Michael Wright wrote:
> I have four computers all connected with a simple network. Each
> computer is running XP-Home, SP2.
>
> I connect to computer A from the three other computers. Something
> strange is happening. All three other computers will connect to
> computer A fine, but two of the computers are very slow when
> displaying the contents of a shared folder on computer A. The shared
> folder has over 1,000 files in it, so I know that is a lot of files
> to display. However, one of my three will display the contents
> almost instantly. The other two computers (which are both newer and
> one of them quite a bit faster) take probably 8-10 seconds to display
> the contents.
> As best as I can tell, all network settings on all computers are the
> same. Of course, they are different machines with different drivers,
> etc., but I cannot figure out why 1 out of 3 would be so much faster.
>
> Is there anything I can check? I would appreciate any thoughts
> anyone has.

What type of files are they?

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