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NT4 fast and Win2K/XP slow for browsing

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by nitro205

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Ok we have a directory that contains log files and it has over 9,000 log files in it. If I map a drive and open it up on NT4 it takes only about 5 seconds to display the entire directory but if I use either Win2K or XP Client to do the same then takes forever. Whats the difference? Does Win2K and XP verify security/permissions on every file and NT does not or what? How can I speed up the Win2K/XP systems to browse this as fast as NT4?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide

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by heredia

I'll throw this out there...

It could be multiple things, the location of the Win2k and XP clients, how the network itself is setup, or where the directory resides.

For example... If the directory is on Advanced Server and the server is sayingrequest high encryption, but if not try a lower encryption. With 2k and xp the server can get the high encryption, thus a longer response time.

That's just something to think about...probably not the answer.

by nitro205

Thanks for your answer but I have a triple boot PC with XP/2000/NT4 so the location is not the problem, I also have several other IT staff trying the same thing and they noticed it as well. I will check on the high encryption but I doubt that is the solution.

Thanks

by jsalian27

Check for the network settings are correctly set for Win2k/XP as they are in WinNT. If you are running AD, then disable the option of LMHOSTS & HOSTS and let the system find the remote machine using DNS/WINS.

Mitesh.

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