Vista extremely slow to copy files to network drive

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Nick Gilbert

Hi,

My new Vista machine seems to take AGES to copy files to network drives.
For example, copying a single 10mb file has so far taken about 10
minutes and it hasn't even actually started the copy yet - it still says
"Calculating..."

Windows XP can copy the file in about 4 seconds. Why should Vista take
several thousand times longer to do the exact same thing? I'm using the
same logon credentials on each machine.

How can I fix this?

Thanks,

Nick...
 
Good Luck, it's sort of a random type issue. Some Vista PCs exhibit
the slow copy and others do not. I haven't found a "Common Set" of
conditions where the copy issue happens.
 
Unfortunately none of the workarounds seem to have any effect. It still
takes several minutes to copy a tiny file to a network drive.

It looks like copying files in Vista is totally broken!

I really really hate Vista. It's just so incredibly buggy!

Nick...
 
You might try disabling Remote Differential Compression.

You can disable it by going to Control Panel\Programs and Features > Turn
Windows Features On or Off.
 
Nick said:
Unfortunately none of the workarounds seem to have any effect. It
still takes several minutes to copy a tiny file to a network drive.

It looks like copying files in Vista is totally broken!

I really really hate Vista. It's just so incredibly buggy!

Nick...
Click to expand...

There are lots of ways to copy a file: Drag-and-drop, clipboard, COPY,
XCOPY, etc. Then there's the copy TO vs copy FROM. You might try various
permutations to find one that works better.
 
You might try disabling Remote Differential Compression.

You can disable it by going to Control Panel\Programs and Features > Turn
Windows Features On or Off.
Click to expand...

Disabling Remote Differential Compression definately improved my copy
& move speeds
 
Hi,
I'm using Avast antivirus and any time I copy to another computer, Avast
generates an error that it could not scan. This causes a huge delay
especially if you are copying a large number of files. If I want to copy , I
temperarily disable the
Standard shield. This may not be your problem of course but I know a number
of people us Avast.
 
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