Why would my Windows PC need "Apple Application Support"?

nottseagull

[quote=[Deleted User];37401480]By installing one set of libraries (in this case user app support) then all of the Apple software suites can share it without duplication.

Would you rather one 33mb file, or 2 or 3 of the same, under a different alias?

It sounds to me from the message it isn't actually Apple preventing you from uninstalling it, its another piece of software currently in the process of being installed that failed/got closed. Did you try restarting then uninstalling then?[/QUOTE]

I already stated in post #5 that Windows is trying to install an update for Service Pack 2. It can't install the 2nd of these 3 updates as after I leave the PC on after closedown, it is still trying after an hour. I have no choice but to cut the PC's power to shut it down. All I can do is suspend installation, eg when trying to uninstall a programme. But this gives more problems, like the inexplicable onscreen message shown. (ie "your current install will now continue", when I am trying to uninstall the Ad-Aware programme!

nottseagull

JasX wrote: »

how big is your hard drive? a few tens of MB is tiny in this day and age....

also one way to grind your PC to a halt is to try to operate with a near full hard drive as it'll fragment in no time trying to squeeze bits of your programs in here, there and everywhere.

either you are very badly managing the space you have or need to buy a bigger/second drive


I thank you for your advice in the middle paragraph, that is exactly what I have had to do. As for the third, I can tell you that every time I shift files over to the D Drive, the free space is soon gobbled up. This is despite using Ccleaner regularly. I also have Drive Spacio, but I'd say that no more than a quarter of my C Drive is taken up by my files. I'm running XP Home, which was preinstalled on this 2002 PC. I've quadrupled the RAM to 1 GB but don't see why I should increase storage as I don't have that many files.

zyxd58

[quote=[Deleted User];37401480]By installing one set of libraries (in this case user app support) then all of the Apple software suites can share it without duplication.

Would you rather one 33mb file, or 2 or 3 of the same, under a different alias?[/QUOTE]

Why can i uninstall several and still use the app i wanted to install?

Last time I installed quicktimes i got that big steaming turd called itunes:mad:

Apple has to be one of the worst companies in existence, people are just paying - probably because they lack braincells - or maybe because it looks pretty:rotfl:

JasX

nottseagull wrote: »

I've quadrupled the RAM to 1 GB but don't see why I should increase storage as I don't have that many files.

well other options might include repartitioning or moving your 'profile' over to the drive with free space (basically your desktop and associated 'my music/my documents/my music' folders).

1GB RAM should be sufficient.

If you don't know where your space is going that is certainly another avenue to explore -temporary internet files? too many system restore images?

The point I was getting at in the middle paragraph is at a very low level not what you're doing with your files ---> due to the way a hard disk works with a spinning disk and a 'head' like an old vinyl record arm that has to read bits of a file as they spin past.

On an empty hard drive a file gets written efficiently in one place on the drive and is easy to read/access with minimal head movement. If your drive becomes full bigger files get written in smaller bits all over the place. -This leaves the head moving about alot more between inner/outer parts of the disk to collect all the bits of your file when it needs reading.

nottseagull

JasX wrote: »

well other options might include repartitioning or moving your 'profile' over to the drive with free space (basically your desktop and associated 'my music/my documents/my music' folders).

I've already shifted most of them to the D Drive

JasX wrote: »

If you don't know where your space is going that is certainly another avenue to explore -temporary internet files? too many system restore images?

The temporary internet files get deleted using Ccleaner. How do I check how many system restore points I have, and how much space do they use up? I can't even navigate to the system restore settings area! (Why isn't it on the Control Panel?)

JasX wrote: »

The point I was getting at in the middle paragraph is at a very low level not what you're doing with your files

Not sure what you mean, but I am running XP with no more than 225MB free on the C Drive, it's been as low as 22MB (critical, I know!) I'll have to try to get some more so I can do another defrag.