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Forums > Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 & 2000 > Windows Vista
Subject: Vista Slow Copying Large Files to Windows 2000 Server
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Rob Bird User is Offline
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7/23/2007 02:19 PM  
Hi There

Still on SBS 2000 and have installed a few Windows Vista PC's. Initially everything looked OK but we have run into a slow copy file to network issue...

Using a 28Mb file I can push and pull that from our Windows 2000 server with our XP PC's in a few seconds or so .

From the Vista Business PC I can pull a 28Mb file from the Windows 2000 server in about the same time as XP BUT pushing this to the server takes about 5 minutes!

If I then go to the server and attach to the Vista PC I can push and pull that file in about 2 seconds or so to the PC, proving networking infrastructure is all OK.

So the issue is copying files from the Vista PC to the 2000 server using the the Vista PC. This affects all our Vista PC's. It has caused file corruption of large Excel files so far (the first time I have ever had to deal with this) and also I just downloaded an Intel chipset update (saved to a server location) and that to was corrupted so had to be downloaded again. Its rubbish.

I have tried all the "fixes" on the net i could find, ( see  http://www.petri.co.il/tweaking_window_vista_performance.htm ) including patch 931770 and Windows Explorer Navigation Pane etc etc and it is still the same - it tends to sit at the Calculating Time bit for ages. We are now looking at putting Windows XP back on those PC's if no fix is forth coming soon.

Anyone else any ideas? Why does Microsoft always fail at networking, with XP and 2000 we had various issues and fixes (like disabling the digital signed bits etc), I would rather the basics be spot on than a fancy interface any day... it's getting me down

Rob
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7/23/2007 03:54 PM  
Just as an additional...

The files don't have to be that big, anything over about 1.5Mb is slow - I think small files probably are as well but are harder to too notice.

This next bit proves networking is OK and its the a Vista / Explorer thing...
On the Vista PC I opened the network share with the 28Mb file in it on the Windows 2000 Server. I right clicked it and did "send to compressed file". This should copy the file to local PC to compress and put back on the server. That took 5 seconds - probably as it should so networking wise you would think everything is OK.

I repeated this again with a Performance Monitor on the server showing Sent / Received bytes on the LAN card and you could see the peaks to both in and out showing the file was indeed copied to the PC and than back again.

The issue certainly looks like it is still the "calculating time remaining" thing that Vista has, playing up. Why can't there be an option to turn it off.
Maybe patch 931770 fixes things for 2003 networks, but it still seems to be there for 200 Servers.

Any ideas now anyone? How do I log this with Microsoft so they know when I have OEM versions of software?

Rob
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