Opening a folder on network brings PC to nearly a complete stop!
Hi there,I work in a small office with one pc acting as a server with three other pc's connected to it. For some reason, whenever the boss goes on to the network drive and opens one specific folder, his pc runs incredibly slowly. The other two pc's can open this folder and continue browsing without any problems. We've run a virus scan on the folder and there is no virus on it. He has to restart his pc in order for it to run at an acceptable speed again. We've also tried defragging his pc but nothing works. Please help!1 person needs an answerI do too
November 11th, 2010 6:39am

If the folder has many items in it then the boss's computer may have too little memory available to read the entire list. Try setting his Windows Exporer to view just Details or List view rather than icons or thumbnails.Check memory this way:Right Click a blank area of the task bar and click Task Manager then click the Performance Tab. You will see (in XP) Total Physical Memory , Available Physical Memory and System Cache settings. Also, a Commit Charge section with Commit Charge Total, Commit Charge Limit and Commit Charge Peak settings.My pc is slow because my Total Physical Memory is 1,048,048 (1 gigabyte - gb) and my Total Commit Charge is 1,282,820 (1.2 gb) so my Total Commit Charge exceeds the Total Physical Memory. Total Commit Charge is the total memory used by programs. So what does the system do - well to prevent blue screen errors or out of memory or just a really bad day the system takes some of the memory in use for other programs that are running but not active and swaps that memory info to a predetermined place on the hard disk. This frees physical ram for programs that are actively in use. The act of swapping to disk this memory takes 100-1000 times more time to access that swapped memory information than physical ram so your computer slows down - considerably. So your options here are to close programs or add ram if possible. I can't - old computer and cannot upgrade it.So the simple solution is to add more memory to the computer if possible. Check out Crucial.com for a program that will determine current memory and possible upgrade options. It will download a control via the browser to determine this. The site should have good instructions for swapping memory. You might have to replace 512 mbytes for 1 gigabyte modules because the pc only has so many slots to put the memory in. IMPORTANT always leave the computer plugged in and OFF and touch a metal area on the pc before handling the memory chips. If you move around always discharge your static electricity this way.Jay
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November 11th, 2010 3:36pm

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