Windows XP problem slow LOCAL file open

[jthiessen]

I have found that this is for sure a Windows XP problem. I have some documents that open slowly on a brand new P4 3Ghz 512Mb RAM. These are local files, mostly in Word XP (2002). The interesting thing is that on a Windows 2000 system, the document opens right away, but on Windows XP, there is a 20-30 second delay.
All affected files seem to have a significant amount of formatting, so I thought the issue may be hardware related, until I tried opening the same files on a slower Windows 2000 machine and had them open instantly.
It seems to me that either Windows XP is not indexing certain formatting or something like that, but I am at a loss.

Any ideas?

Josh

MCSE, CCNA, MCT, MCP

 

[bcastner]

AccessUser22,

Your issue is different than what is being discussed in this thread.

See, as a general note to SMB signing and opportunistic locking issues:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814112

But I think you should start a new thread to get the attention the issue deserves.


MS-MVP
Windows - Networking

 

[DBLoser]

jthiessen,

How did you determine it was a color printer causing the slowness?

Thanks,

Bruce