Hello;

I have two XP Home SP1 machines connected on a wired network. Both
computers run just fine independently.

Computer 2 has many large folders containing several hundred files each 20
Mb. Computer 1 can open small folders with small files on Computer 2 but
when Computer 1 trys to open a large folder with a large file on Computer 2,
Computer 1 hangs and Windows Explorer shows Not Responding in Task Manager.
When using Adobe PhotoShop CS on Computer 1 and I try to open a large file in
a large folder on Computer 2 PhotoShop also hangs and shows Not Responding in
Task Manager.

Computer 1 is working good accept for this large file opening issue.

I am suspecting Computer 1 is the problem as I can open the large files on
Computer 2 when I connect my laptop in place of Computer 1.

Both Computer 1 and 2 are Gateway machines each with 2.1 Ghz processors with
2 Gb of RAM. I regularly run Defrag, Norton Anti-Virus scans and several
spyware and adware software scans so I am very confident both machines are
clean.

I just don't know why Computer 1 can open small folders and files on
Computer 2 but not large folders and files on Computer 2.

Two weeks ago I had an onsite computer tech here for 2 1/2 hours trying to
fix this problem and he was unable to find anything.

I am trying to decide if the only way to fix this problem is to format the
hard drive and do a complete reinstall of XP and all of my software on
Computer 1.

I hope someone has some good ideas on how to fix this issue. Thanks in
advance!

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Regards,

Bill Artman