W2K and WinME slow network shares

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I have 2 computers connected to a DSL router.
Both have static IP with our ISP DNS numbers set.
With shared folders on both systems, accessing the W2K
shares from the WinME system is very fast, but when
trying to access the WinME share from the W2K computer,
it takes a very long time to open.

Pinging from either system results in 10ms or less
using either IP address or computername so TCP seems to be OK.

Any suggestions on why the W2K is so much slower at file access?

Thank you,
mnow
 
This is a common issue when networking between Win2k or XP machines and
Win9x. Do this:

1. On the Win2k machine, Start/Run regedit ENTER.

2. Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Remote
Computer\NameSpace\

3. Delete this key:

{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
 
Doug,

What does this key represent?
I copied it before I deleted it and when w2k rebooted, it did a scandisk
for security.
I also noticed that when viewing networking places now,
it takes several minutes to update the network connections to other computers.
The fix did correct the speed to an older win98 or ME connection but
am getting "Explorer has generated errors and will be closed by windows"
error on certain connections now.

What might be the cause of this problem?

Thank you,

mow
 
Hmmm.

1. I can't give you a good technical explanation for this key, but it has
to do with an incompatability in the way Win9x responds to queries from
Win2k/XP machines about scheduled tasks when making a connection.

2. I have deleted this key many times in Win2k - Win9x environments without
adverse results. If you did not backup the registry, you can easily
recreate the key: Right click on NameSpace and select New/Key, rename the
Key by pasting {D62 etc.} into it.

3. I would be very surprised if restoring this key solves your problem -
please advise if this turns out to be the case. Despite the suspicious
timing, I think the registry edit and the explorer error are coincidence.
On the other hand, the symptoms you describe are consistent with a corrupt
or damaged registry. Check Event Viewer for errors. If you can't narrow
this down, try a repair/upgrade reinstall. This will not change your
configuration or installed programs, but you will have to reinstall SPs and
updates.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
 
Doug,
On further investigation I found that on some w2k machines were
sped up in connection by the deletion of the key while others
were not.
The explorer error has been contributed to a bad motherboard.
It looks like it seems to be a peer to peer connection problem
that w2k seems to not support (maybe netbios or netbeui).

Ping works fine with no dropouts .

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you,

mnow
 
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