Comments on: Memory leak bug in useless NVIDIA Windows service http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1697-memory-leak-bug-in-useless-nvidia-windows-service.html Tech writing blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:04:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tim http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1697-memory-leak-bug-in-useless-nvidia-windows-service.html/comment-page-1#comment-189323 tim Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:32:28 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1697-memory-leak-bug-in-useless-nvidia-windows-service.html#comment-189323 @Thomas just remove it, it's unlikely you'll miss it. Tim @Thomas just remove it, it’s unlikely you’ll miss it.

Tim

]]> By: Thomas Monk http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1697-memory-leak-bug-in-useless-nvidia-windows-service.html/comment-page-1#comment-189302 Thomas Monk Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:55:11 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1697-memory-leak-bug-in-useless-nvidia-windows-service.html#comment-189302 On my Vista 64-bit system, this service accounts for 17 seconds of my 24 second shutdown delay. Maybe it has a problem with my CRT monitor? On my Vista 64-bit system, this service accounts for 17 seconds of my 24 second shutdown delay. Maybe it has a problem with my CRT monitor?

]]> By: Alex Atkin UK http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1697-memory-leak-bug-in-useless-nvidia-windows-service.html/comment-page-1#comment-139832 Alex Atkin UK Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:33:57 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1697-memory-leak-bug-in-useless-nvidia-windows-service.html#comment-139832 It really is frustrating that vendors still insist on installing a ton of services you may never use, rather than just turning them on/off when required. Windows has long suffered this problem but particularly every vendor having their own "auto update" services for their applications, wasting resources. That said, is there really any perfect solution to this without putting all our eggs in one basket and trusting Windows Update with third-party update tasks? It really is frustrating that vendors still insist on installing a ton of services you may never use, rather than just turning them on/off when required.

Windows has long suffered this problem but particularly every vendor having their own “auto update” services for their applications, wasting resources.

That said, is there really any perfect solution to this without putting all our eggs in one basket and trusting Windows Update with third-party update tasks?

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