I have a similar network with the same symtoms and currently looking fo a
solution.
I would like you to confirm a couple things.
Open Task Manager on the affected Vista system, select the Performance Tab.
Note the Cached and Free memory; our system eats the free and loads it all
into cached.
Then Open the Resource Monitor and expand the Memory group.
Note the image svchost.exe (LocalSystemNetworkRestricted) will have
escallating Hard faults.
We have found that stopping the Offline Files Service eliminates the faults
and restores system performance.
Currenlty trying to get MS to explain and help fix.
If behaviour is same for you, please notify and I will share info as
received from MS.
"gburnett" wrote:
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> We have Vista Business Laptops with Offline files enabled that sync with a
> 2003 server. About 12Gb of data is available offline. Performance Offline is
> fine. Performance when working online is very slow with continuous high level
> of HDD Activity and High number of Hard Page faults/sec (350 approx) Laptops
> are Core 2 Duo with 2Gb RAM. When the online status is changed in windows
> explorer from online to offline the HDD activity subsides and system responds
> normally. I have been trying to resolve this issue for about a month with no
> success. I am keen to roll out Vista but cannot proceed until this issue is
> resolved. Can anyone help please.