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XP Slow Network Connection
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I have the same problem? When I am using Win98 or Win2000 everything seems to run fine. When I use one of the five new machines with XP, they seem to crawl through the network shares.... This all started a few days a go when I installed the first server with Active Directory?????
If I find anything I will let you know.....
If I find anything I will let you know.....
We are having the same problem here at our office. EVERY XP machine does not communicate at the speed it should! All windows updates have been made. These machines have ran fast when they had 98 and 2000 on them. There is NO network wiring issues. I have noticed though, if you reboot the machine and try again, it will be FAST. As you open a couple things and then try again, it is SLOW. It is definitely an XP problem.
Do you guys have these machines on a domain?
By the way, let EVERYONE know to disable DNS registry service on their 2000 and XP machines! Here are the instructions for XP and OS 9. For XP it is a little different, but the the check box is in the same spot! This is TERRIBLE! Another Microshafting suopposed "great idea..." DUH! It is a default, and will cause extraneous network traffic.
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How to configure a Windows 2000 and OS 9 client to not use dynamic updates:
Windows 2000
The option can be found from:
Click Start -> Settings -> Network and Dialup
View the Properties of Local Area
Select Adapter -> Protocols -> TCP/IP -> Advanced -> DNS
The "Register this name" option box should be clear.
Mac OS 9
In Mac OS 9 a machine tries to register a service name in the DNS whenever Personal WebSharing or Personal FileSharing over TCP/IP is started or stopped. This behaviour is controlled by a Network Services Location Manager (NSL) extension called "DNSPlugin". This extension searches the DNS for services but network services are not allowed to register in the IE zone. The extension should either be reconfigured to refer to your local zone(s) or it can be disabled with the Extensions Manager Control Panel if you do not need its functionality.
Do you guys have these machines on a domain?
By the way, let EVERYONE know to disable DNS registry service on their 2000 and XP machines! Here are the instructions for XP and OS 9. For XP it is a little different, but the the check box is in the same spot! This is TERRIBLE! Another Microshafting suopposed "great idea..." DUH! It is a default, and will cause extraneous network traffic.
--------------------------------------------------------
How to configure a Windows 2000 and OS 9 client to not use dynamic updates:
Windows 2000
The option can be found from:
Click Start -> Settings -> Network and Dialup
View the Properties of Local Area
Select Adapter -> Protocols -> TCP/IP -> Advanced -> DNS
The "Register this name" option box should be clear.
Mac OS 9
In Mac OS 9 a machine tries to register a service name in the DNS whenever Personal WebSharing or Personal FileSharing over TCP/IP is started or stopped. This behaviour is controlled by a Network Services Location Manager (NSL) extension called "DNSPlugin". This extension searches the DNS for services but network services are not allowed to register in the IE zone. The extension should either be reconfigured to refer to your local zone(s) or it can be disabled with the Extensions Manager Control Panel if you do not need its functionality.
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