Hello again all, I recently installed Windows 7 on my desktop at work and while everything has been great thus far, my network speed has taken a turn for the snails pace. I have found and read articles on the technet forums about this exact problem. The solution provided for the previous posts has been to start using Richcopy, but I have been using it for more than 6 months and I am experiencing the same lack of throughput. I have done everything I can think of and researched short of reinstalling Windows 7, which was another solution.I can give you some points to help as you will be starting from where I currently am: My throughput speeds are anywhere from 120kb/s to 300kb/s using cat 6 on a gigabit network. Static IP using the domain controller as my DNS Not a member of the domain (intentionally) Turned off fire wall, no change in speed Manually added myself to DNS server, no change in speed Removed and reinstalled NIC, no change in speed changed network cable, no change in speed Changed switch, no change in speed Turned off IPv6 functionality on device, no change in speed Moved mouse in a counter clockwise motion, no change in speed Others on my subnet (Another tech and our Domain Admin) who are using the same switch, are getting WAY better performance than I am. Neither are part of the domain. Any and all help will be appreciated!

As a side note, after doing some math my throughput with RichCopy is worse than with just Windows. I have calculated it to be getting 111kb/s, which is lower than my other tests. Also, 2 more things Destination servers are running Server 2k3/2k8 Most of these speeds are copping files, not moving them.

what happens if you manually set the adapter speed to 100MB fulll duplex?

When I set it to 100MB full duplex, I got slightly better network speeds at about 300k/sec but it was stable, which is am improvement. I decided to try to monitor my network throughput via the networking monitoring tool in Task Manager and it was hovering right about the same number, 290k/sec.

Try Fred Lnga's tip from the Windows Secrets Newsletter: http://windowssecrets.com/2010/10/14/01 Easy steps to a significantly faster network To start, if you're in a homegroup, exit it. (Need info? See MS's Help page , "Leave a homegroup.") Once every PC has left the homegroup, it no longer exists. Next, to disable HomeGroup and change encryption levels, open the Control Panel, select Network and Internet, then Network and Sharing Center. Once there, in the left-hand pane choose Change advanced sharing settings. It's a two-click fix, In the Home or Work section of the dialog box, scroll down to File Sharing Connections and click the radio button for Enable file sharing for devices that use 40- or 56-bit encryption. (Note: You need this setting anyway, if you want to share files between Win7 and an XP box. More on this to come.) Next, a bit further down under HomeGroup connections, select Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers. Save the changes, and you're done! Pasted from <http://windowssecrets.com/2010/10/14/01 >

While this may work, I am set up as a work environment so I do not get this option when I got into the advanced sharing settings. Good suggestion though, I will keep it in mind when people ask about it. In the mean time my network speeds are getting better, but its still maxing out at about 500k/s. Still doing some tinkering on my end and I'll keep you up to date. EDIT I think I have another symptom of my connectivity issues. I am tasked with working in AD and DNS for our domian and I am using the remote control add-in for windows 7/server 2k3/2k8. Great tool and a great replacement for the admin pack! Anyways, there are times when Connecting to the DC and DNS server work, but others don't. I have checked this by actually browsing to the server by IP, then FQDN, and both work just fine. When I do an arp -a of the server name, whether FQDN or not, it only contacts one of my DNS servers (I have 3) and its hit or miss on getting info I need. I am not sure if this could also be part of the problem but it may help solve it. Thanks again!