Re: Takes 5 minutes to browse to a network Share

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From: Bob Willard (BobwBSGS_at_TrashThis.comcast.net)
Date: 02/02/04 

Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 15:06:04 -0500

Leigh Sheppard wrote:

> This problem has been driving me crazy. Here is the
> system setup and the symptoms.
>
> - 5 brand new identical computers running Windows XP
> Professional in a peer-to-peer configuration (Workgroup)
>
> - 4 of the computers connect to each other and all shared
> resources with no problems. Fast browsing, drive mapping
> etc.
>
> - The 5th computer takes 5 minutes to connect to any
> other computer on the network for sharing files. It
> connects to the Internet through a Linksys cable/DSL
> router and cablemodem flawlessly. The other four
> computers connect to the "problem" computer just fine.
>
> Symptoms and efforts made so far:
> 1. Browsing eventually works, as long as I let the
> computer keep hunting for 5 minutes or so. Oncce a
> connection is made, things seem to operate as normal
> until someone logs off, and then I have to go through the
> 5 minute wait again.
>
> 1a. if I try to interrupt the "browsing", I get a (not
> responding) error, and pretty much have to reboot.
>
> 2. Running in SAFE MODE with Network Support works just
> fine... fast browsing, etc.
>
> 3. Since all 5 computers are identical, I moved a
> functioning Hard Disk from one of the other 4 computers
> into the "defective" one, and it worked just fine!
>
> 4. I tried moving the Hard Disk from the "defective"
> computer into one of the other working computers, and the
> problem followed the drive (in other words the problem
> moved with the hard disk"
> - this tells me, that it is not the wiring, the hub,
> the router, the NIC or even the computer that is the
> problem. Possibly the hard drive, but there are no other
> problems with using the drive. As a standalone unit, it
> operated flawlessly.
>
> 5. I have reformatted the Hard Disk and reinstalled XP
> Pro from scratch 4 times. I replaced the motherboard, the
> NIC, checked the cabling. I have installed all available
> updates.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. You can either
> respond on this usergroup, or email me directly. TIA

I'll give long odds that the problem is not with the HD, but rather
with the software that is on the HD. My first guess would be
the DNS params, but check all the network stuff until you find
the difference(s) between the slow PC and the others. 

-- 
Cheers, Bob

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