Thanks again.
By 'updating task" I meant that, when the browser appeared to be slowed down
by refreshing a remote folder that it would continue to be slow. So I close
the browser window in the hope that the refreshing will also stop.
I do keep all the PC's updated to the Windows Update and also run a Disk
Cleanup and chkdsk once in a while. Less often I do a defrag as it takes
such an age!
Thanks for the help.
Nigel
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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> Nigel Andrews <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> Thanks for that.
>>
>> No it is not to or from any one PC. I have 5 on the same n/w and each
>> exhibits the same effect.
>>
>> One extra point raised by your question, is that often the problem
>> seems to get worse the further I drill down into the particular PC's
>> directory structure.
>> It has happened a few times on the same PC i.e., not across the n/w,
>> but much less often than across the n/w to another PC.
>>
>> I am sure the effect of the hourglass flashing on and off is
>> symptomatic. It is as if the whole structure on the remote PC is
>> frequently being updated to the first. I could imagine this extra
>> load could tie up the network. I have tried, after having this problem,
>> to close the Explorer window
>> to release the updating task. It seems to have an effect but I could
>> be wrong.
>
> Hmm - not sure what you mean by "updating task" - but do you get any event
> log errors? Are all the workstations updated with all available patches?
> If you see this problem on a PC to its own folders, I'd be inclined to run
> a disk cleanup, a defrag, and a chkdsk if the first two don't help.
>
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>> Nigel
>>
>>
>>
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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>>> Nigel Andrews <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>> When I am browsing folders on my PC, often across my network to
>>>> other PC's, the window often freezes for sometime and shows "Not
>>>> responding". Sometimes it will free up after a time and other times
>>>> not and I have
>>>> to reboot.
>>>>
>>>> Along with this I often see the hourglass coming and going, even
>>>> when I have not changed the folder I am looking at!
>>>>
>>>> I am wondering if there is some dynamic update of the folder
>>>> display, which is too frequent and prevents the window ever
>>>> displaying the latest view (because it is busy always refreshing)!
>>>>
>>>> It is not happening on any particular PC but each one and they are
>>>> all XP.
>>>> Any thoughts would be most helpful.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Nigel
>>>
>>> Is the source computer the same, in all cases? Meaning, from each
>>> PC, are you trying to look at the same shared folder on one computer?
>>>
>>> How many objects are in the root of that folder? Not in subfolders -
>>> just files at the root.
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