Pc is slow outside the office????

[Club_obi_wan]

I know it sounds strange but its true, I have an acer aspire 1350 i
believe is the number. It's an older computer, maybe 4-5 years old, i
have xp w/ sp2 and 768mb of ram, i think its an 80gb hard drive that
is maybe 1-2 years old. I will swear that my computer doesnt like
leaving the office. Here is a great example...flash pens. when I
plug a flash pen into my cpu in the office, it takes less then 1
minuted to recognize the pen and load the software. Yet when I'm
outside the office and i plug one in, it searches and searchse and
searches finally it gives me the stop or continue anyway options and
then it loads and loads and loads and loads and finally it finishes.
We are talking 3 minutes minimum. We're on a network and obviously I
unplug when i'm outta the office.

Has anyone experienced anything like this or is it just time for a new
computer? Is there something I can disable somewhere when I'm outta
the office to help me or what?

Another problem I run into is when I leave the office I'll copy
folders from the server and paste them in my documents or on my
desktop to have when i'm at a meeting or whatever and many times when
I boot at the meeting i get the blue screen and something about one of
the files needs to be checked for consistency or something like that
and it says its a FAT32 and it slowly counts from 1 to 100% and on we
go. The files I copy are mainly folders of word, excel and maybe
access database files, nothing outta the ordinary, whats up with that?

Thanks to all in advance

 

[Fuzzy Logic]

I know it sounds strange but its true, I have an acer aspire 1350 i
believe is the number. It's an older computer, maybe 4-5 years old, i
have xp w/ sp2 and 768mb of ram, i think its an 80gb hard drive that
is maybe 1-2 years old. I will swear that my computer doesnt like
leaving the office. Here is a great example...flash pens. when I
plug a flash pen into my cpu in the office, it takes less then 1
minuted to recognize the pen and load the software. Yet when I'm
outside the office and i plug one in, it searches and searchse and
searches finally it gives me the stop or continue anyway options and
then it loads and loads and loads and loads and finally it finishes.
We are talking 3 minutes minimum. We're on a network and obviously I
unplug when i'm outta the office.

Has anyone experienced anything like this or is it just time for a new
computer? Is there something I can disable somewhere when I'm outta
the office to help me or what?

Another problem I run into is when I leave the office I'll copy
folders from the server and paste them in my documents or on my
desktop to have when i'm at a meeting or whatever and many times when
I boot at the meeting i get the blue screen and something about one of
the files needs to be checked for consistency or something like that
and it says its a FAT32 and it slowly counts from 1 to 100% and on we
go. The files I copy are mainly folders of word, excel and maybe
access database files, nothing outta the ordinary, whats up with that?

Thanks to all in advance

Do you have mapped network drives? I suspect this may be the problem as your
system is looking for them during file operations and since you aren't
connected to your LAN they aren't there.

 

[LVTravel]

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Do you have mapped network drives? I suspect this may be
the problem as your
system is looking for them during file operations and
since you aren't
connected to your LAN they aren't there.

FL is probably on the right track. To help you more you can
use a batch file to "uninstall" or unmap the drives and then
remap them later.

To see all comments on correct lines, maximize your email
program.

I have two laptops that I regularly transfer between my work
DNS network and my home peer-to-peer network. I have
created batch files and placed shortcuts to them in the
quick launch toolbar to log-on and log-off to the individual
drives in each network. It's a pain in the butt but it does
work.

A sample of the log-on and log-off batch files are:

Onto the DNS network where there are two servers and two
other computers that are shared peer-to-peer that I
regularly connect to.

cd \windows\system32
NET USE R: \\XXX2\RECORDS /persistent:no
School records on server
NET USE Z: \\XXX2\LVTRAVELCOURSE /persistent:no Course
documents on server
NET USE P: \\XXX2\LVTRAVEL /persistent:no
Personal folder on server
NET USE N: \\XXX1\PROGRAMS /persistent:no
Shared programs on server
NET USE V: \\CDCOPIER\CD\LVTRAVEL /persistent:no
Personal folder on CD/DVD duplicator
NET USE X: \\FACULTY9\C$ /persistent:no
My office computer's system drive
rem NET USE Y: \\FACULTY9\D$ /persistent:no
My office computer's backup drive not normally connected


The "/persistent no" will automatically disconnect network
drive when I shut down the computer. If I hibernate my
laptop instead of shutting down the drive mappings come back
when I turn it on the next morning.

Disconnects the office network if I simply hibernate the
drive between work and home.

cd \windows\system32
NET USE R: /delete
NET USE Z: /delete
NET USE P: /delete
NET USE N: /delete
NET USE V: /delete
NET USE X: /delete
NET USE Y: /delete

Log onto home network: I have three Network Attached
Storage devices connected to my wireless router/switch along
with one desktop currently in service along with three
wirelessly connected laptops.

cd \windows\system32
NET USE W: \\BACKUP-250\BACKUP /persistent:no Backup
NAS device - 250 GB
NET USE S: \\Documents\Document /persistent:no
Work drive on NAS - 250 GB
NET USE O: "\\SONY\SONY C" /persistent:no
Home desktop system drive - 60 GB
NET USE P: "\\SONY\SONY D" /persistent:no
Home desktop 1st work drive - 100 GB
NET USE Q: "\\SONY\SONY E" /persistent:no
Home desktop main data drive - 300 GB
NET USE T: \\MOVIESTORE\MS /persistent:no
NAS where all video files stored - 500 GB

I also have a disconnect the home network drives similar to
the one for the office drives



Hope this information helps.

 

[Club_obi_wan]

FL is probably on the right track.  To help you more you can
use a batch file to "uninstall" or unmap the drives and then
remap them later.

To see all comments on correct lines, maximize your email
program.

I have two laptops that I regularly transfer between my work
DNS network and my home peer-to-peer network.  I have
created batch files and placed shortcuts to them in the
quick launch toolbar to log-on and log-off to the individual
drives in each network.  It's a pain in the butt but it does
work.

A sample of the log-on and log-off batch files are:

Onto the DNS network where there are two servers and two
other computers that are shared peer-to-peer that I
regularly connect to.

cd \windows\system32
NET USE R: \\XXX2\RECORDS /persistent:no
School records on server
NET USE Z: \\XXX2\LVTRAVELCOURSE /persistent:no Course
documents on server
NET USE P: \\XXX2\LVTRAVEL /persistent:no
Personal folder on server
NET USE N: \\XXX1\PROGRAMS /persistent:no
Shared programs on server
NET USE V: \\CDCOPIER\CD\LVTRAVEL /persistent:no
Personal folder on CD/DVD duplicator
NET USE X: \\FACULTY9\C$ /persistent:no
My office computer's system drive
rem NET USE Y: \\FACULTY9\D$ /persistent:no
My office computer's backup drive not normally connected

The "/persistent no" will automatically disconnect network
drive when I shut down the computer.  If I hibernate my
laptop instead of shutting down the drive mappings come back
when I turn it on the next morning.

Disconnects the office network if I simply hibernate the
drive between work and home.

cd \windows\system32
NET USE R:  /delete
NET USE Z:  /delete
NET USE P:  /delete
NET USE N:  /delete
NET USE V:  /delete
NET USE X:  /delete
NET USE Y:  /delete

Log onto home network:  I have three Network Attached
Storage devices connected to my wireless router/switch along
with one desktop currently in service along with three
wirelessly connected laptops.

cd \windows\system32
NET USE W: \\BACKUP-250\BACKUP /persistent:no        Backup
NAS device - 250 GB
NET USE S: \\Documents\Document /persistent:no
Work drive on NAS - 250 GB
NET USE O: "\\SONY\SONY C"  /persistent:no
Home desktop system drive - 60 GB
NET USE P: "\\SONY\SONY D"  /persistent:no
Home desktop 1st work drive - 100 GB
NET USE Q: "\\SONY\SONY E"  /persistent:no
Home desktop main data drive - 300 GB
NET USE T: \\MOVIESTORE\MS /persistent:no
NAS where all video files stored - 500 GB

I also have a disconnect the home network drives similar to
the one for the office drives

Hope this information helps.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Wow you guys are good, yes i have 1 network drive at work, we're a
small business - family my brother, father and I. Anyway yes, we have
a network, so I should either log off or disconnect the network when
I'm away from the office? I'd have never thunk it, thanks so much for
the advice.

 

[LVTravel]

FL is probably on the right track. To help you more you can
use a batch file to "uninstall" or unmap the drives and then
remap them later.

To see all comments on correct lines, maximize your email
program.

I have two laptops that I regularly transfer between my work
DNS network and my home peer-to-peer network. I have
created batch files and placed shortcuts to them in the
quick launch toolbar to log-on and log-off to the individual
drives in each network. It's a pain in the butt but it does
work.

A sample of the log-on and log-off batch files are:

Onto the DNS network where there are two servers and two
other computers that are shared peer-to-peer that I
regularly connect to.

cd \windows\system32
NET USE R: \\XXX2\RECORDS /persistent:no
School records on server
NET USE Z: \\XXX2\LVTRAVELCOURSE /persistent:no Course
documents on server
NET USE P: \\XXX2\LVTRAVEL /persistent:no
Personal folder on server
NET USE N: \\XXX1\PROGRAMS /persistent:no
Shared programs on server
NET USE V: \\CDCOPIER\CD\LVTRAVEL /persistent:no
Personal folder on CD/DVD duplicator
NET USE X: \\FACULTY9\C$ /persistent:no
My office computer's system drive
rem NET USE Y: \\FACULTY9\D$ /persistent:no
My office computer's backup drive not normally connected

The "/persistent no" will automatically disconnect network
drive when I shut down the computer. If I hibernate my
laptop instead of shutting down the drive mappings come back
when I turn it on the next morning.

Disconnects the office network if I simply hibernate the
drive between work and home.

cd \windows\system32
NET USE R: /delete
NET USE Z: /delete
NET USE P: /delete
NET USE N: /delete
NET USE V: /delete
NET USE X: /delete
NET USE Y: /delete

Log onto home network: I have three Network Attached
Storage devices connected to my wireless router/switch along
with one desktop currently in service along with three
wirelessly connected laptops.

cd \windows\system32
NET USE W: \\BACKUP-250\BACKUP /persistent:no Backup
NAS device - 250 GB
NET USE S: \\Documents\Document /persistent:no
Work drive on NAS - 250 GB
NET USE O: "\\SONY\SONY C" /persistent:no
Home desktop system drive - 60 GB
NET USE P: "\\SONY\SONY D" /persistent:no
Home desktop 1st work drive - 100 GB
NET USE Q: "\\SONY\SONY E" /persistent:no
Home desktop main data drive - 300 GB
NET USE T: \\MOVIESTORE\MS /persistent:no
NAS where all video files stored - 500 GB

I also have a disconnect the home network drives similar to
the one for the office drives

Hope this information helps.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Wow you guys are good, yes i have 1 network drive at work, we're a
small business - family my brother, father and I. Anyway yes, we have
a network, so I should either log off or disconnect the network when
I'm away from the office? I'd have never thunk it, thanks so much for
the advice.


Yes you should unmap (NET USE x: /DELETE from a batch file or use Disconnect
Network Drive from Tools in Windows Explorer) the network drive before
disconnecting the machine from the network. My batch file examples show how
to map and unmap a drive.

Before XP there wasn't much of an issue with disconnected mapped drives.
With XP & especially with Office 2003 or later installed if there is an
unconnected mapped network drive the machine takes just about forever to
display any folder or file information.

Have a good day and hope this does solve your issue.