home computer, but also on my work computer which is
> > running Vista too (both Unlimited edition). However, when I used a 3rd
> > party
> > software program called "WinRAR", I got decompression and compression
> > speeds
> > that run circles around Vista. Does anyone know why decompressing files
> > in
> > Vista is so painfully slow?
>