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by aabid.saleem

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I received e-mail with the subject -- [TechRepublic] Speed up My Network Places,
it helped me a lot to get the shared drives quickly. But still there is one Glitch -- Opening the files on the Network Share (Mapped Drive) takes too much time (All file *.doc *.xls). Please help me in this regard. I have learned a lot from the e-mails I receive from you professional people.

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by kdyck

If you are running a virus scanner, check the network scanning settings. I had this issue with Norton Anti Virus and it had to do with Norton scanning every file I accessed across the network.

by brent

How are you connecting to the network. Can you transfer files to another workstation that has a temporary share setup?

Try copying the file from the server to your PC and then from your PC to another workstation. The times should be approximately the same.

How long does it take the other PC to get the same file from the server?

If you're connecting via a vpn connection or dialup, most likely its the connection.

If the entire network is unreasonably slow, and it just started, I would be suspicious of a virus eating all the bandwidth. Filesharing can cause slowness.

Bad NIC or switch?

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