folder access slow

[Lorenzo Queral]

I had set up a small network with the file server and
several workstations running Win98 2nd Edition with
FAT32. I upgraded workstations one-by-one to WinXP Pro
with the NTFS file system. Now, when these workstations
try to access folders on the file server (which is still
Win98), there is an unusually long delay between the time
the worker clicks on the folder needed and the time that
the folder displays all it's files. This delay can be
almost 45 seconds long in some cases, which is very
frustrating to the worker. Some of these folders contain
hundreds of files, so they are quite large. One of the
workstations was upgraded to WinXP Pro but was set up
with FAT32 instead of NTFS and file access from that
workstation is still fast. This might appear to be
something with the NTFS file system. Can it be something
having to do with XPPro with NTFS having to
somehow "initialize" all the files within a folder before
showing them?

 

[Darren]

I'm having a similar problem except all machines are
running xp, I think ntfs file systems on all but the fact
is that only last week it was work faster. I've done ping
tests and all normal I'm thinking svchost.exe process
which controls the networking might be corrupted. Apart
from that I've got no idea what else could be causing the
problem, any light on this problem would be much
appreciated.