Text search via network from XP very slow

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Les Desser

I have finally lost the battle and have today installed two Dell PCs
with XP Pro - Dell no longer supply W2K. :(

They were installed as part of a network and replaced W98 machines.

One of the proud new users called me shortly after the install that
searching from explorer for specific text strings within files was
excruciatingly slow - he does this all the time to find specific Word
documents.

The files are on a server (W2k Server) but the search is within a single
folder containing 1371 Word documents.

In the past this only took a few seconds.

I tried it out and lo-and-behold the two new XP machines took several
minutes while other PCs on the network, lowly W98 and W2K P3 700
included, did the job in about 15 seconds.

These new machines are 3.4GHZ!

Any ideas what is going on and what I can do about it - other than ditch
XP.

Thanks
 
I have finally lost the battle and have today installed two Dell PCs
with XP Pro - Dell no longer supply W2K. :(
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They were installed as part of a network and replaced W98 machines.
Click to expand...
One of the proud new users called me shortly after the install that
searching from explorer for specific text strings within files was
excruciatingly slow - he does this all the time to find specific Word
documents.
Click to expand...
The files are on a server (W2k Server) but the search is within a single
folder containing 1371 Word documents.
Click to expand...
In the past this only took a few seconds.
Click to expand...
I tried it out and lo-and-behold the two new XP machines took several
minutes while other PCs on the network, lowly W98 and W2K P3 700
included, did the job in about 15 seconds.
Click to expand...
These new machines are 3.4GHZ!
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Any ideas what is going on and what I can do about it - other than ditch
XP.
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Try specifying the DHCP and DNS IP numbers in the network config.
Does it make a difference if NetBEUI is enabled?
If that doesn't work, the XP motherboard network card drivers are
sometimes really slow. Try installing a plugin network card with the
supplied drivers (not the XP drivers) and see if that helps.


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Rotes Sapiens said:
Try specifying the DHCP and DNS IP numbers in the network config.
Does it make a difference if NetBEUI is enabled?
If that doesn't work, the XP motherboard network card drivers are
sometimes really slow. Try installing a plugin network card with the
supplied drivers (not the XP drivers) and see if that helps.
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Thanks - will try on my next visit
 
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