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Win98 Hangs when saving

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by baldricks dad

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I've got 30 PC's on a small network running off a Win2k server and system policies. These PC's are used in a Primary School environment and because of this, when it's time to save files, the kids have to be instructed on how to do it. The problem is, as everyone hits the save button more or less at the same time, the PC's take ages (up to 10 mins) to save or just hang altogether. This scenario will not change but I have to stop the PC's from hanging when the 'save' action is performed.

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by brent

The domain security policy has several areas that refer to Digitally signed communications. This "feature" is intended for newer workstations that are running 2000/XP. Digitally signed communications is to prohibit a hacker from spoofing a packet from a specific computer.

Older operating systems do not support Digitally signed communications, and have been known to slow to a crawl, or lock up because of it. You may safely disable the settings to resolve the issue.

This may or may not resolve your problem.

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