One folder taking forever to come up

[Arin]

Okay, I'm troubleshooting a 5-computer network connected to a server, XP all around. Everything on the network works fine except for this one directory on the server that contains roughly 30,000 files - there is a roughly 90 second lag between opening this directory and being able to see the files in it. I've tried adding IPX and NetBEUI protocols to the mix with 0 effectiveness, sadly the client's not interested in chopping the directory up into smaller ones.

Any thoughts?

 

[rvnguy]

Arin,

You might try a file indexing app like google desk top or others. Being pre-indexed might open faster

rvnguy
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[linney]

Any clues in these?

Slow network browsing in Windows XP

http://www.ss64.com/nt/slow_browsing.html

High rate of collisions on 100-megabit networks

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315237/en-us?FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

Test your MTU:

http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks

Use DrTCP to set the appropriate MTU value:

http://www.dslreports.com/drtcp

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814112 - Files on Network Shares Open Slowly or Read-Only or You Receive an Error Message

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814112&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

Are there a combination of virus scanners set to scan "all" files on the XP's or Server?