Vista
Yet another Vista bug? Playing Music Slows Vista Network Performance
Users report that the network performance drops to 1/10 of original while music is playing,regardless the player.
“Over the months since Vista’s release, there has been no doubt about the reduced level of network performance experienced compared to Windows XP. However, some users over at the 2CPU forums have discovered an unexplained connection with audio playback resulting in a cap at approximately 5%-10% of total network throughput. Whenever any audio is being sent to a sound card (even, several users report, while paused), network performance is instantly reduced. As soon as the audio is stopped, the throughput begins to climb to its expected speed. And changing music player wouldn’t do any help.
It’s a tough one for users — what do you pick, sound or speed? So much for multi-tasking.
Source: slashdot
Microsoft responds to Vista network performance issue said
am August 26 2007 @ 3:58 pm
[…] the discovery last week of the connection between Vista’s poor networking performance and audio activities, word quickly spread around the Net. No doubt this got Microsoft’s attention, and they have […]