Vista slow file/network copying fixes

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Sabrewulf165

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Sorry if this is old news or a repost, but I've been looking for solutions to these problems for a while and thought I'd share.

These two links are for the hotfixes that are supposed to fix slow file copying/moving:

http://blog.jasonspix.com/?p=496
http://blog.jasonspix.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Windows6.0-KB931770-x86.msu

He also links to a site that hosts both the x86 and x64 hotfixes.

Then there is the trick for fixing slow network transfers/timeouts:

http://tidky.jeffkaplan.net/2007/05/13/vista-slow-network/

The synopsis is that their appears to be a problem with Vista being too smart for it’s own good, with the addition of the “Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level” setting in the TCP/IP stack.

Disabling this setting fixed the timeout problem in FF2 and Windows Live Writer on my machine. Make sure you’re running as an Administrator (can open a command window as Administrator) and execute the following command at the prompt:

“netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled”

Changing “disabled” to “normal” will re-enable this setting, should you want to turn it back on again. The following command will list the status of the current TCP settings:

“netsh interface tcp show global"
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I'll be trying these on my x64 Ultimate install when I get home. Hope this helps somebody!
 
I applied them, no improvement. Copying files is slightly faster than moving them, move almost always leaves empty folders laying around no matter where the destination is. Network copies / moves via gigabit to Windows Home Server BETA is painfully slow, sending from gigabit to the router to my son's Wireless G XP box is pointless. Timeouts and more occur constantly. Booting to XP, everything works fine for everyone.

Removed AV, still slow.
Disabled firewall, still slow.
Applied hotfix, still slow.
Boot to XP, screaming copies and moves.

I officially hate Vista, but as it's a requirement of my job to develop for it, I'm stuck.
 
Just installed the x64 hotfix and the ISO copy speed from disk to disk for me is way up. Went from about 8 MB/s pre-hotfix to 27-35 MB/s post-hotfix.

DeschutesCore are you running x86 or x64 Vista? I wonder if that makes any difference?
 
I am using the 32-bit version and the hotfix works for me. Did not apply any other fixes. Now there is no more stucking at the "calculating time remaining" stage for 10 seconds (or more). Emptying the recycle bin is almost instant now (it takes a minute before, as if painfully moving files one-by-one).
 
Sabrewulf165 said:
Just installed the x64 hotfix and the ISO copy speed from disk to disk for me is way up. Went from about 8 MB/s pre-hotfix to 27-35 MB/s post-hotfix.

DeschutesCore are you running x86 or x64 Vista? I wonder if that makes any difference?
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That would be x86 32-bit. I've tried discussing it in the Windows Home Server BETA forum, MS won't respond.

Anyone else have Vista on two different machines and getting the same behavior?
 
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