Vista - Absurdly long file copy across network in Vista...

02-08-2008

Perhaps someone might suggest a solution to this problem.

I have turned off Remote Differential Compression. So no need to suggest
that. It won't help me.

I am simply attempting to copy a file from my PC to a co-location in a
different subnet using SMB (e.g. "\\remote-pc\share\folder").

I can bring up a virtual PC running XP on this Vista machine, and the file
will copy within a minute.

However, within Vista, I get a dialog that stays up for over ten minutes
(not an exaggeration, I counted) that says, "Calculating time remaining...".
Eventually, if I wait long enough (maybe eat lunch, bring peace to the Middle
East, find a way to divide by zero, or imagine a triangle with the sum of its
interior angles totally over 180 degrees), the file will copy.

Mind you, my boss (who runs Vista as well) doesn't seem to have this
problem. It works as normal. So I am lead to believe somehow, the problem
can be resolved. Unfortunately, I don't even know where to look. Any ideas?

- Trey

02-08-2008

Trey

This is a common problem. There was heavy focus on this problem in the Vista
Service Pack 1 beta and they have made great progress.

SP1 is due to be released in mid March.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

"Trey Van Riper" <TreyVanRiper@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:66A2E7C3-BAF8-4A8E-AD9B-970CDD6944D7@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Perhaps someone might suggest a solution to this problem.
>
> I have turned off Remote Differential Compression. So no need to suggest
> that. It won't help me.
>
> I am simply attempting to copy a file from my PC to a co-location in a
> different subnet using SMB (e.g. "\\remote-pc\share\folder").
>
> I can bring up a virtual PC running XP on this Vista machine, and the file
> will copy within a minute.
>
> However, within Vista, I get a dialog that stays up for over ten minutes
> (not an exaggeration, I counted) that says, "Calculating time
> remaining...".
> Eventually, if I wait long enough (maybe eat lunch, bring peace to the
> Middle
> East, find a way to divide by zero, or imagine a triangle with the sum of
> its
> interior angles totally over 180 degrees), the file will copy.
>
> Mind you, my boss (who runs Vista as well) doesn't seem to have this
> problem. It works as normal. So I am lead to believe somehow, the
> problem
> can be resolved. Unfortunately, I don't even know where to look. Any
> ideas?
>
> - Trey

02-08-2008	#1 (permalink)
Trey Van Riper n/a posts	Absurdly long file copy across network in Vista... Perhaps someone might suggest a solution to this problem. I have turned off Remote Differential Compression. So no need to suggest that. It won't help me. I am simply attempting to copy a file from my PC to a co-location in a different subnet using SMB (e.g. "\\remote-pc\share\folder"). I can bring up a virtual PC running XP on this Vista machine, and the file will copy within a minute. However, within Vista, I get a dialog that stays up for over ten minutes (not an exaggeration, I counted) that says, "Calculating time remaining...". Eventually, if I wait long enough (maybe eat lunch, bring peace to the Middle East, find a way to divide by zero, or imagine a triangle with the sum of its interior angles totally over 180 degrees), the file will copy. Mind you, my boss (who runs Vista as well) doesn't seem to have this problem. It works as normal. So I am lead to believe somehow, the problem can be resolved. Unfortunately, I don't even know where to look. Any ideas? - Trey
My System Specs

02-08-2008	#2 (permalink)
Ronnie Vernon MVP n/a posts	Re: Absurdly long file copy across network in Vista... Trey This is a common problem. There was heavy focus on this problem in the Vista Service Pack 1 beta and they have made great progress. SP1 is due to be released in mid March. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "Trey Van Riper" <TreyVanRiper@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:66A2E7C3-BAF8-4A8E-AD9B-970CDD6944D7@xxxxxx Quote: > Perhaps someone might suggest a solution to this problem. > > I have turned off Remote Differential Compression. So no need to suggest > that. It won't help me. > > I am simply attempting to copy a file from my PC to a co-location in a > different subnet using SMB (e.g. "\\remote-pc\share\folder"). > > I can bring up a virtual PC running XP on this Vista machine, and the file > will copy within a minute. > > However, within Vista, I get a dialog that stays up for over ten minutes > (not an exaggeration, I counted) that says, "Calculating time > remaining...". > Eventually, if I wait long enough (maybe eat lunch, bring peace to the > Middle > East, find a way to divide by zero, or imagine a triangle with the sum of > its > interior angles totally over 180 degrees), the file will copy. > > Mind you, my boss (who runs Vista as well) doesn't seem to have this > problem. It works as normal. So I am lead to believe somehow, the > problem > can be resolved. Unfortunately, I don't even know where to look. Any > ideas? > > - Trey
My System Specs

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