Slow Win 7 file transfers over LAN

[Kermit de frog]

Win XP Pro 32-bit Desktop PC to a Win 7 Netbook
XP machine connected to router via Cat5
Win 7 connected via Wireless-G

When I try to send anything to the Public folder on the Win 7 machine, there seems to be a 90 second delay before the transfer begins.  If sending multiple files, the delay is there for the 1st file only.

I do not experience this delay when sending to other laptops running XP over wireless on my network.  It also "appears" to be transferring at a slow rate after the delay, but I have not confirmed this yet.

Has anyone experienced this problem and tried a solution?

[TilDeath]

Check your Home Group settings on the Win 7 system.  Also making a share that is not listed in the Home Group but has to be added may assist too.  Check the Port that the transfer is using for available bandwidth.

TD

[Kermit de frog]

I did not setup a "Home Group".
I only enabled file and sharing and used the "Public" folder to save files through the network.
No passwords and no special User accounts needed to access the Public folder.

BTW, these settings are supposed to only affect when connecting to a "Home" network, and not the "Work" or "Public" network settings.
Currently set to "Home" network for this wireless connection.


Also, my Desktop PC transfers fine to other Wireless laptops running XP, and I originally did the test with only the Win7 on the wireless, while the other laptops were OFF.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Mixed networks are usually not a good idea on windows. When XP was introduced many people were having huge problems if older NT4/W2k boxes were in network. 4kb/s lan speeds using 100mb ethernet etc.

You could try disabling ipv6 support and the network optimizations. They both can wreak havoc in your transfers.

[Denholm]

I'm sure the network slow-downs are rare cases. Just wanted to mention that our network runs Windows 2000, XP, Vista/7, and Linux. Files transfer as quickly as the hard-drives can read and write them. Since I currently don't have the computer on, I can't tell you if IPv6 support was removed/disabled for the Vista/7 computer.

[steely07]

Is there any audio being played on the Win 7 box while you're transferring?, as this will slow transfers down (audio is given priority), I know it sounds crazy, but see here.

http://www.ghacks.net/2007/08/29/fix-for-slow-vista-network-transfer-while-playing-music/

Also, you might try this

Go to Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on and off (left hand side) -> uncheck Remote Differential Compression. Click 'Ok'. You may need to reboot

Try those one at a time.

Steely