Slow opening files across the network

[Guest]

I am looking at a setup which has 3 pcs running xp home across a network.
The network is created via an adsl wired modem/router.
1 of the pcs is used for the general file storage which are accessed from
the other 2 pcs.
One of these 2 pcs can access and open/close the files very quickly - ie
opening either word or excel files without any difficulty.
The other pc however will open the files but can take up to 5 minutes to
open even the smallest file - the same applies when trying to save them over
the network - very slow indeed.
As far as I can tell the pcs are setup the same but I cannot work out why
one of them is so slow at opening/saving files across the network.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

 

[Chuck]

I am looking at a setup which has 3 pcs running xp home across a network.
The network is created via an adsl wired modem/router.
1 of the pcs is used for the general file storage which are accessed from
the other 2 pcs.
One of these 2 pcs can access and open/close the files very quickly - ie
opening either word or excel files without any difficulty.
The other pc however will open the files but can take up to 5 minutes to
open even the smallest file - the same applies when trying to save them over
the network - very slow indeed.
As far as I can tell the pcs are setup the same but I cannot work out why
one of them is so slow at opening/saving files across the network.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

John,

I'd start by looking at the name resolution and protocols used.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html

And make sure that NetBT is consistently set.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html

Then I'd look at "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and
"net config workstation", from each computer, and try to diagnose the problem.
Read this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions precisely
(download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp