On Mon, 11/25/2024 9:15 PM, micky wrote:
Another curiosity question. Posted to win10, but also win11, because I
know that's where the people with money are.
I have RadioMaximus on the desktop with win10Pro, and the laptop with win10Home. Both connected by cable to the same Verizon router, but one
will update (took 2 minutes) and the other still hasn't started its
download. How can they act so differently? I know the problem one is connected to the net because it's playing music, the whole time.
Moderately old version, same version in each. I use the in-program
update, amd on the laptop the download starts immediatelly, finishes in
10 seconds, closes the program, installs the update in probably under a minute.
In the desktop, a minute later, the download stage starts immediately
but the progress bar never shows up, and it still says Downloading....
20 minutes later. Cancelled the download and restarted. Closed the
download window, and reopened. Closed the program and restarted program
and download, Looks the same every time.
What possible reasons it could be so different between the two computer
And do you really think it will make a difference to restart Windows?
... Tried that. Didn't help
I know I can go to the webpage and download there, but I'd like to
understand the foibles of data processing. ??????
Yes, dl'ing there went smoothly and quickly. And so did installing.
Considering there is a free upgrade from W10 to W11, and
Rufus is available to bypass some of the requirements,
I don't think having W11 implies "having money".
Now, if you're referring to people "buying things because they are shiny",
we don't have too many of those people here. There aren't any jewel encrusted Android phones here. Or pink-colored PCs (there are such things, maybe you
will luck out and find one on the curb).
One of the computer shops here, that went broke, it had a cool scam.
You would go into the computer store, looking for a PC case. Five
minutes later, a "customer" would come in, a quite effusive gentleman
(not a teenager). He would start looking at the fire engine red
"Fire Engine" computer case. He would claim in a loud voice
that "he had to have it". I'm looking at this and thinking
"give me a fucking break" :-) Yes, older gentlemen go for
Fire Engine shaped PC cases -- obviously this is a thing, right ?
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The web site does not delve into anything technical.
Here are some possibilities:
1) Station listing update (a small file)
2) Program executable update
a) Using incremental method (Firefox and Thunderbird do this)
b) Using "full" image files (a larger download)
The program could also collect usage data, but that would be
a relatively small transaction.
Maybe the programs are not doing the same type, at the same time.
Some softwares, they have a scheduler. The developer arranges
each machine to connect to the server at a different hour,
spreading out the load on the server.
Paul
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