slow file copying and deleteing

I've noticed for a while that copying files from an XP workstation to a
W2003 server or deleting files from a share on the server was taking a very
long time.

Today I was deleting a directory full of small files on a mapped network
drive on a W2003 server from my XP Pro SP1 workstation and it was deleting
about two files a second and said it would finish in 55mins.

I wanted to check something unrelated on my C: drive and moved the file
delete progress box over to one side and selected C: in Explorer instead of
the mapped drive I was in the process of deleting from. The deletion
suddenly sped up by an order or two of magnitude, with the files being
deleted faster than I could see and it finished in 30secs instead of 55mins.

Is this a known issue and is there a fix, other than swapping Windows
Explorer away from the mapped drive I'm working on?

Many Thanks

If your server is A DC, you should disable digitally
signed communications on the server and workstations

see : http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=98

Success

Dirk
>-----Original Message-----
>I've noticed for a while that copying files from an XP
workstation to a
>W2003 server or deleting files from a share on the server
was taking a very
>long time.
>
>Today I was deleting a directory full of small files on a
mapped network
>drive on a W2003 server from my XP Pro SP1 workstation
and it was deleting
>about two files a second and said it would finish in
55mins.
>
>I wanted to check something unrelated on my C: drive and
moved the file
>delete progress box over to one side and selected C: in
Explorer instead of
>the mapped drive I was in the process of deleting from.
The deletion
>suddenly sped up by an order or two of magnitude, with
the files being
>deleted faster than I could see and it finished in 30secs
instead of 55mins.
>
>Is this a known issue and is there a fix, other than
swapping Windows
>Explorer away from the mapped drive I'm working on?
>
>Many Thanks
>
>
>.
>

Great, that fixed it, many thanks

We're running W2003 not SBS but the fix worked fine

"DirkC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1b80601c45126$f9bb8640$(E-Mail Removed)...
> If your server is A DC, you should disable digitally
> signed communications on the server and workstations
>
> see : http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=98
>
> Success
>
> Dirk
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I've noticed for a while that copying files from an XP
> workstation to a
> >W2003 server or deleting files from a share on the server
> was taking a very
> >long time.
> >
> >Today I was deleting a directory full of small files on a
> mapped network
> >drive on a W2003 server from my XP Pro SP1 workstation
> and it was deleting
> >about two files a second and said it would finish in
> 55mins.
> >
> >I wanted to check something unrelated on my C: drive and
> moved the file
> >delete progress box over to one side and selected C: in
> Explorer instead of
> >the mapped drive I was in the process of deleting from.
> The deletion
> >suddenly sped up by an order or two of magnitude, with
> the files being
> >deleted faster than I could see and it finished in 30secs
> instead of 55mins.
> >
> >Is this a known issue and is there a fix, other than
> swapping Windows
> >Explorer away from the mapped drive I'm working on?
> >
> >Many Thanks
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Did you read the reply to "slow file copying and deleting" posted by
CarlC a couple of day ago? Looks pretty similar to your problem.

"DirkC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1b80601c45126$f9bb8640$(E-Mail Removed)...
> If your server is A DC, you should disable digitally
> signed communications on the server and workstations
>
> see : http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=98
>
> Success
>
> Dirk
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I've noticed for a while that copying files from an XP
> workstation to a
> >W2003 server or deleting files from a share on the server
> was taking a very
> >long time.
> >
> >Today I was deleting a directory full of small files on a
> mapped network
> >drive on a W2003 server from my XP Pro SP1 workstation
> and it was deleting
> >about two files a second and said it would finish in
> 55mins.
> >
> >I wanted to check something unrelated on my C: drive and
> moved the file
> >delete progress box over to one side and selected C: in
> Explorer instead of
> >the mapped drive I was in the process of deleting from.
> The deletion
> >suddenly sped up by an order or two of magnitude, with
> the files being
> >deleted faster than I could see and it finished in 30secs
> instead of 55mins.
> >
> >Is this a known issue and is there a fix, other than
> swapping Windows
> >Explorer away from the mapped drive I'm working on?
> >
> >Many Thanks
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Sorry. Attached it to the wrong thread!

"Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Did you read the reply to "slow file copying and deleting" posted by
> CarlC a couple of day ago? Looks pretty similar to your problem.
>
> "DirkC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1b80601c45126$f9bb8640$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > If your server is A DC, you should disable digitally
> > signed communications on the server and workstations
> >
> > see : http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=98
> >
> > Success
> >
> > Dirk
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >I've noticed for a while that copying files from an XP
> > workstation to a
> > >W2003 server or deleting files from a share on the server
> > was taking a very
> > >long time.
> > >
> > >Today I was deleting a directory full of small files on a
> > mapped network
> > >drive on a W2003 server from my XP Pro SP1 workstation
> > and it was deleting
> > >about two files a second and said it would finish in
> > 55mins.
> > >
> > >I wanted to check something unrelated on my C: drive and
> > moved the file
> > >delete progress box over to one side and selected C: in
> > Explorer instead of
> > >the mapped drive I was in the process of deleting from.
> > The deletion
> > >suddenly sped up by an order or two of magnitude, with
> > the files being
> > >deleted faster than I could see and it finished in 30secs
> > instead of 55mins.
> > >
> > >Is this a known issue and is there a fix, other than
> > swapping Windows
> > >Explorer away from the mapped drive I'm working on?
> > >
> > >Many Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
>
>