SOLUTION : NT 4 Server - XP Pro LAN network drive browsing very slow

The solution to the below problem was to disable the Webclient Service.

Disabling this service doesn't seem to have affected anything else. There's
basically nothing about this on the Microsoft web site!

cheers,

Steve


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Forgot to mention - there are no error messages seen or recorded in the
event log on XP Pro client, or NT Server.



There is a "autoenrollment" error seen in the event log on the clients from
the time of first start-up of the XP pro machine, but I believe that's a
completely different problem.



cheers,



Steve

"Steve Whelan" <steve-nospamplease-@whelanworks.co.uk> wrote in message
news:2128001c45a98$984e8cb0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello all,
>
> This is my first post to this group so please forgive me
> if I'm asking something that would be more appropriately
> posted to another group somewhere, or if it's covered in
> an FAQ somewhere (that I haven't been able to find!).
>
> I have a problem with three XP Pro machines on an Ethernet
> LAN browsing mounted drives from the Windows NT 4 Server
> PDC.
>
> When I login to the domain from any of the XP machines
> (using any valid userid) 2 drives get mounted from the
> server, one via logon script, the other via the user's
> profile home path. Note however that though the drives get
> mounted slightly differently the problem behaviour is the
> same for both drives.
>
> Once logged onto an XP Pro machine, when I try to browse
> the two network drives mounted from the NT 4 server,
> response is VERY slow. It can take 5 minutes for the
> folder list to be displayed in the Explorer window. Whilst
> I'm waiting for the window to display the folder list I
> can start a Command Prompt on the same machine and browse
> the mounted drives no problem at all from the command
> prompt. So the drives do get mounted no problem, and it's
> only when going via Explorer/desktop that the slow
> response is seen.
>
> The fact that the Command prompt method of accessing the
> drives works as quickly as expected, and that each of the
> 3 XP Pro machines has different hardware for accessing the
> network (Ethernet card, pcmcia card, usb laptop docking
> station), I believe rules out hardware as the cause.
>
> The LAN has a mixture of XP Pro, Win 2000 Pro and Win98
> clients, and a single Windows NT 4 server. ALL the XP Pro
> machines display the problem accessing the mounted server
> drives, none of the other clients do. If I share a drive
> from a Windows 2000 client the XP Pro clients can access
> and browse the Win 2000 drive no problem.
>
> I've tried disabling the anti-virus on the XP machines, no
> difference.
>
> So it's only when the XP Pro machines access drives
> mounted from the NT 4 server, and only when using the GUI
> interface to browse those drives. I've searched the
> Internet and Microsoft's website without finding a
> solution. I can't help but feel it's something very simple
> that I should have thought of by now :-(
>
> Any help greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Steve Whelan
>