it could be DNS issue or master browser issue. to check the status of the
dns, us nslookup; to check the status of the master browser, us browstat.
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"Jed Savage" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> We have a small network of about 10 machines and 2 networked printers.
> We've been running everything on windows 98 and recently decided to
> upgrade to XP. The upgrade in VIA completely new machines with XP
> installed rather than converting the old machines to XP. One thing
> I've noticed is that browsing or opening files over the netwpork is
> DEAD SLOW compaired to WIN98. I've checked on microsofts support page
> and can't see any information regarding this. I've also found a few
> "tips" sites and tried the techniques there (registry edits, etc.)
> Still, the network browsing and opening takes between 1-2 minutes to
> just get the file list up. Does anyone know what could be causing
> this? I do still have 2 98 computers on the network but I took those
> off to see if mixed operating systems could be the problem. Nothing
> improved. I was assuming that going to XP would be faster if anything
> so I'm very surprised/disappointed. I'd like to keep XP, but if I
> can't resolve this problem I'm afraid the boss will just want to
> revert back to 98 on everything. Can anyone give me some help on
> this? Or pointers on how to diagnose/identify the problem? Thank you
> in advance!
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