Subject: So what does Indexing (1/2)
Hi Ky!
> KM> Adobe anything older than Win7 hasn't updated since Win7 came out
> KM> (or was it 8, but whichever). They made a point of it, to force
> KM> people to upgrade.
> Shades of Microsoft!
KM> In truth, MSFT has been stellar about supporting old hardware and
KM> old software. Win7/8 has been the only really serious break in
KM> that record.
Well, admittedly Microsoft has supported their products for some time;
just they're one of the corporatinos we love to hate.
KM> And when they broke it... I thought I'd install Win7 on the "new"
KM> machine ... motherboard is about the same age, should work,
KM> right? BEEP!! Installed with no errors, but would not run. Come
KM> to find out that board is "not supported" (despite being a pretty
KM> ordinary Intel).
Must be something non-standard on that board, though seems odd the
motherboard manufacturer created it that way; I'd be guessing the
motherboard was made specifically for an application/usage. (I'm
thinking of something like for use in a cash register.)
KM> And did I gripe about Vista yet? I forget.
I never used Vista thoug have seen the Lampoon video (something like
"Vista is based on Microsoft CE, Microsoft ME, and Microsoft NT, to
become Microsoft CEMENT" <gg>).
> KM> it was slow at loading programs). I was astonished. Well, now we
> KM> know that even tho Win2k will not INSTALL on a 486, it will
> KM> definitely RUN on a 486. (So will Office2000, if not well. It was
> KM> usable, but tiresome.)
> Makes sense: I'm guessing during _installation_ it checks for 'proper'
> hardware, but for regular ol' booting it doesn't.
KM> Yeah... makes a lot more sense than doing it the other way
KM> around. <glares at Win7>
Wait until Artificial Intelligence becomes more mainstream and it glares
back at you!!
> KM> On 8 MEGS of RAM. On a 486. (I vaguely recall even Microsoft said
> KM> Win2K's min sysreq is 64mb on a Pentium.) And it didn't even
> KM> whine about drivers, it just worked.
> KM> I was impressed.
> I am too!
KM> Wouldn't have been my first thought for old hardware, but I've
KM> changed my mind. <g>
If it works for the situation....
> KM> Yeah, sysreq is 64mb on a P133.
> KM> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/304297
> KM> It's a wonder that 486 didn't catch fire!
> You dust the insides and keep the fans working, what's to overheat?!
KM> CPU running at 100%, RAM running at 100%, probably wouldn't have
KM> lasted very long. Tho that board/CPU isn't bad about heating up,
KM> as they went.
Handy as supplemental heating during those Montana winters!
> KM> Here's the thing: If you have a lot of memory, isn't it there to
> KM> be used? Why waste time dumping stuff to the swapfile on disk if
> KM> you don't need to? At 3GB, it's probably enough even for piggy
> KM> modern browsers. (1.8GB to do Youtube and a PDF, WTF.)
> To me it makes more sense to use RAM; heck, even back in the XT Days
> they said to have as much RAM as possible and use it. W would even
KM> Yep.
I did turn off Indexing and here doesn't seem to make much difference in 'system
response'. It seems the first time I click to open My Computer
it takes about a second or two to discover the entire system, including
the networked drives, but after that the usual 'near instantaneous'
display listings. At the lower right in the Taskbar there is still an
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