1. The increasingly bloated registry
The registry, a "technical achievement" that Microsoft talks about, has not brought more benefits to ordinary users like us. , which is beneficial in a practical sense. In previous versions of Windows, as long as the system was used for a period of time, you would find that the system would become very slow. A large part of the reason for this is due to the installation and uninstallation of software.
The registry is the main culprit behind the slowdown of Vista
In addition to the registry garbage generated by installing and uninstalling software, there are also new files you create and every message received during the chat process. A picture or file will generate garbage key values ??in the registry, and once these key values ??are generated, the registry itself has no immunity and cleaning capabilities. Therefore, it is not surprising that its growing size is slowly weighing down the system.
2. More than twice as many pre-installed fonts as the previous version
Under Windows, each font corresponds to a font file, but the number of font files varies. Versions of the system are different. For example, in Windows 98, there are 37 types, in Windows ME, there are 39 types, in Windows 2000, there are 50 types, and in Windows XP, there are as many as 74 types. By Windows Vista, there are more than 190 types of fonts, which is the highest number in XP. More than twice as much!
In addition to the uncommon English fonts, these fonts also include some Chinese fonts, such as Song font, Song font, Kai font, and Hei font. In Vista, there is another Microsoft matte font that was once regarded as "proud" by Microsoft.
Yahei font was once regarded as the pride of Microsoft
Although the font (library) is very huge, how can it affect the speed of Vista system and slow down the system? What is the reason?
Font files are generally relatively large and occupy a large amount of disk space. When the system starts, the system will preload all installed fonts. It can be seen from this that the more fonts, the greater the impact on the system startup speed! According to some "hardcore" user tests, when the number of fonts exceeds 500, some fonts will disappear from the application's font list, and the startup speed of Windows will be significantly reduced.
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Fonts in Windows systems are an extremely important resource. The content display of all applications cannot be separated from the support of corresponding fonts. If there is a problem with the system font, the display may be abnormal at best, or the program or even the system may not run normally.
In addition to the fonts that come with the system, when some large software is installed, they will also install custom fonts into the system. Such as Office, Photoshop, etc.
An interesting fact about Microsoft fonts:
Microsoft has designed a new Segoe UI font for the Windows Vista operating system and Office 2007 software and submitted it to the EU Internal Market Trademark Integration Authority Submitted a patent application and prepared to make the Segoe UI font its own patent in Europe as one of the selling points to promote the Vista system. Unexpectedly, the EU ignored it and the application was rejected by the EU Trademark Committee.
It’s just that it was rejected. The EU also said that Microsoft’s font was the result of plagiarism. The reason was that Microsoft’s font was too similar to Linotype’s Frutiger Next font and was not eligible for patent application. Frutiger is a very popular font in the IT industry and can be seen in many companies' promotional media.
3. Third-party anti-virus software cannot escape its blame
Strictly speaking, this problem should not be attributed to Vista.
Why do you say that? The author believes that it should be analyzed from two aspects. The first is the problem of killing the software itself (janitor), and the other is that its compatibility with Vista needs to be improved.
Problems with third-party anti-virus software
Special note, the above picture does not mean that Jiangmin, Kingsoft, Rising and Vista are in conflict. These three companies are taken as examples because they are the “leaders” of domestic anti-virus software manufacturers and are representative to a certain extent.
The author and my roommates usually like to go to some sites with low security, or personal sites that are not very well-known, so we have to install some fire protection and anti-virus software. During use, the author and my roommates felt that the system was significantly slower due to the installation of certain anti-virus software. This is especially obvious when I open Office files and use IE to open certain sites.
In fact, these problems will also appear in other versions of Microsoft's operating systems. This problem is not unique to Vista. If we go further, these problems have little to do with Vista. Mainly due to the control of the software itself.
When users browse the web, send emails, and open Office files, since anti-virus software is basically embedded in the control, the file opening is slow. At this time, many netizens attributed the problem to a system problem, thinking that the Vista system was running slowly. From this point of view, we seem to have misunderstood Vista.
4. Bundled with multiple .NET operating environments
Friends who are familiar with software development should know this guy. It can be said to be the killer of system running speed, but we ordinary users Just don’t know.
.NET drags down the Vista system
As far as the author knows, .NET must not be used as a desktop application because it is too slow. Specific manifestations include slow start-up and severe delays in processing work. For this reason, there are currently very few desktop application software developed using .NET. Even Microsoft doesn't dare to use it to develop desktop applications. If we want to talk about its specific manifestations, I think it should be due to the following two points:
First point, .NET will write a large number of key values ????to the registry during installation. According to data It shows that every time a .NET environment is installed, it writes at least tens of thousands of key values ??into the registry (keys); the second point is that it loads a large number of DLL files when Windows starts.
It can be seen that .NET is really a "heinous crime". But the most annoying thing is that it is very closely integrated with the system. It is reasonable for the Vista operating system to be slowed down or even brought down. Won.
5. Brilliant Aero, Flip 3D effects and dreamy desktop
The Aero and Flip 3D technologies introduced by Vista make the system more eye-catching to a certain extent and win a lot of benefits. The favor of some "beauty-loving" users. But with every gain, there is also a loss. Although the gorgeous 3D effects and glass special effects have the capital to "challenge" Mac in terms of interface effects, the price is that the user's hardware configuration must be improved. . Otherwise, these Vista special effects can only be empty words.
Vista special effects
Although Microsoft claims that Vista special effects will not slow down the system, it will not slow down the system during use. A slow system cannot be solved by a "statement" from Microsoft.
In my opinion, except for Aero and Flip 3D, DreamScene (Dream Desktop), which can only be used for Vista Ultimate, is consuming. system, slowing down the system "even worse". According to the author's installation test, only one English language pack installed (the English language pack must be installed to install DreamScene) is more than 250 MB. When Dream Desktop actually enters the system, , the burden it brings to the system is even more difficult to calculate.