I need help LOL!!! LOTS !

MrKlean · Post by **MrKlean** » 2005 Feb 06, 06:55

I'm sure this isn't a program problem, but I have no idea what causes this. All of a sudden, when I read folders from my network, it shows the type of folder real SLOW !! Like for exe, docs, and other files. It used to just zip along when reading the files, but it has come to a crawl. It takes forever to do anything woth the files, such as rename, delete, any of that. You help would be greatly appreciated, if you care to.

Thanks

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Feb 06, 09:42

try doing the same operations on the same folders using explorer or 2xExplorer. Is there the same delay?

MrKlean · Post by **MrKlean** » 2005 Feb 07, 00:05

yes sir, appears to be just as slow...that's why I guessed it wasn't the proggie. I really hate to reformat LOL! But, if I can't find it..I'll hafta LOL!

Thanks again ; )

vserghi · Post by **vserghi** » 2005 Feb 07, 09:44

You won't need top reformat because its reading the folders slowly. If this only happens on the network drives, then perhaps, the network drive is nearing capacity, or being acessed by a lot of other people. Either way, the network is updating x2 slowly.

MrKlean · Post by **MrKlean** » 2005 Feb 07, 13:28

yes sir, I know that, but the drive isn't near capacity and I'm the only one using the network drive. It did work fine before, now it's real slow..just thot there was a simple answer.

Thanks ; )

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2005 Feb 07, 14:03

MrKlean wrote: All of a sudden, when I read folders from my network, it shows the type of folder real SLOW !!

That suggests something specific changed (like a new program was installed or updated, or antivirus settings were changed, etc).
Simply reformatting a drive may have no beneficial effect if the problem is in your AV app settings, for example. If you can determine what it was, it will be much less painful to reverse than to 'rebuild' the system.

MrKlean · Post by **MrKlean** » 2005 Feb 07, 14:22

Ahhhhhhh..anti-virus LOL! I always forget that screws stuff up. I'll hafta check the network settings there. Thanks ; )

MrKlean · Post by **MrKlean** » 2005 Feb 08, 04:23

Well, I removed Norton and it sure speeded up. LOL!! NOW, to find out what the problem was with Norton ??

Thanks for the reminder ; )

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2005 Feb 08, 12:00

For what it's worth, the problem I have found with Norton is that it is too aggressive to run on my old (win98) machines: it slowed things down to a crawl. My 'solution' was to switch those machines to AVG (free version).

MrKlean · Post by **MrKlean** » 2005 Feb 09, 03:09

Well, this is a950 mhz machine with 512 ram. I don't think this should slow down that much LOL!! I'll keep looking at the settings...later LOL!!