Vista slow deleting, moving and copying files?

System Specs:

Vista Ultimate
P4 3.2 Ghz
2 gig DDR dual-channel memory


I did a Google search and got bombarded with conflicting info, and was I
wondering if there were an official work-around for this issue?

Thx

 

Hi NewsReader2k,

Could be many things causing this. Try these most common remedies:

1. defrag hard drive
2. run a registry cleaner
3. run a registry defragger
4. run disk cleanup
5. make sure you have the most current drivers (BIOS, video, sound
etc.)

Also try these 3 tips to improve hard drive performance at this link:

'_http://www.vista64.net/forums/tricks-n-tips/59886-how-boost-hard-drive-speed.html_
(http://tinyurl.com/372cnd)

Hope this helps,
Shaw

--
brin

"Practice makes perfect, then you reinstall"
Vista 64 Home Premium
1.5 Gig DDR2 533 Mhz (PC4200) RAM

 

brink, I think you're missing the point.

Vista is *Extremely* slow at copying files between drives. As an example, I
just copied the install file for Filezilla from a network location to my hard
disk, a whopping 3.72Mb. It took vista about 1 and a half minutes to copy!!
Most of the time it was "calculating time remaining". The same copy process
to an XP machine is almost instant.

Microsoft really need to fix this.

 

Ok Zygote,

Sorry, that is extemely slow. I'm not for sure if this will help, but
I read that uninstall McAfee completely (if you have it) will help.
Read it to at this link and see what you think??

'How to Fix Windows Vista Slow Network Transfer » ADS-Links.com
Internet Marketing - Ian Lee' (http://tinyurl.com/yq32c8)

Hope this helps,
Shawn


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brink

*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
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Until MS fixes the problem, try Terracopy from:
http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.asp
It works very good.

 

Zygote

This problem has already been fixed with a hotfix package. Go to the
following website and the KB article. If this is the behavior that you are
seeing, go to the second link to request the hotfix. Fill in the form and
make sure that you enter "931770" in the KB section. You should receive a
reply with a link to download/install the hotfix within 24 hours.

The copy process may stop responding when you try to copy files from a
server on a network to a Windows Vista-based computer:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/931770


Contact Us: Hotfix Request Web Submission Form:
https://support.microsoft.com/common/survey.aspx?scid=sw;en;1399&showpage=1&WS=hotfix


You may also want to take a look at this article.

When you copy large files to or from earlier operating systems, the copy
operation may be slower than expected on some Windows Vista-based computers:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932170

 

Thanks to everyone who replied, there is so much conflicting information out
there regarding this issue but the one that fixed it for me was to disable
the "IP Helper", "Windows Search" and "Computer Browser" services. If I get
time I might enable them again one by one to see if it's just a single
service that's causing this issue. The post I read originally said to
disable "IP Helper" and "Computer Browser".

I'll check the link regarding McAfee as I do have VS8.5i installed and the
protection pilot agent V3.6.6

 

Zygote,

Glad to hear it.
I just read one that said to disable TCP Auto Tuning to fix it. (hehe)
Who knows for sure.

Regards,
Shaw

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Zygote,

Try disabling the TCP Auto Tune. Go to this link and start ay step 1.
The links for Live Messenger, but it shows you how to disable the Auto
tune. If it doesn't work for you, then just undo it to enable it again.

http://tinyurl.com/2ggylq

Hope this helps,
Shawn


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NewsReader2K

Having the same problems here. We are on Small Business Server 2003. I find
Vista incredibly slow for all tasks, local, network and internet. I have a
brand new AMD 64 PC with 2 GB of RAM and it runs like a PIII with 256
MB.....badly.

I did turn off the Gadget things and that improved the performance somewhat.

Opening or closing applications takes time, surfing takes time...the OS is
not nearly as fast as XP...

Kevin Burns

 

I found this solution to SLOW file copy/delete/move:

Open Programs & Features
Select Turn Windows Features On or Off
De-select Remote Differential Compression
Select OK

It will take several minutes for this to be de-activated.

Reboot to be sure it takes.

Now these operations fly!

 

Txdancer

This fix has been around for some time, but like most other fixes having to
do with the slow/copy/move files problem, it appears to work for some and
not for others.

Google Groups:
http://tinyurl.com/387tqt

There are a couple of major compatibility/performance updates coming next
Tuesday to Windows Update. Hopefully some of these issues will be addressed
in these updates.

 

NOTE: I want to first apologize if I am not posting this correctly.
Please forgive me that. (I usually have a software engineer friend who
helps me, but he's at a loss as well....). Please advise if I need to
post this differently. Thank you so much.

I am using Windows Vista Home Premium on an HPw1907. If more specs are
needed, let me know. I do have sp1 as well.

When I first got my computer, all was dandy. THEN, I did my windows
updates as scheduled and one day (uncertain when, but not long after I
purchased the machine in February) I preformed a very simple task of
changing a file name. It locked my computer for a good 1 to 1.5
minutes until finally the name was changed. Also, when I try to move
or delete files and folders it takes an extremely long time to complete
- and as many others described...the little nagging window stating how
long it's going to take to change, move or delete a tiny file like for
instance, notepad.

I have searched the internet desperately for some fix to this, but have
found none that have worked. I have tried all on this forum that would
apply to me to no avail. Is this something that I just have to deal
with or is there some sort of "fix" or "work-around" available?

I have no conflicts with other software that I am aware of as I have
literally tried all I can...again to no avail.

Any help anyone can give would be appreciated. I have a business
website I've been trying to finish and it is really aggravating trying
to create new folders for organization.

Thank you again.

 

Performance problems these days are very often caused by malware
infection. What firewall, anti-virus, and anti-spyware applications do
you run?

I would begin troubleshooting by going to MVP Malke's malware removal
site at
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware and
following the instructions there.

 

You are replying to a message I wrote almost two years ago?