Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next

Network grinds to a halt

Posted: 02-16-2008, 03:28 AM
We have peer to peer network (4 PC's, 2 x Vista, 2 x XP plus 1 HP printer
sitting as a network device)
At this time only the two Vista are used and are used intensively but both
PC's have 2GB memory and are new. In booted idle state all PC's can easily
see and browse the default shared public drives on the network and all these
drives are mapped to each other. At least once a day the network grinds to a
halt and files saved to a mapped network shared drive take forever to save,
if at all. This target vista PC is used rather much with Adobe Photoshop with
largish images up all over the place but these images are not dragged over
the network.. Today that target network drive on that Vista PC could not
even be opened itself (never mind over the network). PC has to re-booted. I
had the HP printer USB’d to the “Adobe” Vista PC and that took long to print
over the network (hour glass would take 20-30 seconds to release); luckily it
was able to connect directly to the network and printing became almost
instantaneous. Thisperhaps points to an issue with the Adobe PC. Is this a
memory issue perhaps on that one “Adobe” PC; most network activity is opening
and saving SMALL word and excel files to this Adobe PC; I am not if there is
problem the other way around. I thought 2gb would be enough. Any tools I can
use to diagnose to see if it’s the PC or something on the network. Thanks

Reply With Quote

Responses to "Network grinds to a halt"

 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
 


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On
Forum Jump


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
internet connection grinds to a halt-lights are on but no-one is h páid Windows Vista Performance & Maintenance 1 11-08-2007 10:23 PM
Abnormal Program Halt JM Windows XP Music 0 09-16-2004 03:53 AM
Adding more memory to XP puts system to a halt ? Big G Windows XP Help & Support 2 11-08-2003 02:18 AM
How Can I Pause/Halt Windows? jim evans Windows XP Basics 3 10-07-2003 08:44 AM
DirectX 0.9, installation halt Wilhelm Schultz Windows XP Hardware 1 08-06-2003 07:12 PM