Google earth

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:04:09 -0500, "Joe Medford" <joem83@msn.com>
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>> "Joe Medford" <joem83@msn.com> wrote in message
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>>> Google Earth is not compatible with Vista (Plus Google earth is Verrrry
>>> memory hungry). Try Local.live.com, they also have a 3D View which is
>>> compatible with Vista.
>>
>> Not true. It's runs fine in Ultimate.

>It is very memory hungry over 60MB on idle same on XP

So?
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Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:04:42 -0500, "Joe Medford" <joem83@msn.com>
spake thusly:

>It is very memory hungry over 60MB on idle same on XP
>
>I use local.live at least I don't have to have all the extra toolbar crap
>google earth installs.

1) Do you work for Microsoft?

2) Do you have any clue as to what you're talking about.

I just installed Google Earth. It did not install any toolbar outside
of it's own program.

It did ask me if I wanted Google as my default search engine. I
checked "no".

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Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

So, it is slow and not always responsive, which is most likly the problem

"Scott" <geekboy@angrykeyboarder.comatose> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:04:09 -0500, "Joe Medford" <joem83@msn.com>
> spake thusly:
>>
>>""LG"" <nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>>news:u2rqPp5UHHA.528@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "Joe Medford" <joem83@msn.com> wrote in message
>>> news:753B6F10-AB70-4CA4-86C6-1DC733E3A0FD@microsoft.com...
>>>> Google Earth is not compatible with Vista (Plus Google earth is Verrrry
>>>> memory hungry). Try Local.live.com, they also have a 3D View which is
>>>> compatible with Vista.
>>>
>>> Not true. It's runs fine in Ultimate.
>
>>It is very memory hungry over 60MB on idle same on XP
>
> So?
> --
> Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

By default it installed Google toobar, Google Desktop Search, Adds itself as
it's default search engine, and changes my home page. These are all optout
not optin. I just installed it on 3 machines, 2 Vista and 1 XP. I don't
work for MSFT, I just look for software that is teh best for my customers.

"Scott" <geekboy@angrykeyboarder.comatose> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:04:42 -0500, "Joe Medford" <joem83@msn.com>
> spake thusly:
>
>>It is very memory hungry over 60MB on idle same on XP
>>
>>I use local.live at least I don't have to have all the extra toolbar crap
>>google earth installs.
>
> 1) Do you work for Microsoft?
>
> 2) Do you have any clue as to what you're talking about.
>
> I just installed Google Earth. It did not install any toolbar outside
> of it's own program.
>
> It did ask me if I wanted Google as my default search engine. I
> checked "no".
>
> --
> Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:24:24 -0500, "Joe Medford" <joem83@msn.com>
spake thusly:

>
>"Scott" <geekboy@angrykeyboarder.comatose> wrote in message
>news:gr7jt2tct9apoc9ovvuvl215iklrg0hnj7@4ax.com.. .
>> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:04:42 -0500, "Joe Medford" <joem83@msn.com>
>> spake thusly:
>>
>>>It is very memory hungry over 60MB on idle same on XP
>>>
>>>I use local.live at least I don't have to have all the extra toolbar crap
>>>google earth installs.
>>
>> 1) Do you work for Microsoft?
>>
>> 2) Do you have any clue as to what you're talking about.
>>
>> I just installed Google Earth. It did not install any toolbar outside
>> of it's own program.
>>
>> It did ask me if I wanted Google as my default search engine. I
>> checked "no".
>>

>By default it installed Google toobar, Google Desktop Search, Adds itself as
>it's default search engine, and changes my home page. These are all optout
>not optin. I just installed it on 3 machines, 2 Vista and 1 XP. I don't
>work for MSFT, I just look for software that is teh best for my customers.

You made me realize that I'd not yet installed Google Earth since
doing a clean install of Vista, so I downloaded and installed it.

I'm not making this up, I was only asked if I wanted Google as my
default search engine.

I admit I selected "custom install" at the outset, but I do that for
every application I install, namely because I don't want 40 subfolders
under "Program Files".

I'd suggest you select "custom install" for any application you're
installing.

Even if you don't change the default location, you can opt out of all
the crap they want to add on. It seems every other app these days
(even boxed software) wants to add either Google or Yahoo! toolbar
along with it by default.
--
Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:22:27 -0500, "Joe Medford" <joem83@msn.com>
spake thusly:

>
>"Scott" <geekboy@angrykeyboarder.comatose> wrote in message
>news:vd7jt212jgfv4dn17bj1o6kfls6h8mhtlg@4ax.com.. .
>> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:04:09 -0500, "Joe Medford" <joem83@msn.com>
>> spake thusly:
>>>
>>>""LG"" <nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>>>news:u2rqPp5UHHA.528@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>> "Joe Medford" <joem83@msn.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:753B6F10-AB70-4CA4-86C6-1DC733E3A0FD@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Google Earth is not compatible with Vista (Plus Google earth is Verrrry
>>>>> memory hungry). Try Local.live.com, they also have a 3D View which is
>>>>> compatible with Vista.
>>>>
>>>> Not true. It's runs fine in Ultimate.
>>
>>>It is very memory hungry over 60MB on idle same on XP
>>
>> So?

>So, it is slow and not always responsive, which is most likly the problem

How much RAM do you have? How about your Video Card?

I honesty don't have this problem with Google Earth.

And considering what Google Earth does, 60MB of RAM is pretty minimal.

Actually right now it's consuming 204 MB of RAM on my computer and
it's quite responsive.
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Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

"Scott" <geekboy@angrykeyboarder.comatose> wrote in message
news:v5dkt2la36n1vah5vfd65ffof66v8cvspr@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:24:24 -0500, "Joe Medford" <joem83@msn.com>
> spake thusly:
>
>>
>>"Scott" <geekboy@angrykeyboarder.comatose> wrote in message
>>news:gr7jt2tct9apoc9ovvuvl215iklrg0hnj7@4ax.com. ..
>>> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:04:42 -0500, "Joe Medford" <joem83@msn.com>
>>> spake thusly:
>>>
>>>>It is very memory hungry over 60MB on idle same on XP
>>>>
>>>>I use local.live at least I don't have to have all the extra toolbar crap
>>>>google earth installs.
>>>
>>> 1) Do you work for Microsoft?
>>>
>>> 2) Do you have any clue as to what you're talking about.
>>>
>>> I just installed Google Earth. It did not install any toolbar outside
>>> of it's own program.
>>>
>>> It did ask me if I wanted Google as my default search engine. I
>>> checked "no".
>>>
>
>>By default it installed Google toobar, Google Desktop Search, Adds itself as
>>it's default search engine, and changes my home page. These are all optout
>>not optin. I just installed it on 3 machines, 2 Vista and 1 XP. I don't
>>work for MSFT, I just look for software that is teh best for my customers.
>
> You made me realize that I'd not yet installed Google Earth since
> doing a clean install of Vista, so I downloaded and installed it.
>
> I'm not making this up, I was only asked if I wanted Google as my
> default search engine.
>
> I admit I selected "custom install" at the outset, but I do that for
> every application I install, namely because I don't want 40 subfolders
> under "Program Files".
>
> I'd suggest you select "custom install" for any application you're
> installing.
>
> Even if you don't change the default location, you can opt out of all
> the crap they want to add on. It seems every other app these days
> (even boxed software) wants to add either Google or Yahoo! toolbar
> along with it by default.
> --
> Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?


So far, I've been unsuccessful in getting GoogleEarth 4.x to work with Vista
Home Premium.

Anyone got any ideas?

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Donald L McDaniel
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Well if you only have 512MB of RAM isntalled and it wants 600MB yes I
imagine it may be slower while it pages.

But if you have 1GB, which really is a reasonable minimum amount these
days, why should you want unused RAM?

For me it's like the complaints that my CPU is running at 100% -- I
should hope so I paid enough for it not to have it sit around idle
while I'm working <g>

In article <C088047B-B573-4AA4-BC6D-600161E3FBD0@microsoft.com>, Joe Medford
wrote:
> By default it installed Google toobar, Google Desktop Search, Adds itself as*
> it's default search engine, and changes my home page. *These are all optout*
> not optin.

You get a screen asking if you want them -- mine came unchecked so it was opt
in. And I want Google as my default anyway.

In article <v5dkt2la36n1vah5vfd65ffof66v8cvspr@4ax.com>, Scott wrote:
> every other app these days
> (even boxed software) wants to add either Google or Yahoo! toolbar
> along with it by default.

Yeah -- like Adobe Reader even ....