Rubycon Madame President Aug 10, 2005 17,768 485 126 Jul 16, 2007 #1 Running this to compress certain files saves space (like Office 2007 installation files) but does it degrade performance in any way?
Running this to compress certain files saves space (like Office 2007 installation files) but does it degrade performance in any way?
W WildHorse Diamond Member Jun 29, 2003 5,006 0 0 Jul 16, 2007 #2 I run it almost daily, never noticed any degradation (XP not Vista). ALso, there's a 2nd tab which has a button to clear out old syst em restore points, so the most recent point is the only one kept.
I run it almost daily, never noticed any degradation (XP not Vista). ALso, there's a 2nd tab which has a button to clear out old syst em restore points, so the most recent point is the only one kept.
Rubycon Madame President Aug 10, 2005 17,768 485 126 Jul 16, 2007 #3 System Restore is disabled by GPO here. I was curious because someone asked me to run it and it saved nearly 4GB of space and they wanted me to time it.
System Restore is disabled by GPO here. I was curious because someone asked me to run it and it saved nearly 4GB of space and they wanted me to time it.
W WildHorse Diamond Member Jun 29, 2003 5,006 0 0 Jul 16, 2007 #4 they wanted me to time it. Click to expand... Well it's slow as all get-out, at least for me.
H hardbench Member Jun 3, 2007 42 0 0 Jul 16, 2007 #5 No, I don' t think it degrades performance, but it definitely frees up some space!