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Brad
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      03-03-2010
Was there found a solution to this issue? I am having exactly the same
problem, although its more around copying files up the server. It takes
30mins for a 50M file! Its a Gigabit network, all offloading is turned off
on the NIC and the registry, servers brand new, and the previous server with
Windows 2000 was fine. It doesnt seem to have any issues with Windows 7
clients, and IP6 is turned on (its SBS2008 and so cant turn it off without
effecting other things).

Any help here would be really appreciated - Im a bit stuck.

Brad

"Al Williams" wrote:

> Look into the device manager at the advanced properties of your SBS's NIC
> and ensure none of the advanced offloading is enabled in there. I'm not
> sure it matters if disabled in the registry but it couldn't hurt (ensure you
> reboot). I'd also check the slow PC's NIC settings.
>
> Have you verified it is not a network switch issue? Any "pattern" to the
> slowness w.r.t. how the PC's are connected to the server?
>
> Not sure what else to suggest. You may want to post to the SBS08 specific
> group, you need to join first:
> https://connect.microsoft.com/
>
> Good luck.
>
> --
> Allan Williams
>
>
>
>
> OneginNH wrote:
> > Hi - I made those four changes to the "advanced" settings and there
> > was no difference in the performance. Do you have any other
> > suggestions at this time? If not then I guess my next steps need to
> > be to install the various service packs mentioned inthe BPA,
> > including SP2 for Sharepoint 3.0 and SP2 for Server 2008.
> >
> > "Al Williams" wrote:
> >
> >> The BPA pointed to several "advanced" networking settings that were
> >> enabled and should be disabled:
> >> Add-On Congestion Control Provider
> >> Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level
> >> Receive-Side Scaling State
> >> Task Offload
> >>
> >> Fix those first using the instructions given and see if it helps.
> >> Also look into the other settings (Firewall is disabled?).
> >>
> >> --
> >> Allan Williams
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> OneginNH wrote:
> >>> Hi Al and thank you for your response. To answer your questions:
> >>>
> >>> 1) In regard to "advanced networking stuff" I'm not sure where/how
> >>> to find that kind of thing. I guess I can poke around. In calling
> >>> Intel about this I woudl have thought they could/woudl point me in
> >>> this direction (if needed) since both the server NIC and the
> >>> workstation NICs are Intel (actually that's not strictly true, one
> >>> of the worst performers under Windows XP has a Realtek NIC). But,
> >>> yes, what you are suggesting has been on my mind ever since I ran
> >>> across that KB 968991 article that I mention elsewhere in this
> >>> (rather long) posting - problem with that 968991 article is that it
> >>> doesn't strictly apply to my circumstances. But it talks about
> >>> Intel Advanced I/O stuff which is what you are pointing me to. Why
> >>> Intel wouldn't have known about such an issue is a mystery to me
> >>> and for these various reasons I have therefore held off on applying
> >>> the 968991 hotfix - do you think I shoudl do it?
> >>>
> >>> 2) In regard to the SBS BPA I'm a bit embarrassed to say that I had
> >>> not run it. Why? Because with the BPA for the Exchange piece built
> >>> right in to the O/S, I guess I assumed that the BPA tool for SBS
> >>> would be built right into the SBS console alongside all the other
> >>> error checking that tool constantly does. Anyway once I saw your
> >>> note I immediately downloaded the SBS 2008 BPA. Right off the bat I
> >>> did show the only critical error (expected), which was that the DNS
> >>> A resource record was pointing to both NIC's on the server. As
> >>> mentioned elsehwere in this mammoth post, the second serve NIC got
> >>> turned on recently only as an experiemnt and it did not change
> >>> things at all. Anyway this mornign I shut off that second NIC
> >>> again and ran BPA again and the critical error is gone for DNS.
> >>> There are no critical errors. The remaining non-critical issues
> >>> are, of course, of concern but I have no idea where to focus/get
> >>> started -- I need to solve the slow network problem before I do any
> >>> of the more refined fine-tuning stuff - as I'm sure you can
> >>> appreciate. But perhaps the key to my performance issus is in
> >>> these issues, and I have posted them below (below my next and last
> >>> answer to your questions) -- if there is any feedback you can
> >>> provide I would most appreciate it.
> >>>
> >>> 3) You ask about logs on the server and the workstations. Yes I
> >>> have checked and not seen anything obvious but I agree, I need to
> >>> do some careful analysis there, which I will proceed to do. If you
> >>> have any suggestions as to what to focus on in the logs that would
> >>> be appreciated.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you and here are the issues shown by BPA at this time:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> All Issues
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1 :
> >>> The server RIVERSERV is running Exchange Server 2007 with Service
> >>> Pack 1; however, Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2007 is
> >>> available. For more information, see "You cannot install Exchange
> >>> Server 2007 Service Pack 2 on a Windows Small Business Server
> >>> 2008-based computer" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at
> >>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=163940.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Add-On Congestion Control Provider :
> >>> Add-On Congestion Control Provider is set to ctcp. To disable Add-On
> >>> Congestion Control Provider, click Start, and in the Search box type
> >>> "command." in the results, right-click Command Prompt, and then
> >>> click Run as administrator. At the command prompt, run the following
> >>> command: netsh int tcp set global congestion=none
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Firewall is disabled :
> >>> The Firewall has been disabled and by default is enabled on Windows
> >>> Small Business Server
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> IE Enhanced Security disabled :
> >>> IE Enhanced Security is currently disabled for Administrators. To
> >>> enable IE Enhanced Security go to Start/Server Manager and click on
> >>> the Configure IE ESC link on the right.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Local activation permission to the IIS WAMREG Admin Service
> >>> required : The Network Service is missing local activation
> >>> permissions to the IIS WAMREG admin Service in accordance with the
> >>> event ID 10016 in the system event log. For more information, see
> >>> KB "Event ID error messages 10016 and 10017 are logged in the
> >>> System log after you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0" at
> >>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=128063. Note: This warning
> >>> will continue to appear until at least 24 hours have passed since
> >>> the most recent occurrence of event 10016.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level :
> >>> Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level is set to normal. To disable
> >>> Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level, click Start, and in the Search
> >>> box type "command." in the results, right-click Command Prompt, and
> >>> then click Run as administrator. At the command prompt, run the
> >>> following command: netsh int tcp set global autotuning=disabled
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Receive-Side Scaling State :
> >>> Receive-Side Scaling State is set to enabled. To disable
> >>> Receive-Side Scaling, click Start, and in the Search box type
> >>> "command." in the results, right-click Command Prompt, and then
> >>> click Run as administrator. At the command prompt, run the
> >>> following command: netsh int tcp set global rss=disabled
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> remote.riverwebnh.com does not exist in the BackConnectionHostNames
> >>> registry key :
> >>> The BackConnectionHostNames key should include the value
> >>> remote.riverwebnh.com. To resolve this issue, open Registry Editor,
> >>> and then locate and click
> >>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa\MSV1_0\BackConnectionHostNames.
> >>> Right-click BackConnectionHostNames, and then click Modify. In the
> >>> Value data box, type remote.riverwebnh.com, and then click OK.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 is not installed :
> >>> Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 is not installed on this
> >>> server.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Task Offload :
> >>> Task Offload is set to enabled. To disable Task Offload, click
> >>> Start, and
> >>> in the Search box type "command." in the results, right-click
> >>> Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. At the command
> >>> prompt, run the the following command: netsh int ip set global
> >>> taskoffload=disabled
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The BackConnectionHostNames registry key does not exist :
> >>> The registry key
> >>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa\MSV1_0\BackConnectionHostNames
> >>> does not exist. To resolve this issue, open Registry Editor, and
> >>> then locate and click
> >>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa\MSV1_0\.
> >>> Right-click MSV1_0, point to New, and then click Multi-String Value.
> >>> Type BackConnectionHostNames, and then press ENTER.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The Companyweb value does not exist in the BackConnectionHostNames
> >>> registry key :
> >>> The Companyweb value does not exist in the BackConnectionHostNames
> >>> registry key. To resolve this issue, open Registry Editor, and then
> >>> locate and click
> >>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa\MSV1_0\BackConnectionHostNames.
> >>> Right-click BackConnectionHostNames, and then click Modify, In the
> >>> Value data box, type Companyweb, and then click OK.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The log file for the Windows SharePoint Services configuration
> >>> database is getting large :
> >>> The log file for the Windows SharePoint Services configuration
> >>> database is larger than 1 GB in size. For information about how to
> >>> reduce the size of the log file, see the Knowledge Base at
> >>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=159745.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> User account does not show in the Windows SBS Console :
> >>> The user account Deb Hardy does not have the attributes that are
> >>> necessary for it to display in the Windows SBS Console.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> User account does not show in the Windows SBS Console :
> >>> The user account Remote AOD does not have the attributes that are
> >>> necessary for it to display in the Windows SBS Console.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 :
> >>> Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is installed with Service Pack 1.
> >>> Service Pack 2 is available.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Al Williams" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I'd verify that none of advanced networking stuff (TCP Chimney
> >>>> Offload, etc.) is enabled on the server first, it tends to cause
> >>>> issues with older PC's. Have you run the SBS BPA? Anything in the
> >>>> logs of the server or clients?
> >>>>
> >>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951037
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Allan Williams
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> OneginNH wrote:
> >>>>> Two months ago I completed an uneventful install of SBS 2008 for a
> >>>>> company of about 25 users on brand-new hardware. The only
> >>>>> significance issues since the install have been
> >>>>> performance-related, specifically that browsing shared folders on
> >>>>> the server is very slow (displaying the contents of folders, for
> >>>>> example). Opening large documents and media files is also very
> >>>>> slow, and at least one server-based Visual Foxpro program which
> >>>>> ran very fast under the old Server 2003 server slows to a crawl
> >>>>> with the new server. However, all these woes disappear if the
> >>>>> client is Windows 7 - the speed difference is night and day! Is
> >>>>> there something that can be done to tweak Windows XP to perform
> >>>>> better with SBS 2008? The client does not have the budget to
> >>>>> undertake a migration to Windows 7 at this time.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> .
> >>
> >>
> >> .

>
>
> .
>

 
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Russ SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP]
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      06-04-2010

Spencer,
You have posted this question to techarena.in
Which attempts to copy posts from Microsoft's Public Newsgroup
This Breaks Threads from the source and we can not see what you are
referring to.

Please post a new question to

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Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Public Forums, please go to
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Leythos
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      06-05-2010
In article <>,
says...
> i am having Identical problems on my new SBS 2008 server. extrememly
> slow browsing to server shares. plus i also get "the local device is
> already in use" error... I have done all the same steps listed in this
> topic. I am desperate for a solution. Did you find one. This is
> killing productivity of my CAD users...
>


Since you don't properly quote the thread you're asking about, since
this is Usenet and not a web based forum, we can only guess about your
issue:

1) What antivirus software are you running on the workstations?
2) What antivirus software are you running on the server
3) Is your DHCP properly setup using the 2008 Wizards?
4) Is your DNS properly setup using the 2008 Wizards?
5) Did you setup the drive shares using the Wizards?

Post an IPCONFIG /ALL from the server (don't edit it)

Post an IPCONFIG /ALL from a workstation having problems



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Dustin Loftis
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      07-01-2010
Generally, problems encountered with XP clients versus 2008 servers are caused by SMB2. A workaround for this problem is to turn SMB2 off on the server.

1.Run "regedit" on Windows Server 2008 based computer.

2.Expand and locate the sub tree as follows.

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServe r\Parameters

3.Add a new REG_DWORD key with the name of "Smb2" (without quotation mark)

Value name: Smb2
Value type: REG_DWORD
0 = disabled
1 = enabled

4.Set the value to 0 to disable SMB 2.0, or set it to 1 to re-enable SMB 2.0.

5.Reboot the server.

Full link here:
http://www.petri.co.il/how-to-disabl...erver-2008.htm




OneginNH wrote:

SBS 2008 Slow Network Performance with Windows XP Clients
04-Feb-10

Two months ago I completed an uneventful install of SBS 2008 for a company o
about 25 users on brand-new hardware. The only significance issues since th
install have been performance-related, specifically that browsing share
folders on the server is very slow (displaying the contents of folders, fo
example). Opening large documents and media files is also very slow, and a
least one server-based Visual Foxpro program which ran very fast under th
old Server 2003 server slows to a crawl with the new server. However, al
these woes disappear if the client is Windows 7 - the speed difference i
night and day! Is there something that can be done to tweak Windows XP t
perform better with SBS 2008? The client does not have the budget t
undertake a migration to Windows 7 at this time.

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:16 AM
OneginNH wrote:

SBS 2008 Slow Network Performance with Windows XP Clients
Two months ago I completed an uneventful install of SBS 2008 for a company o
about 25 users on brand-new hardware. The only significance issues since th
install have been performance-related, specifically that browsing share
folders on the server is very slow (displaying the contents of folders, fo
example). Opening large documents and media files is also very slow, and a
least one server-based Visual Foxpro program which ran very fast under th
old Server 2003 server slows to a crawl with the new server. However, al
these woes disappear if the client is Windows 7 - the speed difference i
night and day! Is there something that can be done to tweak Windows XP t
perform better with SBS 2008? The client does not have the budget t
undertake a migration to Windows 7 at this time.

On Thursday, February 04, 2010 12:14 PM
Larry Struckmeyer[SBS-MVP] wrote:

Should not be such (any) differences. Something else is going on.
Should not be such (any) differences. Something else is going on. Is th
SBS the DHCP server for the LAN? Were all the computers joined to the domai
with the wizards.? Are all updates current? Do all devices use the sam
switch

Please post the results of the command

ipconfig /all > c:\iptest.tx

from the server, and one each XP and 7 stations

Please do not change anything, and please tell us which is which


Larr
Please post the resolution to you
issue so others may benefi

Get Your SBS Health Check a
www.sbsbpa.com

On Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:44 PM
OneginNH wrote:

Hi Larry, thanks for your response.
Hi Larry, thanks for your response. I apologize in advance for the length o
this reply

To answer your questions

Yes, the SBS server is the DHCP server for the LA

Yes, all the computers were joined to the network with the SBS wizard (as
side note, it came as a big surprise that I had to install .NET on all the X
workstations in order to use the wizard. The .NET version install wa
version 3, then it was patched to the latest 3.5 -- latest as of lat
November 2009 anyway. The process was incredibly time-consuming but yes, i
was done for every XP machine and the wizard was used in all cases)

Yes, I am fanatical about Windows updates on all machines

No, not all devices use the same switch. There are four switches and ther
is no correlation between which switch the user is tied to

Below are the ipconfig results for the server (first) and an XP workstation
(second). Unfortunately I do not have a Windows 7 machine on the network and
I am not able to give you the ipconfig for that box. I do, however, have
that box here in my office and although I would not be able to connect to the
network we are talking about, I could certainly post the ipconfig for however
it comes up when not attached to the network - if you think that would be
helpful).

BTW I realize that having the second ethernet connection on the server
(listed first in the ipconfig.txt) enabled is not recommended, and in fact I
will be disabling it in the near future. It was only enabled as an
experiment in light of this network slowness problem. I can assure you that
the speed issue existed before that NIC was enabled, whcih was only recently.

One other note, early on I contacted Intel about this becuase of a hotfix
that Microsoft has concerning a problem with the I/O Acceleration technology
in some of their network adapters. They seemed to know nothing about it (and
this was the file server group at Intel) and pointed me back to Microsoft. I
never installed the hotfix in question becuase it did not specifically match
the set up the customer has nor the exact circumstances, although it does
sound very close. The issue is discussed on kb 968991. But perhaps this is
the area I need to revisit. I just got cold feet when Intel did not even know
about something that seemed to me like it would be such a big issue out there
in the world.

Thank you again for your help.

Server ipconfig:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : RIVERSERV
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : rivernet.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : rivernet.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : rivernet.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 EB Network
Connection with I/O Acceleration #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-17-89-B6-31
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::417f:5349:45e0:36ff%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.14(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, February 01, 2010 1:56:47 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:57:03 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 EB Network
Connection with I/O Acceleration
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-17-89-B6-30
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::597a:87bb:43e9:5b20%10(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::69f1:45cd:1c59:bf30%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::69f1:45cd:1c59:bf30%10
192.168.1.10
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 8:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :

On Thursday, February 04, 2010 5:49 PM
Al Williams wrote:

I'd verify that none of advanced networking stuff (TCP Chimney Offload,etc.
I'd verify that none of advanced networking stuff (TCP Chimney Offload,
etc.) is enabled on the server first, it tends to cause issues with older
PC's. Have you run the SBS BPA? Anything in the logs of the server or
clients?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951037

--
Allan Williams




OneginNH wrote:

On Friday, February 05, 2010 9:01 AM
OneginNH wrote:

Hi Al and thank you for your response.
Hi Al and thank you for your response. To answer your questions:

1) In regard to "advanced networking stuff" I am not sure where/how to find
that kind of thing. I guess I can poke around. In calling Intel about this
I woudl have thought they could/woudl point me in this direction (if needed)
since both the server NIC and the workstation NICs are Intel (actually that is
not strictly true, one of the worst performers under Windows XP has a Realtek
NIC). But, yes, what you are suggesting has been on my mind ever since I ran
across that KB 968991 article that I mention elsewhere in this (rather long)
posting - problem with that 968991 article is that it does not strictly apply
to my circumstances. But it talks about Intel Advanced I/O stuff which is
what you are pointing me to. Why Intel would not have known about such an
issue is a mystery to me and for these various reasons I have therefore held
off on applying the 968991 hotfix - do you think I shoudl do it?

2) In regard to the SBS BPA I am a bit embarrassed to say that I had not run
it. Why? Because with the BPA for the Exchange piece built right in to the
O/S, I guess I assumed that the BPA tool for SBS would be built right into
the SBS console alongside all the other error checking that tool constantly
does. Anyway once I saw your note I immediately downloaded the SBS 2008 BPA.
Right off the bat I did show the only critical error (expected), which was
that the DNS A resource record was pointing to both NIC's on the server. As
mentioned elsehwere in this mammoth post, the second serve NIC got turned on
recently only as an experiemnt and it did not change things at all. Anyway
this mornign I shut off that second NIC again and ran BPA again and the
critical error is gone for DNS. There are no critical errors. The remaining
non-critical issues are, of course, of concern but I have no idea where to
focus/get started -- I need to solve the slow network problem before I do any
of the more refined fine-tuning stuff - as I am sure you can appreciate. But
perhaps the key to my performance issus is in these issues, and I have posted
them below (below my next and last answer to your questions) -- if there is
any feedback you can provide I would most appreciate it.

3) You ask about logs on the server and the workstations. Yes I have
checked and not seen anything obvious but I agree, I need to do some careful
analysis there, which I will proceed to do. If you have any suggestions as
to what to focus on in the logs that would be appreciated.

Thank you and here are the issues shown by BPA at this time:


All Issues


Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1 :
The server RIVERSERV is running Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1;
however, Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2007 is available. For more
information, see "You cannot install Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 on a
Windows Small Business Server 2008-based computer" in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=163940

Add-On Congestion Control Provider
Add-On Congestion Control Provider is set to ctcp. To disable Add-O
Congestion Control Provider, click Start, and in the Search box typ
"command." in the results, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run a
administrator. At the command prompt, run the following command: netsh in
tcp set global congestion=non

Firewall is disabled
The Firewall has been disabled and by default is enabled on Windows Smal
Business Serve

IE Enhanced Security disabled
IE Enhanced Security is currently disabled for Administrators. To enable I
Enhanced Security go to Start/Server Manager and click on the Configure I
ESC link on the right

Local activation permission to the IIS WAMREG Admin Service required
The Network Service is missing local activation permissions to the II
WAMREG admin Service in accordance with the event ID 10016 in the syste
event log. For more information, see KB "Event ID error messages 10016 an
10017 are logged in the System log after you install Windows SharePoin
Services 3.0" at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=128063. Note: Thi
warning will continue to appear until at least 24 hours have passed since th
most recent occurrence of event 10016

Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level
Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level is set to normal. To disable Receiv
Window Auto-Tuning Level, click Start, and in the Search box type "command.
in the results, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run a
administrator. At the command prompt, run the following command: netsh in
tcp set global autotuning=disable

Receive-Side Scaling State
Receive-Side Scaling State is set to enabled. To disable Receive-Sid
Scaling, click Start, and in the Search box type "command." in the results
right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. At th
command prompt, run the following command: netsh int tcp set globa
rss=disable

remote.riverwebnh.com does not exist in the BackConnectionHostNames registr
key
The BackConnectionHostNames key should include the value

On Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM
OneginNH wrote:

To ask an obvious question, could my issue be as simple as not having IP6
To ask an obvious question, could my issue be as simple as not having IP6 o
the XP workstations? Could that be why Windows 7 has no problems and X
does

"OneginNH" wrote:

On Friday, February 05, 2010 12:13 PM
Al Williams wrote:

The BPA pointed to several "advanced" networking settings that were enabledand
The BPA pointed to several "advanced" networking settings that were enable
and should be disabled
Add-On Congestion Control Provide
Receive Window Auto-Tuning Leve
Receive-Side Scaling Stat
Task Offloa

Fix those first using the instructions given and see if it helps. Also loo
into the other settings (Firewall is disabled?)

-
Allan William


OneginNH wrote:

On Friday, February 05, 2010 12:13 PM
Al Williams wrote:

No, I do not think so.
No, I do not think so. BTW - Do not disable IP6 on SBS, that *will* caus
issues

-
Allan William


OneginNH wrote:

On Monday, February 08, 2010 1:28 PM
OneginNH wrote:

Hi - I made those four changes to the "advanced" settings and there was
Hi - I made those four changes to the "advanced" settings and there was n
difference in the performance. Do you have any other suggestions at thi
time? If not then I guess my next steps need to be to install the variou
service packs mentioned inthe BPA, including SP2 for Sharepoint 3.0 and SP
for Server 2008

"Al Williams" wrote:

On Monday, February 08, 2010 1:40 PM
Al Williams wrote:

Look into the device manager at the advanced properties of your SBS's NICand
Look into the device manager at the advanced properties of your SBS's NI
and ensure none of the advanced offloading is enabled in there. I am no
sure it matters if disabled in the registry but it could not hurt (ensure yo
reboot). I'd also check the slow PC's NIC settings

Have you verified it is not a network switch issue? Any "pattern" to th
slowness w.r.t. how the PC's are connected to the server

Not sure what else to suggest. You may want to post to the SBS08 specific
group, you need to join first:
https://connect.microsoft.com/

Good luck.

--
Allan Williams




OneginNH wrote:

On Wednesday, March 03, 2010 4:04 PM
Brad wrote:

Was there found a solution to this issue?
Was there found a solution to this issue? I am having exactly the same
problem, although its more around copying files up the server. It takes
30mins for a 50M file! Its a Gigabit network, all offloading is turned off
on the NIC and the registry, servers brand new, and the previous server with
Windows 2000 was fine. It doesnt seem to have any issues with Windows 7
clients, and IP6 is turned on (its SBS2008 and so cant turn it off without
effecting other things).

Any help here would be really appreciated - Im a bit stuck.

Brad

"Al Williams" wrote:

On Friday, June 04, 2010 1:41 PM
sspence wrote:

i am having Identical problems on my new SBS 2008 server.
i am having Identical problems on my new SBS 2008 server. extrememly
slow browsing to server shares. plus i also get "the local device is
already in use" error... I have done all the same steps listed in this
topic. I am desperate for a solution. Did you find one. This is
killing productivity of my CAD users...


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Spencer,You have posted this question to techarena.
Spencer,
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Which attempts to copy posts from Microsoft's Public Newsgroup
This Breaks Threads from the source and we can not see what you are
referring to.

Please post a new question to

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On Friday, June 04, 2010 11:01 PM
Leythos wrote:

says...
says...

Since you do not properly quote the thread you are asking about, since
this is Usenet and not a web based forum, we can only guess about your
issue:

1) What antivirus software are you running on the workstations?
2) What antivirus software are you running on the server
3) Is your DHCP properly setup using the 2008 Wizards?
4) Is your DNS properly setup using the 2008 Wizards?
5) Did you setup the drive shares using the Wizards?

Post an IPCONFIG /ALL from the server (do not edit it)

Post an IPCONFIG /ALL from a workstation having problems



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On Saturday, June 12, 2010 11:48 AM
jmurdoch wrote:

Put in a low end realtek gigabit nic and the xp machines went from1megabit to
Put in a low end realtek gigabit nic and the xp machines went from
1megabit to 300megabit file copies from the sbs2008 server. It appears
either Intel or MS have something to answer for. I tried all of the
patches to fix the issues and none of them worked. I found that after
rebooting the speed on the intel nic may be fast for a little while but
eventually slows down (almost as if some service kicks in later that
causes the slowness issues).


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I have pretty much the exact same issue with our server 2008 R2. Some XP workstations are slower than others. Ive switched out network cards (dlink/Intel) but network lag still occurs. The lag is not that bad but it should be faster than it is.

> On Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:16 AM OneginNH wrote:


> Two months ago I completed an uneventful install of SBS 2008 for a company of
> about 25 users on brand-new hardware. The only significance issues since the
> install have been performance-related, specifically that browsing shared
> folders on the server is very slow (displaying the contents of folders, for
> example). Opening large documents and media files is also very slow, and at
> least one server-based Visual Foxpro program which ran very fast under the
> old Server 2003 server slows to a crawl with the new server. However, all
> these woes disappear if the client is Windows 7 - the speed difference is
> night and day! Is there something that can be done to tweak Windows XP to
> perform better with SBS 2008? The client does not have the budget to
> undertake a migration to Windows 7 at this time.



>> On Thursday, February 04, 2010 12:14 PM Larry Struckmeyer[SBS-MVP] wrote:


>> Should not be such (any) differences. Something else is going on. Is the
>> SBS the DHCP server for the LAN? Were all the computers joined to the domain
>> with the wizards.? Are all updates current? Do all devices use the same
>> switch?
>>
>> Please post the results of the command:
>>
>> ipconfig /all > c:\iptest.txt
>>
>> from the server, and one each XP and 7 stations.
>>
>> Please do not change anything, and please tell us which is which.
>>
>> -
>> Larry
>> Please post the resolution to your
>> issue so others may benefit
>> -
>> Get Your SBS Health Check at
>> www.sbsbpa.com



>>> On Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:44 PM OneginNH wrote:


>>> Hi Larry, thanks for your response. I apologize in advance for the length of
>>> this reply.
>>>
>>> To answer your questions:
>>>
>>> Yes, the SBS server is the DHCP server for the LAN
>>>
>>> Yes, all the computers were joined to the network with the SBS wizard (as a
>>> side note, it came as a big surprise that I had to install .NET on all the XP
>>> workstations in order to use the wizard. The .NET version install was
>>> version 3, then it was patched to the latest 3.5 -- latest as of late
>>> November 2009 anyway. The process was incredibly time-consuming but yes, it
>>> was done for every XP machine and the wizard was used in all cases).
>>>
>>> Yes, I am fanatical about Windows updates on all machines.
>>>
>>> No, not all devices use the same switch. There are four switches and there
>>> is no correlation between which switch the user is tied to.
>>>
>>> Below are the ipconfig results for the server (first) and an XP workstation
>>> (second). Unfortunately I do not have a Windows 7 machine on the network and
>>> I am not able to give you the ipconfig for that box. I do, however, have
>>> that box here in my office and although I would not be able to connect to the
>>> network we are talking about, I could certainly post the ipconfig for however
>>> it comes up when not attached to the network - if you think that would be
>>> helpful).
>>>
>>> BTW I realize that having the second ethernet connection on the server
>>> (listed first in the ipconfig.txt) enabled is not recommended, and in fact I
>>> will be disabling it in the near future. It was only enabled as an
>>> experiment in light of this network slowness problem. I can assure you that
>>> the speed issue existed before that NIC was enabled, whcih was only recently.
>>>
>>> One other note, early on I contacted Intel about this becuase of a hotfix
>>> that Microsoft has concerning a problem with the I/O Acceleration technology
>>> in some of their network adapters. They seemed to know nothing about it (and
>>> this was the file server group at Intel) and pointed me back to Microsoft. I
>>> never installed the hotfix in question becuase it did not specifically match
>>> the set up the customer has nor the exact circumstances, although it does
>>> sound very close. The issue is discussed on kb 968991. But perhaps this is
>>> the area I need to revisit. I just got cold feet when Intel did not even know
>>> about something that seemed to me like it would be such a big issue out there
>>> in the world.
>>>
>>> Thank you again for your help.
>>>
>>> Server ipconfig:
>>>
>>> Windows IP Configuration
>>>
>>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : RIVERSERV
>>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : rivernet.local
>>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
>>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : rivernet.local
>>>
>>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
>>>
>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : rivernet.local
>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 EB Network
>>> Connection with I/O Acceleration #2
>>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-17-89-B6-31
>>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>>> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
>>> fe80::417f:5349:45e0:36ff%11(Preferred)
>>> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.14(Preferred)
>>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>>> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, February 01, 2010 1:56:47 PM
>>> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:57:03 PM
>>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>>> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
>>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
>>> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>>>
>>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>>
>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 EB Network
>>> Connection with I/O Acceleration
>>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-17-89-B6-30
>>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>>> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
>>> fe80::597a:87bb:43e9:5b20%10(Preferred)
>>> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
>>> fe80::69f1:45cd:1c59:bf30%10(Preferred)
>>> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10(Preferred)
>>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::69f1:45cd:1c59:bf30%10
>>> 192.168.1.10
>>> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>>>
>>> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 8:
>>>
>>> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . :



>>>> On Thursday, February 04, 2010 5:49 PM Al Williams wrote:


>>>> I'd verify that none of advanced networking stuff (TCP Chimney Offload,
>>>> etc.) is enabled on the server first, it tends to cause issues with older
>>>> PC's. Have you run the SBS BPA? Anything in the logs of the server or
>>>> clients?
>>>>
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951037
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Allan Williams
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OneginNH wrote:



>>>>> On Friday, February 05, 2010 9:01 AM OneginNH wrote:


>>>>> Hi Al and thank you for your response. To answer your questions:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) In regard to "advanced networking stuff" I am not sure where/how to find
>>>>> that kind of thing. I guess I can poke around. In calling Intel about this
>>>>> I woudl have thought they could/woudl point me in this direction (if needed)
>>>>> since both the server NIC and the workstation NICs are Intel (actually that is
>>>>> not strictly true, one of the worst performers under Windows XP has a Realtek
>>>>> NIC). But, yes, what you are suggesting has been on my mind ever since I ran
>>>>> across that KB 968991 article that I mention elsewhere in this (rather long)
>>>>> posting - problem with that 968991 article is that it does not strictly apply
>>>>> to my circumstances. But it talks about Intel Advanced I/O stuff which is
>>>>> what you are pointing me to. Why Intel would not have known about such an
>>>>> issue is a mystery to me and for these various reasons I have therefore held
>>>>> off on applying the 968991 hotfix - do you think I shoudl do it?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) In regard to the SBS BPA I am a bit embarrassed to say that I had not run
>>>>> it. Why? Because with the BPA for the Exchange piece built right in to the
>>>>> O/S, I guess I assumed that the BPA tool for SBS would be built right into
>>>>> the SBS console alongside all the other error checking that tool constantly
>>>>> does. Anyway once I saw your note I immediately downloaded the SBS 2008 BPA.
>>>>> Right off the bat I did show the only critical error (expected), which was
>>>>> that the DNS A resource record was pointing to both NIC's on the server. As
>>>>> mentioned elsehwere in this mammoth post, the second serve NIC got turned on
>>>>> recently only as an experiemnt and it did not change things at all. Anyway
>>>>> this mornign I shut off that second NIC again and ran BPA again and the
>>>>> critical error is gone for DNS. There are no critical errors. The remaining
>>>>> non-critical issues are, of course, of concern but I have no idea where to
>>>>> focus/get started -- I need to solve the slow network problem before I do any
>>>>> of the more refined fine-tuning stuff - as I am sure you can appreciate. But
>>>>> perhaps the key to my performance issus is in these issues, and I have posted
>>>>> them below (below my next and last answer to your questions) -- if there is
>>>>> any feedback you can provide I would most appreciate it.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3) You ask about logs on the server and the workstations. Yes I have
>>>>> checked and not seen anything obvious but I agree, I need to do some careful
>>>>> analysis there, which I will proceed to do. If you have any suggestions as
>>>>> to what to focus on in the logs that would be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you and here are the issues shown by BPA at this time:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> All Issues
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1 :
>>>>> The server RIVERSERV is running Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1;
>>>>> however, Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2007 is available. For more
>>>>> information, see "You cannot install Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 on a
>>>>> Windows Small Business Server 2008-based computer" in the Microsoft Knowledge
>>>>> Base at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=163940.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Add-On Congestion Control Provider :
>>>>> Add-On Congestion Control Provider is set to ctcp. To disable Add-On
>>>>> Congestion Control Provider, click Start, and in the Search box type
>>>>> "command." in the results, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as
>>>>> administrator. At the command prompt, run the following command: netsh int
>>>>> tcp set global congestion=none
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Firewall is disabled :
>>>>> The Firewall has been disabled and by default is enabled on Windows Small
>>>>> Business Server
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> IE Enhanced Security disabled :
>>>>> IE Enhanced Security is currently disabled for Administrators. To enable IE
>>>>> Enhanced Security go to Start/Server Manager and click on the Configure IE
>>>>> ESC link on the right.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Local activation permission to the IIS WAMREG Admin Service required :
>>>>> The Network Service is missing local activation permissions to the IIS
>>>>> WAMREG admin Service in accordance with the event ID 10016 in the system
>>>>> event log. For more information, see KB "Event ID error messages 10016 and
>>>>> 10017 are logged in the System log after you install Windows SharePoint
>>>>> Services 3.0" at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=128063. Note: This
>>>>> warning will continue to appear until at least 24 hours have passed since the
>>>>> most recent occurrence of event 10016.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level :
>>>>> Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level is set to normal. To disable Receive
>>>>> Window Auto-Tuning Level, click Start, and in the Search box type "command."
>>>>> in the results, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as
>>>>> administrator. At the command prompt, run the following command: netsh int
>>>>> tcp set global autotuning=disabled
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Receive-Side Scaling State :
>>>>> Receive-Side Scaling State is set to enabled. To disable Receive-Side
>>>>> Scaling, click Start, and in the Search box type "command." in the results,
>>>>> right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. At the
>>>>> command prompt, run the following command: netsh int tcp set global
>>>>> rss=disabled
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> remote.riverwebnh.com does not exist in the BackConnectionHostNames registry
>>>>> key :
>>>>> The BackConnectionHostNames key should include the value



>>>>>> On Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM OneginNH wrote:


>>>>>> To ask an obvious question, could my issue be as simple as not having IP6 on
>>>>>> the XP workstations? Could that be why Windows 7 has no problems and XP
>>>>>> does?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "OneginNH" wrote:



>>>>>>> On Friday, February 05, 2010 12:13 PM Al Williams wrote:


>>>>>>> The BPA pointed to several "advanced" networking settings that were enabled
>>>>>>> and should be disabled:
>>>>>>> Add-On Congestion Control Provider
>>>>>>> Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level
>>>>>>> Receive-Side Scaling State
>>>>>>> Task Offload
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fix those first using the instructions given and see if it helps. Also look
>>>>>>> into the other settings (Firewall is disabled?).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Allan Williams
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OneginNH wrote:



>>>>>>>> On Friday, February 05, 2010 12:13 PM Al Williams wrote:


>>>>>>>> No, I do not think so. BTW - Do not disable IP6 on SBS, that *will* cause
>>>>>>>> issues.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Allan Williams
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OneginNH wrote:



>>>>>>>>> On Monday, February 08, 2010 1:28 PM OneginNH wrote:


>>>>>>>>> Hi - I made those four changes to the "advanced" settings and there was no
>>>>>>>>> difference in the performance. Do you have any other suggestions at this
>>>>>>>>> time? If not then I guess my next steps need to be to install the various
>>>>>>>>> service packs mentioned inthe BPA, including SP2 for Sharepoint 3.0 and SP2
>>>>>>>>> for Server 2008.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Al Williams" wrote:



>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, February 08, 2010 1:40 PM Al Williams wrote:


>>>>>>>>>> Look into the device manager at the advanced properties of your SBS's NIC
>>>>>>>>>> and ensure none of the advanced offloading is enabled in there. I am not
>>>>>>>>>> sure it matters if disabled in the registry but it could not hurt (ensure you
>>>>>>>>>> reboot). I'd also check the slow PC's NIC settings.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Have you verified it is not a network switch issue? Any "pattern" to the
>>>>>>>>>> slowness w.r.t. how the PC's are connected to the server?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Not sure what else to suggest. You may want to post to the SBS08 specific
>>>>>>>>>> group, you need to join first:
>>>>>>>>>> https://connect.microsoft.com/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Good luck.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Allan Williams
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> OneginNH wrote:



>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, March 03, 2010 4:04 PM Brad wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>> Was there found a solution to this issue? I am having exactly the same
>>>>>>>>>>> problem, although its more around copying files up the server. It takes
>>>>>>>>>>> 30mins for a 50M file! Its a Gigabit network, all offloading is turned off
>>>>>>>>>>> on the NIC and the registry, servers brand new, and the previous server with
>>>>>>>>>>> Windows 2000 was fine. It doesnt seem to have any issues with Windows 7
>>>>>>>>>>> clients, and IP6 is turned on (its SBS2008 and so cant turn it off without
>>>>>>>>>>> effecting other things).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Any help here would be really appreciated - Im a bit stuck.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Brad
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "Al Williams" wrote:



>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, June 04, 2010 1:41 PM sspence wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>>> i am having Identical problems on my new SBS 2008 server. extrememly
>>>>>>>>>>>> slow browsing to server shares. plus i also get "the local device is
>>>>>>>>>>>> already in use" error... I have done all the same steps listed in this
>>>>>>>>>>>> topic. I am desperate for a solution. Did you find one. This is
>>>>>>>>>>>> killing productivity of my CAD users...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, June 04, 2010 3:10 PM Russ SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP] wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>>>> Spencer,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You have posted this question to techarena.in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which attempts to copy posts from Microsoft's Public Newsgroup
>>>>>>>>>>>>> This Breaks Threads from the source and we can not see what you are
>>>>>>>>>>>>> referring to.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please post a new question to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> For SBS related questions we recommend that you start with Public Forum
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...server/threads
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Public Forums, please go to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> As the NNTP newsgroups will be retiring soon.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Russ
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Full Details here!
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *This is a edited repost of an earlier Microsoft message.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (No this is not a joke) - Russ Grover MVP
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> What is Happening?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing
>>>>>>>>>>>>> newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> past several years while customers and participants are increasingly finding
>>>>>>>>>>>>> solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. This
>>>>>>>>>>>>> move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it easier
>>>>>>>>>>>>> for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
>>>>>>>>>>>>> improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
>>>>>>>>>>>>> management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft will
>>>>>>>>>>>>> begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and discontinue support for newsgroups.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
>>>>>>>>>>>>> users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
>>>>>>>>>>>>> which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP reader
>>>>>>>>>>>>> functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Microsoft NNTP Bridge
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, 2010 and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> October 1, 2010. Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in a phased approach,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> starting with the least active newsgroups and moving eventually to more
>>>>>>>>>>>>> active ones throughout the course of the next six months.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to continue
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the discussion.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> For SBS related questions we recommend that you start with Public Forum
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...server/threads
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Public Forums, please go to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Russ Grover
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Russell Grover - SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> MCP, MCPS, MCNPS, SBSC
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Small Business Server/Computer Support - www.SBITS.Biz
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Question or Second Opinion - www.PersonalITConsultant.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>> BPOS - Microsoft Online Services - www.BPOSMadeEasy.com



>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, June 04, 2010 11:01 PM Leythos wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>>>>> says...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Since you do not properly quote the thread you are asking about, since
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this is Usenet and not a web based forum, we can only guess about your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> issue:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1) What antivirus software are you running on the workstations?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2) What antivirus software are you running on the server
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3) Is your DHCP properly setup using the 2008 Wizards?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4) Is your DNS properly setup using the 2008 Wizards?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 5) Did you setup the drive shares using the Wizards?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Post an IPCONFIG /ALL from the server (do not edit it)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Post an IPCONFIG /ALL from a workstation having problems
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You cannot trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> voice inside you that most civilians do not even hear -- Listen to that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Trust yourself.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (remove 999 for proper email address)



>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, June 12, 2010 11:48 AM jmurdoch wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Put in a low end realtek gigabit nic and the xp machines went from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1megabit to 300megabit file copies from the sbs2008 server. It appears
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> either Intel or MS have something to answer for. I tried all of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> patches to fix the issues and none of them worked. I found that after
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rebooting the speed on the intel nic may be fast for a little while but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> eventually slows down (almost as if some service kicks in later that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> causes the slowness issues).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jmurdoch
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/small-bus...er/1299892.htm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://forums.techarena.in



>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:07 AM Dustin Loftis wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Generally, problems encountered with XP clients versus 2008 servers are caused by SMB2. A workaround for this problem is to turn SMB2 off on the server.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1.Run "regedit" on Windows Server 2008 based computer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.Expand and locate the sub tree as follows.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServe r\Parameters
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3.Add a new REG_DWORD key with the name of "Smb2" (without quotation mark)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Value name: Smb2
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Value type: REG_DWORD
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 0 = disabled
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1 = enabled
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4.Set the value to 0 to disable SMB 2.0, or set it to 1 to re-enable SMB 2.0.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 5.Reboot the server.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Full link here:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.petri.co.il/how-to-disabl...erver-2008.htm



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i have added the smb2 registry entry and will report if the issues continue or not.

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For slow networking issues with FTP and applications such as those based on FoxPro - I have found they always come back to the same thing over and over:

Here's my fix for anybody else that comes along with this very vexing issue.

disable NetDMA (TCPA)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Tcpip\Parameters

?EnableTCPA=0"

disable TCP CHIMNEY

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Tcpip\Parameters

"EnableTCPChimney=0"

Reboot server.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951037

Here is an overview of this trouble package and how GREAT it is SUPPOSED to be. Just disable all OFFLOAD / DMA settings:

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct...HHJaEg&cad=rja

> On Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:16 AM OneginNH wrote:


> Two months ago I completed an uneventful install of SBS 2008 for a company of
> about 25 users on brand-new hardware. The only significance issues since the
> install have been performance-related, specifically that browsing shared
> folders on the server is very slow (displaying the contents of folders, for
> example). Opening large documents and media files is also very slow, and at
> least one server-based Visual Foxpro program which ran very fast under the
> old Server 2003 server slows to a crawl with the new server. However, all
> these woes disappear if the client is Windows 7 - the speed difference is
> night and day! Is there something that can be done to tweak Windows XP to
> perform better with SBS 2008? The client does not have the budget to
> undertake a migration to Windows 7 at this time.



>> On Thursday, February 04, 2010 12:14 PM Larry Struckmeyer[SBS-MVP] wrote:


>> Should not be such (any) differences. Something else is going on. Is the
>> SBS the DHCP server for the LAN? Were all the computers joined to the domain
>> with the wizards.? Are all updates current? Do all devices use the same
>> switch?
>>
>> Please post the results of the command:
>>
>> ipconfig /all > c:\iptest.txt
>>
>> from the server, and one each XP and 7 stations.
>>
>> Please do not change anything, and please tell us which is which.
>>
>> -
>> Larry
>> Please post the resolution to your
>> issue so others may benefit
>> -
>> Get Your SBS Health Check at
>> www.sbsbpa.com



>>> On Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:44 PM OneginNH wrote:


>>> Hi Larry, thanks for your response. I apologize in advance for the length of
>>> this reply.
>>>
>>> To answer your questions:
>>>
>>> Yes, the SBS server is the DHCP server for the LAN
>>>
>>> Yes, all the computers were joined to the network with the SBS wizard (as a
>>> side note, it came as a big surprise that I had to install .NET on all the XP
>>> workstations in order to use the wizard. The .NET version install was
>>> version 3, then it was patched to the latest 3.5 -- latest as of late
>>> November 2009 anyway. The process was incredibly time-consuming but yes, it
>>> was done for every XP machine and the wizard was used in all cases).
>>>
>>> Yes, I am fanatical about Windows updates on all machines.
>>>
>>> No, not all devices use the same switch. There are four switches and there
>>> is no correlation between which switch the user is tied to.
>>>
>>> Below are the ipconfig results for the server (first) and an XP workstation
>>> (second). Unfortunately I do not have a Windows 7 machine on the network and
>>> I am not able to give you the ipconfig for that box. I do, however, have
>>> that box here in my office and although I would not be able to connect to the
>>> network we are talking about, I could certainly post the ipconfig for however
>>> it comes up when not attached to the network - if you think that would be
>>> helpful).
>>>
>>> BTW I realize that having the second ethernet connection on the server
>>> (listed first in the ipconfig.txt) enabled is not recommended, and in fact I
>>> will be disabling it in the near future. It was only enabled as an
>>> experiment in light of this network slowness problem. I can assure you that
>>> the speed issue existed before that NIC was enabled, whcih was only recently.
>>>
>>> One other note, early on I contacted Intel about this becuase of a hotfix
>>> that Microsoft has concerning a problem with the I/O Acceleration technology
>>> in some of their network adapters. They seemed to know nothing about it (and
>>> this was the file server group at Intel) and pointed me back to Microsoft. I
>>> never installed the hotfix in question becuase it did not specifically match
>>> the set up the customer has nor the exact circumstances, although it does
>>> sound very close. The issue is discussed on kb 968991. But perhaps this is
>>> the area I need to revisit. I just got cold feet when Intel did not even know
>>> about something that seemed to me like it would be such a big issue out there
>>> in the world.
>>>
>>> Thank you again for your help.
>>>
>>> Server ipconfig:
>>>
>>> Windows IP Configuration
>>>
>>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : RIVERSERV
>>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : rivernet.local
>>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
>>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : rivernet.local
>>>
>>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
>>>
>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : rivernet.local
>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 EB Network
>>> Connection with I/O Acceleration #2
>>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-17-89-B6-31
>>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>>> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
>>> fe80::417f:5349:45e0:36ff%11(Preferred)
>>> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.14(Preferred)
>>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>>> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, February 01, 2010 1:56:47 PM
>>> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:57:03 PM
>>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>>> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
>>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
>>> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>>>
>>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>>
>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 EB Network
>>> Connection with I/O Acceleration
>>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-17-89-B6-30
>>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>>> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
>>> fe80::597a:87bb:43e9:5b20%10(Preferred)
>>> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
>>> fe80::69f1:45cd:1c59:bf30%10(Preferred)
>>> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10(Preferred)
>>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::69f1:45cd:1c59:bf30%10
>>> 192.168.1.10
>>> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>>>
>>> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 8:
>>>
>>> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . :



>>>> On Thursday, February 04, 2010 5:49 PM Al Williams wrote:


>>>> I'd verify that none of advanced networking stuff (TCP Chimney Offload,
>>>> etc.) is enabled on the server first, it tends to cause issues with older
>>>> PC's. Have you run the SBS BPA? Anything in the logs of the server or
>>>> clients?
>>>>
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951037
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Allan Williams
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OneginNH wrote:



>>>>> On Friday, February 05, 2010 9:01 AM OneginNH wrote:


>>>>> Hi Al and thank you for your response. To answer your questions:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) In regard to "advanced networking stuff" I am not sure where/how to find
>>>>> that kind of thing. I guess I can poke around. In calling Intel about this
>>>>> I woudl have thought they could/woudl point me in this direction (if needed)
>>>>> since both the server NIC and the workstation NICs are Intel (actually that is
>>>>> not strictly true, one of the worst performers under Windows XP has a Realtek
>>>>> NIC). But, yes, what you are suggesting has been on my mind ever since I ran
>>>>> across that KB 968991 article that I mention elsewhere in this (rather long)
>>>>> posting - problem with that 968991 article is that it does not strictly apply
>>>>> to my circumstances. But it talks about Intel Advanced I/O stuff which is
>>>>> what you are pointing me to. Why Intel would not have known about such an
>>>>> issue is a mystery to me and for these various reasons I have therefore held
>>>>> off on applying the 968991 hotfix - do you think I shoudl do it?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) In regard to the SBS BPA I am a bit embarrassed to say that I had not run
>>>>> it. Why? Because with the BPA for the Exchange piece built right in to the
>>>>> O/S, I guess I assumed that the BPA tool for SBS would be built right into
>>>>> the SBS console alongside all the other error checking that tool constantly
>>>>> does. Anyway once I saw your note I immediately downloaded the SBS 2008 BPA.
>>>>> Right off the bat I did show the only critical error (expected), which was
>>>>> that the DNS A resource record was pointing to both NIC's on the server. As
>>>>> mentioned elsehwere in this mammoth post, the second serve NIC got turned on
>>>>> recently only as an experiemnt and it did not change things at all. Anyway
>>>>> this mornign I shut off that second NIC again and ran BPA again and the
>>>>> critical error is gone for DNS. There are no critical errors. The remaining
>>>>> non-critical issues are, of course, of concern but I have no idea where to
>>>>> focus/get started -- I need to solve the slow network problem before I do any
>>>>> of the more refined fine-tuning stuff - as I am sure you can appreciate. But
>>>>> perhaps the key to my performance issus is in these issues, and I have posted
>>>>> them below (below my next and last answer to your questions) -- if there is
>>>>> any feedback you can provide I would most appreciate it.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3) You ask about logs on the server and the workstations. Yes I have
>>>>> checked and not seen anything obvious but I agree, I need to do some careful
>>>>> analysis there, which I will proceed to do. If you have any suggestions as
>>>>> to what to focus on in the logs that would be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you and here are the issues shown by BPA at this time:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> All Issues
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1 :
>>>>> The server RIVERSERV is running Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1;
>>>>> however, Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2007 is available. For more
>>>>> information, see "You cannot install Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 on a
>>>>> Windows Small Business Server 2008-based computer" in the Microsoft Knowledge
>>>>> Base at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=163940.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Add-On Congestion Control Provider :
>>>>> Add-On Congestion Control Provider is set to ctcp. To disable Add-On
>>>>> Congestion Control Provider, click Start, and in the Search box type
>>>>> "command." in the results, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as
>>>>> administrator. At the command prompt, run the following command: netsh int
>>>>> tcp set global congestion=none
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Firewall is disabled :
>>>>> The Firewall has been disabled and by default is enabled on Windows Small
>>>>> Business Server
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> IE Enhanced Security disabled :
>>>>> IE Enhanced Security is currently disabled for Administrators. To enable IE
>>>>> Enhanced Security go to Start/Server Manager and click on the Configure IE
>>>>> ESC link on the right.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Local activation permission to the IIS WAMREG Admin Service required :
>>>>> The Network Service is missing local activation permissions to the IIS
>>>>> WAMREG admin Service in accordance with the event ID 10016 in the system
>>>>> event log. For more information, see KB "Event ID error messages 10016 and
>>>>> 10017 are logged in the System log after you install Windows SharePoint
>>>>> Services 3.0" at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=128063. Note: This
>>>>> warning will continue to appear until at least 24 hours have passed since the
>>>>> most recent occurrence of event 10016.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level :
>>>>> Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level is set to normal. To disable Receive
>>>>> Window Auto-Tuning Level, click Start, and in the Search box type "command."
>>>>> in the results, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as
>>>>> administrator. At the command prompt, run the following command: netsh int
>>>>> tcp set global autotuning=disabled
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Receive-Side Scaling State :
>>>>> Receive-Side Scaling State is set to enabled. To disable Receive-Side
>>>>> Scaling, click Start, and in the Search box type "command." in the results,
>>>>> right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. At the
>>>>> command prompt, run the following command: netsh int tcp set global
>>>>> rss=disabled
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> remote.riverwebnh.com does not exist in the BackConnectionHostNames registry
>>>>> key :
>>>>> The BackConnectionHostNames key should include the value



>>>>>> On Friday, February 05, 2010 9:21 AM OneginNH wrote:


>>>>>> To ask an obvious question, could my issue be as simple as not having IP6 on
>>>>>> the XP workstations? Could that be why Windows 7 has no problems and XP
>>>>>> does?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "OneginNH" wrote:



>>>>>>> On Friday, February 05, 2010 12:13 PM Al Williams wrote:


>>>>>>> The BPA pointed to several "advanced" networking settings that were enabled
>>>>>>> and should be disabled:
>>>>>>> Add-On Congestion Control Provider
>>>>>>> Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level
>>>>>>> Receive-Side Scaling State
>>>>>>> Task Offload
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fix those first using the instructions given and see if it helps. Also look
>>>>>>> into the other settings (Firewall is disabled?).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Allan Williams
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OneginNH wrote:



>>>>>>>> On Friday, February 05, 2010 12:13 PM Al Williams wrote:


>>>>>>>> No, I do not think so. BTW - Do not disable IP6 on SBS, that *will* cause
>>>>>>>> issues.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Allan Williams
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OneginNH wrote:



>>>>>>>>> On Monday, February 08, 2010 1:28 PM OneginNH wrote:


>>>>>>>>> Hi - I made those four changes to the "advanced" settings and there was no
>>>>>>>>> difference in the performance. Do you have any other suggestions at this
>>>>>>>>> time? If not then I guess my next steps need to be to install the various
>>>>>>>>> service packs mentioned inthe BPA, including SP2 for Sharepoint 3.0 and SP2
>>>>>>>>> for Server 2008.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Al Williams" wrote:



>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, February 08, 2010 1:40 PM Al Williams wrote:


>>>>>>>>>> Look into the device manager at the advanced properties of your SBS's NIC
>>>>>>>>>> and ensure none of the advanced offloading is enabled in there. I am not
>>>>>>>>>> sure it matters if disabled in the registry but it could not hurt (ensure you
>>>>>>>>>> reboot). I'd also check the slow PC's NIC settings.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Have you verified it is not a network switch issue? Any "pattern" to the
>>>>>>>>>> slowness w.r.t. how the PC's are connected to the server?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Not sure what else to suggest. You may want to post to the SBS08 specific
>>>>>>>>>> group, you need to join first:
>>>>>>>>>> https://connect.microsoft.com/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Good luck.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Allan Williams
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> OneginNH wrote:



>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, March 03, 2010 4:04 PM Brad wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>> Was there found a solution to this issue? I am having exactly the same
>>>>>>>>>>> problem, although its more around copying files up the server. It takes
>>>>>>>>>>> 30mins for a 50M file! Its a Gigabit network, all offloading is turned off
>>>>>>>>>>> on the NIC and the registry, servers brand new, and the previous server with
>>>>>>>>>>> Windows 2000 was fine. It doesnt seem to have any issues with Windows 7
>>>>>>>>>>> clients, and IP6 is turned on (its SBS2008 and so cant turn it off without
>>>>>>>>>>> effecting other things).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Any help here would be really appreciated - Im a bit stuck.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Brad
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "Al Williams" wrote:



>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, June 04, 2010 1:41 PM sspence wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>>> i am having Identical problems on my new SBS 2008 server. extrememly
>>>>>>>>>>>> slow browsing to server shares. plus i also get "the local device is
>>>>>>>>>>>> already in use" error... I have done all the same steps listed in this
>>>>>>>>>>>> topic. I am desperate for a solution. Did you find one. This is
>>>>>>>>>>>> killing productivity of my CAD users...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, June 04, 2010 3:10 PM Russ SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP] wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>>>> Spencer,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You have posted this question to techarena.in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which attempts to copy posts from Microsoft's Public Newsgroup
>>>>>>>>>>>>> This Breaks Threads from the source and we can not see what you are
>>>>>>>>>>>>> referring to.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please post a new question to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> For SBS related questions we recommend that you start with Public Forum
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...server/threads
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Public Forums, please go to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> As the NNTP newsgroups will be retiring soon.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Russ
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Full Details here!
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *This is a edited repost of an earlier Microsoft message.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (No this is not a joke) - Russ Grover MVP
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> What is Happening?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing
>>>>>>>>>>>>> newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> past several years while customers and participants are increasingly finding
>>>>>>>>>>>>> solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. This
>>>>>>>>>>>>> move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it easier
>>>>>>>>>>>>> for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
>>>>>>>>>>>>> improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
>>>>>>>>>>>>> management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft will
>>>>>>>>>>>>> begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and discontinue support for newsgroups.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
>>>>>>>>>>>>> users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
>>>>>>>>>>>>> which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP reader
>>>>>>>>>>>>> functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Microsoft NNTP Bridge
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, 2010 and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> October 1, 2010. Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in a phased approach,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> starting with the least active newsgroups and moving eventually to more
>>>>>>>>>>>>> active ones throughout the course of the next six months.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to continue
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the discussion.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> For SBS related questions we recommend that you start with Public Forum
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...server/threads
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Public Forums, please go to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Russ Grover
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Russell Grover - SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> MCP, MCPS, MCNPS, SBSC
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Small Business Server/Computer Support - www.SBITS.Biz
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Question or Second Opinion - www.PersonalITConsultant.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>> BPOS - Microsoft Online Services - www.BPOSMadeEasy.com



>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, June 04, 2010 11:01 PM Leythos wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>>>>> says...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Since you do not properly quote the thread you are asking about, since
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this is Usenet and not a web based forum, we can only guess about your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> issue:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1) What antivirus software are you running on the workstations?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2) What antivirus software are you running on the server
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3) Is your DHCP properly setup using the 2008 Wizards?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4) Is your DNS properly setup using the 2008 Wizards?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 5) Did you setup the drive shares using the Wizards?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Post an IPCONFIG /ALL from the server (do not edit it)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Post an IPCONFIG /ALL from a workstation having problems
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You cannot trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> voice inside you that most civilians do not even hear -- Listen to that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Trust yourself.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (remove 999 for proper email address)



>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, June 12, 2010 11:48 AM jmurdoch wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Put in a low end realtek gigabit nic and the xp machines went from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1megabit to 300megabit file copies from the sbs2008 server. It appears
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> either Intel or MS have something to answer for. I tried all of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> patches to fix the issues and none of them worked. I found that after
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rebooting the speed on the intel nic may be fast for a little while but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> eventually slows down (almost as if some service kicks in later that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> causes the slowness issues).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jmurdoch
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jmurdoch's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/231527.htm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/small-bus...er/1299892.htm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://forums.techarena.in



>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:07 AM Dustin Loftis wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Generally, problems encountered with XP clients versus 2008 servers are caused by SMB2. A workaround for this problem is to turn SMB2 off on the server.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1.Run "regedit" on Windows Server 2008 based computer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.Expand and locate the sub tree as follows.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServe r\Parameters
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3.Add a new REG_DWORD key with the name of "Smb2" (without quotation mark)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Value name: Smb2
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Value type: REG_DWORD
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 0 = disabled
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1 = enabled
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4.Set the value to 0 to disable SMB 2.0, or set it to 1 to re-enable SMB 2.0.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 5.Reboot the server.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Full link here:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.petri.co.il/how-to-disabl...erver-2008.htm



>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 25, 2010 11:48 AM Mike Y wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have pretty much the exact same issue with our server 2008 R2. Some XP workstations are slower than others. Ive switched out network cards (dlink/Intel) but network lag still occurs. The lag is not that bad but it should be faster than it is.



>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 25, 2010 12:03 PM Mike Y wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> i have added the smb2 registry entry and will report if the issues continue or not.



>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sunday, September 05, 2010 4:54 AM Tane wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did it work?




 
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