Why does Microsoft Windows' performance appear to degrade over time?

Posted by Ben Aston on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Ben Aston
Published on 2008-11-20T16:00:02Z Indexed on 2010/04/07 11:23 UTC
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Windows XP/2k3 and earlier (can't attest to Vista, but suspect it's the same) all appear to become more sluggish over time as applications are installed and uninstalled.

This is not a scientifically tested observation, but more of a learned-through-experience piece of wisdom. (I've always suspected the registry as being behind the issue.)

Does anyone have any concrete evidence of this degradation occurring, or it just an invalid perception of mine?

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Why does Microsoft Windows' performance appear to degrade over time?

Posted by Ben Aston on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Ben Aston
Published on 2008-11-20T16:00:02Z Indexed on 2010/04/07 10:43 UTC
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Windows XP/2k3 and earlier (can't attest to Vista, but suspect it's the same) all appear to become more sluggish over time as applications are installed and uninstalled.

This is not a scientifically tested observation, but more of a learned-through-experience piece of wisdom. (I've always suspected the registry as being behind the issue.)

Does anyone have any concrete evidence of this degradation occurring, or it just an invalid perception of mine?

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