files open slowly "garik" <ragm63[ at ]si.rr.com> 11/5/2008 1:01:25 PM I have two computers with Windows XP Home and Professional connected via router in a network. Everything seems all right when both of them are in some work. But if one of them is switched off or hibernated it takes about 30 seconds or even more to open a file on the working computer. There is no difference on type of the file or if I use a mouse or don't. If anybody has a clue to the problem the help will be appreciated. Both computers use firewall ZoneAlarm and antivirus nod32.

Re: files open slowly "Don Phillipson" <e925[ at ]SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> 11/5/2008 1:56:48 PM "garik" <ragm63[ at ]si.rr.com> wrote in message news:ePZPaa0PJHA.3936[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > I have two computers with Windows XP Home and Professional connected via > router in a network. Everything seems all right when both of them are in > some work. But if one of them is switched off or hibernated it takes about > 30 seconds or even more to open a file on the working computer. There is no > difference on type of the file or if I use a mouse or don't. 1. The OP did not say whether this problem is new or has been going on for years. 2. MS Fast Find settings can cause slow opening of files: it is wiser to configure this OFF for all files. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

Re: files open slowly "garik" <ragm63[ at ]si.rr.com> 11/5/2008 10:14:40 PM 1. This problem is not new and has been going on for years. It is not the first time I write about it to news groups, but nobody could help me sofar. 2. No FastFind was found in registry. Indexing service is disabled from Windows XP. If it were FastFind guilty in the problem it would exist even without the second computer, but it does not. "Don Phillipson" <e925[ at ]SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message news:OlIbiD1PJHA.1908[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > "garik" <ragm63[ at ]si.rr.com> wrote in message > news:ePZPaa0PJHA.3936[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > >> I have two computers with Windows XP Home and Professional connected via >> router in a network. Everything seems all right when both of them are in >> some work. But if one of them is switched off or hibernated it takes >> about >> 30 seconds or even more to open a file on the working computer. There is > no >> difference on type of the file or if I use a mouse or don't. > > 1. The OP did not say whether this problem is new or has been > going on for years. > 2. MS Fast Find settings can cause slow opening of files: it is > wiser to configure this OFF for all files. > > -- > Don Phillipson > Carlsbad Springs > (Ottawa, Canada) > >

Re: files open slowly "Xandros" <arron.neus*remove*[ at ]gmail.com> 11/7/2008 1:55:09 PM If I recall correctly (IIRC) this problem could be related to the system doing a search for an invalid or disconnected network share. There is a registry fix but I don't remember it. Try posting to the network newsgroup. -- Xandros "garik" <ragm63[ at ]si.rr.com> wrote in message news:ePZPaa0PJHA.3936[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] >I have two computers with Windows XP Home and Professional connected via > router in a network. Everything seems all right when both of them are in > some work. But if one of them is switched off or hibernated it takes about > 30 seconds or even more to open a file on the working computer. There is > no > difference on type of the file or if I use a mouse or don't. If anybody > has > a clue to the problem the help will be appreciated. Both computers use > firewall ZoneAlarm and antivirus nod32. > >

RE: files open slowly WindyGeorge 11/7/2008 3:05:00 PM "garik" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have two computers with Windows XP Home and Professional connected via > router in a network. Everything seems all right when both of them are in > some work. But if one of them is switched off or hibernated it takes about > 30 seconds or even more to open a file on the working computer. There is no > difference on type of the file or if I use a mouse or don't. If anybody has > a clue to the problem the help will be appreciated. Both computers use > firewall ZoneAlarm and antivirus nod32. > > > It sounds as if you have made the directories on the systems available to each other by mapping the shared directories on each system. Get rid of mapped drives just use Explorer to navigate to the desired directory. If the target system is off you will get a system unavailable message but the system you are working on will navigate its directories just fine. Of course you need to have shared the directories. Good luck with this. George