Vista vs XP size???

[Jim]

I just ran my anti-virus program for the first time since installing
Vista and it has taken 4 times as long to run as XP did and I have the
same programs, etc. on my hard drive and I have twice the RAM...
Is Vista that huge?????????????

 

[Ben]

In simpe yes it is, gence the change of media to dvd from cd

 

[Tom Porterfield]

I just ran my anti-virus program for the first time since installing
Vista and it has taken 4 times as long to run as XP did and I have the
same programs, etc. on my hard drive and I have twice the RAM...
Is Vista that huge?????????????

Or maybe your AV isn't optimized for Vista. What AV are you using?

 

[Richard Urban]

Compared to XP? Yes!

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User