Slow XP Network w/ Maximized Window

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Name: paSpademan
Date: May 5, 2008 at 16:39:31 Pacific
Subject: Slow XP Network w/ Maximized Window
OS: XP
CPU/Ram: 2gb
Model/Manufacturer: HP ds220 mt

Comment:

I have a strange problem with Windows XP Pro SP2. When browsing the network share on the Windows SBS2003 box in a restored window the network browses fine. When the window is maximized the networking browsing locks up or has a very long delay before opening a directory. There are 65 computers on the network all running XP Pro. All the other machines don't have a problem. I checked for Spyware, Adware etc... The system is clean. Any Suggestion how to fix this? I updated the nic driver but didn't make a difference.

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Response Number 1

Name: guapo
Date: May 5, 2008 at 17:53:04 Pacific
Subject: Slow XP Network w/ Maximized Window

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Hmmm, that sure is a strange problem. Off the top of my head, I would boot to safe mode and see if the same thing happens. If it doesn't, then something that is loading at boot time is causing the problem.
If the same thing occurs, I would take a chance on SP3 for XP. I normally don't recommend updates but when there is a strange problem with no apparent answer, that's what I would do.

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Response Number 2

Name: wanderer
Date: May 6, 2008 at 08:00:58 Pacific
Subject: Slow XP Network w/ Maximized Window

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Is it all the pcs or just one? What are the specs on the xp boxes [mem, cpu..]?
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Response Number 3

Name: paSpademan
Date: May 28, 2008 at 09:40:42 Pacific
Subject: Slow XP Network w/ Maximized Window

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After further investigation I found that the problem is on 4 other machines. I updated to XPSP3 and it didn't fix the problem. The problem is on HP d220mt with 1gb+ gb of ram, and P4 2.8ghz cpu. The other three machines are newer with the same amount of memory but with larger CPU units.

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Response Number 4

Name: paSpademan
Date: May 30, 2008 at 10:34:56 Pacific
Subject: Slow XP Network w/ Maximized Window

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Okay I narrowed the problem down to Resolution Size. If the display is set to 800x600 the browsing problem goes away. On setting of 1024x768 the problem occurs but if you increase the DPI to 110% or greater the problem goes away again. However; I have two machines running at 1280x1024 and the DPI change didn't fix them but using the other two methods mentioned ceased the problem. I need to keep the 1280x1024 resolution on those two machines. Installing the latest video card drivers didn't solve the problem.

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Response Number 5

Name: guapo
Date: May 30, 2008 at 20:57:55 Pacific
Subject: Slow XP Network w/ Maximized Window

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Do all the machines with the same problem have the same monitor?

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Response Number 6

Name: paSpademan
Date: June 2, 2008 at 05:13:23 Pacific
Subject: Slow XP Network w/ Maximized Window

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NO Different Monitors. One is Optiquest Flat Panel Model Q19wb and the other is a Hanns-G Flat Panel Model HC194D.

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Response Number 7

Name: guapo
Date: June 2, 2008 at 05:31:58 Pacific
Subject: Slow XP Network w/ Maximized Window

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Is there a cable modem and a router involved? If there is can you take one of the machines and connect it directly to the modem, leaving the router out of the loop?
I would like to see if the resolution is doing something to the MTU. I never heard of that but I don't know what else to check.

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Response Number 8

Name: paSpademan
Date: June 3, 2008 at 07:03:16 Pacific
Subject: Slow XP Network w/ Maximized Window

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Tried what you mentioned without success.

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Response Number 9

Name: guapo
Date: June 3, 2008 at 19:52:18 Pacific
Subject: Slow XP Network w/ Maximized Window

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That tells us that the router isn't the problem. Can you connect one of those machines to another internet connection and see if it does the same thing? Maybe you can take the tower home to test it.
If it doesn't happen on another ISP, then the problem isn't in the machines.

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Response Number 10

Name: paSpademan
Date: June 30, 2008 at 04:53:59 Pacific
Subject: Slow XP Network w/ Maximized Window

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The problem was AVG AntiVirus. I added the mapped drive to the exclude list within AVG and the problem is now fixed. Thanks for your help.

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