Windows 7 and Language Packs
So as I make updates to my system on this Macbook Pro, I recently purchased a SSD with roughly 240GB of space on it. Finally added it to my system partitioned it so I can run both OS X El Capitan (or however you spell it) and Windows 7 Ultimate. The reasoning for this is basically to run OS X as a primary developing system for the numerous Web Stacks I'm using and learning such as RoR (Ruby on Rails) and iPhone development. The Windows 7 partition is for you know gaming and if I ever decide to develop for the Windows Mobile platforms which is highly unlikely but like James Bond, Never Say Never.
As I install numerous updates to my Windows 7 system I thought it would be a cool idea to add all those langauges to the system. This was the worst thing I could have ever done to my system and here's why. First off I only have 111 GB partitioned off for Windows 7 and with that I didn't realize that Windows 7 itself would take up SO much space. Not only is it a 30 GB initial install, all the updates take up the majority of the space! It's pretty fucking ridiculous to put it bluntly. I literally ran out of space on my partition which in turn lead to more frustration when trying to uninstall the language packs to free up some space.
Little did I know how fucked of an OS this is to run. First off, how the fuck do you have a infinite loop that occurs when trying to uninstall a Language pack. This infinite loop occurs in the Search Index which I had to manually disable so the uninstall of these damn language packs would finally go through. Even now I have issues which is really annoying when I want to move on and set up my OS X.
The biggest issue with the uninstall of these Language packs is that once a language was uninstalled I would reboot and all of a sudden I ran out of space instead of gaining the space back. I was literally losing my mind and so I decided to install CCleaner to see what exactly was happening behind the scenes here and to my surprise. There was roughly 39 GB, that's right Thirty-fucking-Nine GIGABYTES of Windows Log Files, Temporary Files, and Memory Dumps. To make matters worst I ran the Disk Cleanup Utility that comes with Windows 7 and none of this showed up which makes me even more mad as to why Microsoft Operating Systems need a third-party software to figure this kind of stuff out.
Literally I have no words that could have described my frustration but now it seems that the language packs are finally uninstalling and I can move on with my life knowing that I can get rid of these language packs once and for all. I'll wait until I actually have a need for another language on my system rather than just having it to have it. I will most likely be posting a how-to post on how-to remove these languages and clean up the disk space. Because online there was only an explanation and use stock Uninstall Utility which doesn't fully explain the issue with this process.
Till the next time we talk friends,
Aaron Jones signing off.
As I install numerous updates to my Windows 7 system I thought it would be a cool idea to add all those langauges to the system. This was the worst thing I could have ever done to my system and here's why. First off I only have 111 GB partitioned off for Windows 7 and with that I didn't realize that Windows 7 itself would take up SO much space. Not only is it a 30 GB initial install, all the updates take up the majority of the space! It's pretty fucking ridiculous to put it bluntly. I literally ran out of space on my partition which in turn lead to more frustration when trying to uninstall the language packs to free up some space.
Little did I know how fucked of an OS this is to run. First off, how the fuck do you have a infinite loop that occurs when trying to uninstall a Language pack. This infinite loop occurs in the Search Index which I had to manually disable so the uninstall of these damn language packs would finally go through. Even now I have issues which is really annoying when I want to move on and set up my OS X.
The biggest issue with the uninstall of these Language packs is that once a language was uninstalled I would reboot and all of a sudden I ran out of space instead of gaining the space back. I was literally losing my mind and so I decided to install CCleaner to see what exactly was happening behind the scenes here and to my surprise. There was roughly 39 GB, that's right Thirty-fucking-Nine GIGABYTES of Windows Log Files, Temporary Files, and Memory Dumps. To make matters worst I ran the Disk Cleanup Utility that comes with Windows 7 and none of this showed up which makes me even more mad as to why Microsoft Operating Systems need a third-party software to figure this kind of stuff out.
Till the next time we talk friends,
Aaron Jones signing off.
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