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Why did Windows 7 log on slower for months if you had a solid color background?

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Re: Why did Windows 7 log on slower for months if you had a solid color background?

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Post by caseyohara »

chii wrote: post #40
analog31 wrote: post #13

This relates to something that might have started around that time: The practice of displaying the splash screen for a finite time period, then showing the user environment before the software was fully started . It was suspected that both OS's and apps were doing this, because people notice when "the app takes too long to load." Now you have to guess whether the software has really loaded or not before you start usi…

> showing the user environment before the software was fully started. and it has migrated to web apps today - where doing something causes the UI to show a loading/progress wheel, but it takes forever in actuality (or on start up of the webpage, you get a blank screen with placeholder bars/blurred color images etc). And this is the so-called responsive design...

> And this is the so-called responsive design...

I’m not sure if this was meant to be a pun, but “responsive design” has nothing to do with how quickly a UI loads. It’s about adapting to different screen sizes.

Re: Why did Windows 7 log on slower for months if you had a solid color background?

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Post by antgiant »

necovek wrote: post #63
kn0where wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Similar with google docs, if you share a link to a doc, even if the doc is restricted access, anyone can see the thumbnail icon with the contents of page 1.

In this particular issue, MS has an opposite problem: you grab a document link, grant a permission to someone, and they still can't access the document through the original link (you need to fetch a new link just for them).

Kind of. The default behavior is to create a new link. So when you grant someone access you are actually creating a new link. However, you can find the buried manage access settings and change the permissions on the original link. If you do that then they can use the original link.

(Teams makes this Byzantine in the extreme to accomplish as you have to go find the folder it drops all shared files in to gain access to manage access settings. But it does allow you to retro change access even for things shared in Teams)

Re: Why did Windows 7 log on slower for months if you had a solid color background?

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Post by wsc981 »

Moru wrote: post #106
cornholio wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The most annoying one is that Windows machines have lost the ability for deep sleep. Laptops that slept perfectly 5 years ago are now left as 24/7 zombies, with the CPU, fans and hard disks running non stop. I'm certain that some idiotic change just like the ones suggested in the article destroyed this perfectly working feature, and nobody is bothered to fix it because it would impact the latest harebrained scheme to…

I have never had a windows computer that was able to do any sort of sleep without crashing, either in the sleep mode or randomly a time after waking up. First thing I do is disable it, I have lost enough time trying to find the cause of it and the crashes usually stop if I don't use sleep modes. Most of my computers and friends computers have been ASUS though, maybe that is a connection. (Windows user since 3.11 but…

I believe Asus used to produce MacBook's for a long time (probably not anymore, but I'm quite sure about the white G3 / G4 MacBooks - and sleep always worked fine on those machines.

It can't just be the hardware, I think.

Re: Why did Windows 7 log on slower for months if you had a solid color background?

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Post by graemep »

myfonj wrote: post #131
vlowrian wrote: post #62

As someone who prefers a solid color background, I’m always surprised by how often this simple preference leads me into bizarre rabbit holes. Some additional examples beyond the OP: - In the latest macOS, trying to set a custom solid color background just gives you a blinding white screen (see: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/256029958?sortBy=rank ). - GNOME removed all UI controls for setting solid color backgr…

Last time I used an Android (Galaxy) phone, to have a solid pitch-black background (which I thought made sense for modern phone displays energy-wise, besides looking pretty swell), I had to download — yes, D-O-W-N-L-O-A-D — some black image from some "Galaxy Store" thing or whatnot to achieve that. It was free, but it seemed like an exception there. Something that should be a default option, or a single-tap switch in…

I use an alternative home screen app to deal with stuff like this.

Re: Why did Windows 7 log on slower for months if you had a solid color background?

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Post by jwnin »

theandrewbailey wrote: post #130
shriracha wrote: post #12

Great read. Raymond Chen's blog is absolutely legendary.

I feel that Bruce Dawson's blog falls into the same/similar category, though he hasn't had a great technical post in a while. I wonder what multithreading bug he'll find next. https://randomascii.wordpress.com/

Bruce retired following the passing of his wife. Good for him; life is short.

https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2024/10/01/life-death-and-...

Re: Why did Windows 7 log on slower for months if you had a solid color background?

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Post by RajT88 »

vlowrian wrote: post #62

As someone who prefers a solid color background, I’m always surprised by how often this simple preference leads me into bizarre rabbit holes. Some additional examples beyond the OP: - In the latest macOS, trying to set a custom solid color background just gives you a blinding white screen (see: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/256029958?sortBy=rank ). - GNOME removed all UI controls for setting solid color backgr…

I too prefer a solid color.

However, I've noticed, there's not much point in changing it. Showing the desktop is a waste of screen real estate because of the generations of abuse of desktop shortcuts. Even if you are careful, it becomes a cluttered wasteland (on Windows anyways). I just learned to never use the desktop for anything and always have windows up on various monitors.

Re: Why did Windows 7 log on slower for months if you had a solid color background?

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Post by skyyler »

greenavocado wrote: post #155
LastMuel wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? KDE is awesome.

Too busy building

Too busy to discuss your preferences. Not busy enough to not discuss your being too busy to discuss your preferences on internet forums.

I'm not trying to be mean here, I'm just fascinated by what people will consider to be a waste of time.

Re: Why did Windows 7 log on slower for months if you had a solid color background?

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Post by greenavocado »

skyyler wrote: post #158
greenavocado wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Too busy building

Too busy to discuss your preferences. Not busy enough to not discuss your being too busy to discuss your preferences on internet forums. I'm not trying to be mean here, I'm just fascinated by what people will consider to be a waste of time.

Evangelizing KDE is not something I care about

Re: Why did Windows 7 log on slower for months if you had a solid color background?

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Post by hnlmorg »

vlowrian wrote: post #62

As someone who prefers a solid color background, I’m always surprised by how often this simple preference leads me into bizarre rabbit holes. Some additional examples beyond the OP: - In the latest macOS, trying to set a custom solid color background just gives you a blinding white screen (see: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/256029958?sortBy=rank ). - GNOME removed all UI controls for setting solid color backgr…

KDE works pretty well here. I set a solid colour of black on one PC which powers a projector.
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