Cory
July 16th 04, 06:44 PM
what OS is the old PC?
>-----Original Message-----
>I just swapped out my PC at work a few weeks ago, but I'm
having a bit of trouble with long delays when opening
files or when right-clicking on files. It takes about a
minute on a new P4 3.2. I went into safe mode and
everything is fine. So then I went back into standard
mode and tried disabling virus software and anything else
not critical, but it still happened. Through process of
elimination, I realized the problem would go away if I
either unplugged then network cable or disabled the NIC.
I tried updating the NIC drivers, installing a new and
different NIC, a virus scan and a spyware scan. Still
nothing. I logged in as the local administrator to see if
maybe my profile was bad, but it still did it.
>
>Then I used a packet sniffer to see what was going on
with the NIC. I realized that the second I right-clicked
on a file, my new PC was broadcasting to find my old PC.
So I turned on my old PC and sure enough the lag went
away. I turned off the old PC and the lag came back.
>
>The new PC is sending an ARP request for my old PC. If
the old PC is off, then I believe it is hesitating while
waiting for this reply. When the old PC is on, I can see
that, following the ARP request is:
>
>- An ARP Reply
>- A NetBios Session Request from the new pc to the old pc
>- A NetBios Session Response
>- Followed by prototcol negotiations, etc...
>
>I have no mapped drives to the old pc, and I deleted all
of the "my network places" pointing to the old pc, but it
still happens. I searched the registry for the name and
the IP Address of the old pc, but only found a few benign
entries, which I deleted, but still nothing. I searched
though all of the files on my system for the name and IP
Address, but still only benign entries.
>
>I flushed my DNS, and it seemd to reduce the amount of
lag by a few seconds, but it's still pretty bad. Could be
just a coincidence.
>
>Can anyone tell me what could cause my new pc to seek the
old pc when opening or right-clicking a file? Any ideas
would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Rob
>.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>I just swapped out my PC at work a few weeks ago, but I'm
having a bit of trouble with long delays when opening
files or when right-clicking on files. It takes about a
minute on a new P4 3.2. I went into safe mode and
everything is fine. So then I went back into standard
mode and tried disabling virus software and anything else
not critical, but it still happened. Through process of
elimination, I realized the problem would go away if I
either unplugged then network cable or disabled the NIC.
I tried updating the NIC drivers, installing a new and
different NIC, a virus scan and a spyware scan. Still
nothing. I logged in as the local administrator to see if
maybe my profile was bad, but it still did it.
>
>Then I used a packet sniffer to see what was going on
with the NIC. I realized that the second I right-clicked
on a file, my new PC was broadcasting to find my old PC.
So I turned on my old PC and sure enough the lag went
away. I turned off the old PC and the lag came back.
>
>The new PC is sending an ARP request for my old PC. If
the old PC is off, then I believe it is hesitating while
waiting for this reply. When the old PC is on, I can see
that, following the ARP request is:
>
>- An ARP Reply
>- A NetBios Session Request from the new pc to the old pc
>- A NetBios Session Response
>- Followed by prototcol negotiations, etc...
>
>I have no mapped drives to the old pc, and I deleted all
of the "my network places" pointing to the old pc, but it
still happens. I searched the registry for the name and
the IP Address of the old pc, but only found a few benign
entries, which I deleted, but still nothing. I searched
though all of the files on my system for the name and IP
Address, but still only benign entries.
>
>I flushed my DNS, and it seemd to reduce the amount of
lag by a few seconds, but it's still pretty bad. Could be
just a coincidence.
>
>Can anyone tell me what could cause my new pc to seek the
old pc when opening or right-clicking a file? Any ideas
would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Rob
>.
>