Re: Major frustrations with "Path is too deep" copy problems...help??
- From: "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 21:15:43 -0400
Hi,
Might want to read the notes:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832978
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
<intrepid_dw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello, all.
>
> Unfortunately, I'm another "victim" of this apparently too-well-known
> "Cannot copy file - Path is too deep" problem. I'm coming here pleading
> for help and suggestions.
>
> Scenario:
>
> Two brand-new Dell XPS 400 2.8Ghz Pentium D machines with Intel
> 10/100/1000 PL integrated NIC, 250 GB Maxtor hard drive formatted NTFS,
> Windows XP Pro SP2.
>
> These two machines are connected via a Linksys BEFSR41 cable/DSL
> router, with the router's DHCP server assigning addreses to each.
>
> When attempting to copy a large (2.8MB) file between these machines
> (either direction), the copy hangs and ultimately fails with the "Path
> is too deep" error. Here is what I've attempted to fix this problem:
>
> * Changed each NIC from AutoDetect to 100MBPS/FullDx
> * Disabled all Antivirus, firewalling, and related s/w.
> * Applied MS KB "TcpAckFrequency" registry setting.
> * Applied MS KB "Adaptive_ifs" (interframe spacing for Intel nics)
> * New ethernet cables for each machine.
> * Already using latest NIC driver from Dell website.
> * Changed ports for each machine on the router.
> * Checked for conflict of IRQ's between NIC and onboard modem; disabled
> modems as both were using IRQ 17.
> * Performed independent speed/performance tests for each machine to
> dslreports.com; each reported clean/clear performance w/no recommended
> tweaks
> * Pings between each machine (both ways) are always clean and < 1ms
> * Upgraded the firmware on the router to the latest version (1.5)
> * Run Performance Monitor on each machine during file copies; NO
> discarded packets inbound/outbound, no packet errors inbound/outbound,
> no packet discards inbound/outbound.
> * I've probably tried some other things that I've forgotten by now :)
>
> When I copied files from an old WinME machine to one of the new XPS
> 400s on this same network/router/etc, I had no trouble at all.
>
> At this point, I'm down to blaming the router, but each machine to/from
> the internet works properly. I'm also wondering if there might be
> something peculiar with this combination of a (relatively) new NIC and
> the router. However, most other posts I've read on this are of the
> general opinion that this is a Post-SP2 OS-level bug, not a hardware
> problem.
>
> If anyone has any fresh ideas to try, I'm open. This is *very*
> frustrating. Please reply to the group here, as the email I use in this
> message is dead.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> David
>
.
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