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Slow access to local share
Name: Eizo Date: September 28, 2007 at 09:39:17 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: ? Product: ?
Comment:
I need to install some software on a customer's PC. They have a simple peer-peer setup with a router connecting them to the internet. Due to the way the data for the software has to be pathed I shared a local folder on one PC then mapped the same drive letter to it on 2 machines. If I try to install the software directly into the local folder from the PC it is shared on it installs fine, however if I try to use the mapped drive letter (which is effectively pointing to exactly the same local folder) the setup takes hours to complete and everything else slows to a snail's pace. I didn't setup their network but I need to get this software running on it.
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