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    Vista bloat

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by John Bateman, Dec 3, 2008.

  1. John Bateman

    John Bateman Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an Acer 8930 notebook & recently installed a clean version of Vista x64 Ultimate. Being a new Vista user I was appalled at the amount of space that the OS takes up but after having done a bit of research I'm a little more comfortable with it. However when I went to check the size of the Windows folder I was shocked to see it at 18.4gb! All seems to be fine except for one folder that checks in at almost 10gb named winsxs.

    Can anyone shed any light on this & explain what the folder is & why it would be so large ? TIA.

    John
     
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    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    Ah, the notorious Windows Side-by-side. Intended to be a way to manage all those like-named DLLs that are so finicky that they only work if they are the ones that the software using them wants, yet every software uses them; hence, a different version of the same DLL for every software product or version. What a kludge.
     
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    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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