Fix the damn "Calculating Time Remaining" problem already!

I bought this computer with Vista Business pre-isntalled back in April, and
I'm still wasting huge amounts of my time while I wait for Vista to calculate
the time remaining before even starting to transfer files.

I'm just absolutely flabergasted that this hasn't been dealt with in a patch
or service pack release. I don't want to go out and download/install some
third party software to do something that the OS should do.

Honestly...This is outrageous.

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http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com....vista.general

I may be wrong, but it seems to me the transfer is commencing at the
start but the estimated time takes a while after the process has
started before it is active.

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"IWantXPBack" <> wrote in message
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>I bought this computer with Vista Business pre-isntalled back in
>April, and
> I'm still wasting huge amounts of my time while I wait for Vista to
> calculate
> the time remaining before even starting to transfer files.
>
> I'm just absolutely flabergasted that this hasn't been dealt with in
> a patch
> or service pack release. I don't want to go out and download/install
> some
> third party software to do something that the OS should do.
>
> Honestly...This is outrageous.
>
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"IWantXPBack" <> wrote in message
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>I bought this computer with Vista Business pre-isntalled back in April, and
> I'm still wasting huge amounts of my time while I wait for Vista to
> calculate
> the time remaining before even starting to transfer files.
>
> I'm just absolutely flabergasted that this hasn't been dealt with in a
> patch
> or service pack release. I don't want to go out and download/install some
> third party software to do something that the OS should do.
>
> Honestly...This is outrageous.
>
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> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
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> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com....vista.general


Are these local copies or network copies?

Lang

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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>I may be wrong, but it seems to me the transfer is commencing at the start
>but the estimated time takes a while after the process has started before
>it is active.
>

What on earth is that sentence supposed to mean?

Have you really not noticed that Vista has a major problem in this area?
Luckily it is one of the things that they promise to fix with SP1.

ss.

Perhaps I worded it poorly.
The transfer starts immediately and does not wait for the calculations
to finish.
It may appear the transfer has not started, but it has.

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"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in
message news:...
> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>I may be wrong, but it seems to me the transfer is commencing at the
>>start but the estimated time takes a while after the process has
>>started before it is active.
>>
>
> What on earth is that sentence supposed to mean?
>
> Have you really not noticed that Vista has a major problem in this
> area? Luckily it is one of the things that they promise to fix with
> SP1.
>
> ss.
>

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Perhaps I worded it poorly.
> The transfer starts immediately and does not wait for the calculations to
> finish.
> It may appear the transfer has not started, but it has.


It still takes ages for the transfer though. Even deleting a load of files
can take a long time. I hope this SP1 fix will bring things back to XP
speeds at least.

ss.

IWantXPBack wrote:
> I bought this computer with Vista Business pre-isntalled back in
> April, and I'm still wasting huge amounts of my time while I wait for
> Vista to calculate the time remaining before even starting to
> transfer files.
>
> I'm just absolutely flabergasted that this hasn't been dealt with in
> a patch or service pack release. I don't want to go out and
> download/install some third party software to do something that the
> OS should do.
>
> Honestly...This is outrageous.

The transfer starts immediately but Windows cannot know how long it will
take.

Windows knows, of course, how big the file is, but does not know the
transfer rate. So, Windows starts timing the bytes transferred. After a
representative sample passes, Windows displays the estimated time. Windows
refines this estimate as the download progresses.

"IWantXPBack" <> wrote:
>I bought this computer with Vista Business pre-isntalled back in April, and
> I'm still wasting huge amounts of my time while I wait for Vista to
> calculate
> the time remaining before even starting to transfer files.

Maybe this could help:
http://mytechweblog.blogspot.com/200...ere-is_05.html .

Also if it is network copy try disabling IPv6.

ThePro

"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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>
> It still takes ages for the transfer though. Even deleting a load of
> files can take a long time. I hope this SP1 fix will bring things back to
> XP speeds at least.
>

Yeah, it does appear to be slower copying files under some circumstances.
And yes, I heard that it *may* be addressed in SP1 (Q4 2007).

You can click on the More Information (down arrow) to view the actual progress
and speed of the transfer. Some times the "Calculating Time Remaining" remains
while the actual transfer is happening.

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"CJM" <> wrote in message
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> "Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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>>
>> It still takes ages for the transfer though. Even deleting a load of files
>> can take a long time. I hope this SP1 fix will bring things back to XP
>> speeds at least.
>>
>
> Yeah, it does appear to be slower copying files under some circumstances. And
> yes, I heard that it *may* be addressed in SP1 (Q4 2007).
>