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Mark Andrews
I have a number of WinXP SP1 pcs in small peer to peer network all happily
sharing data with each other and sharing broadband via a DSL Router. All
stable and reliable. I recently bought 2 new pcs with SP2 and added them to
the network only to find that SP2 doesn't like sharing with SP1.
Any attempt to access or browse a resource on either SP2 PC from any of four
SP1 PCs takes 20-25 seconds. This includes searching, browsing with IE,
attaching a file with simple browse dialog, etc etc. In IE, once the folders
have taken 25 sec to refresh they remain available for a while but lapse
after any short period of inactivity (10 - 15 mins) and then take 25 sec to
refresh when needed again. VERY frustrating to work with.
Both new SP2 PCs can browse the older SP1 systems without any such delay AND
they can browse EACH OTHER without any delay.
Basically the SP2 PCs work just fine all-round but the SP1 PCs have problems
accessing them.
Things I've tried already include;
Power management options on SP2 - everything set "always on"
Disabling services such DNS Client, Web Client and Indexing Service.
Removing Desktop.ini files (there weren't many)
Deleting unnecessary shares and broken shortcuts
Setting IE not to look for network folders
Checking that the Message Block Signing is disabled in registry.
Given my new SP2 systems are pretty "clean" and four very different SP1
systems experience the same delay issue consistently suggests there is a
fundamental SP1/SP2 sharing problem. The only way forward I can see right
now is to forego SP2 on the new systems and use SP1 instead (I'm not brave
enough to try and upgrade 4 important PCs to SP2!!) so any assistance to
resolve would be greatly appreciated.
TIA
Mark
sharing data with each other and sharing broadband via a DSL Router. All
stable and reliable. I recently bought 2 new pcs with SP2 and added them to
the network only to find that SP2 doesn't like sharing with SP1.
Any attempt to access or browse a resource on either SP2 PC from any of four
SP1 PCs takes 20-25 seconds. This includes searching, browsing with IE,
attaching a file with simple browse dialog, etc etc. In IE, once the folders
have taken 25 sec to refresh they remain available for a while but lapse
after any short period of inactivity (10 - 15 mins) and then take 25 sec to
refresh when needed again. VERY frustrating to work with.
Both new SP2 PCs can browse the older SP1 systems without any such delay AND
they can browse EACH OTHER without any delay.
Basically the SP2 PCs work just fine all-round but the SP1 PCs have problems
accessing them.
Things I've tried already include;
Power management options on SP2 - everything set "always on"
Disabling services such DNS Client, Web Client and Indexing Service.
Removing Desktop.ini files (there weren't many)
Deleting unnecessary shares and broken shortcuts
Setting IE not to look for network folders
Checking that the Message Block Signing is disabled in registry.
Given my new SP2 systems are pretty "clean" and four very different SP1
systems experience the same delay issue consistently suggests there is a
fundamental SP1/SP2 sharing problem. The only way forward I can see right
now is to forego SP2 on the new systems and use SP1 instead (I'm not brave
enough to try and upgrade 4 important PCs to SP2!!) so any assistance to
resolve would be greatly appreciated.
TIA
Mark