Vista - Are there potential issues connecting Vista workstation to XP Pro computer conf. as file server?

I've always wondered this. At my home office, I have a P4/2GHz/1.5GB
computer running Windows XP Professional that is used as a file server on my
home network. It serves no other purpose.

I also have two workstations running Windows Vista that connect to the XP
computer to pull data. I haven't noticed anything major in terms of network
performance, but would I get better network performance if I used Vista (or
Windows 2003/2008 server) configured as a file server instead?

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:39:24 -0700, "Eriq" <eriqcook@xxxxxx> wrote:
There are performance related improvements in Windows Vista, that effect its use
as an Internet client. RWin Autotuning is one improvement that doesn't work
with all equipment.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/06/autotuning-in-vista-maybe-not-ready-for.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/0...ready-for.html

Windows Vista, like Windows XP, is a client (or peer) network operating system.
I'm not aware of any specific changes in Vista, that would make it more useful
as a server. I suspect too that the increased resource requirements would
detract from its usefulness.

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