RhinoTrip

Interestingly, I've found that to view certain shares on a LAN with a variety of different OS's, you sometimes need to use "simple file sharing"... not quite sure why. - RT

Huh, I never had that problem at all, and was still getting the slower connections. - RT

hmm... wierd. Ah well, maybe it will work for someone. Maybe you should try logging into the computer as the administrator at least once - RT

Quote: Strange... it was when I looked this morning!! (atleast on my machine anyways). i think you're talking about wmiapsrv.exe - I'm talking about wmiprvse. There's a caveat to this which is that winprvse may not be the ONLY roadblock - some services may be involved. Here's my services on/off list (I also have NetBEUI installed and NetBIOS enabled over TCP): Code: Name Status Startup TypeAlerter ManualApplication Layer Gateway Service ManualApplication Management ManualAutomatic Updates Started ManualBackground Intelligent Transfer Service ManualClipBook ManualCOM+ Event System Started ManualCOM+ System Application ManualComputer Browser Started AutomaticCryptographic Services Started AutomaticDHCP Client Started AutomaticDistributed Link Tracking Client Started AutomaticDistributed Transaction Coordinator ManualDNS Client Started AutomaticError Reporting Service Started AutomaticEvent Log Started AutomaticFast User Switching Compatibility ManualHelp and Support Started AutomaticHuman Interface Device Access DisabledIMAPI CD-Burning COM Service ManualIndexing Service ManualInternet Connection Firewall (ICF) ManualIPSEC Services Started AutomaticLogical Disk Manager Started AutomaticLogical Disk Manager Administrative Service ManualMessenger Started AutomaticMS Software Shadow Copy Provider ManualNet Logon ManualNetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing ManualNetwork Connections Started ManualNetwork DDE ManualNetwork DDE DSDM ManualNetwork Location Awareness (NLA) Started ManualNT LM Security Support Provider ManualPerformance Logs and Alerts ManualPlug and Play Started AutomaticPortable Media Serial Number Started AutomaticPrint Spooler Started AutomaticProtected Storage Started AutomaticQoS RSVP ManualRemote Access Auto Connection Manager Started ManualRemote Access Connection Manager Started ManualRemote Desktop Help Session Manager ManualRemote Procedure Call (RPC) Started AutomaticRemote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator ManualRemote Registry Started AutomaticRemovable Storage ManualRouting and Remote Access DisabledSecondary Logon Started AutomaticSecurity Accounts Manager Started AutomaticServer Started AutomaticShell Hardware Detection Started AutomaticSmart Card ManualSmart Card Helper ManualSSDP Discovery Service Started ManualSystem Event Notification Started AutomaticSystem Restore Service Started AutomaticTask Scheduler Started AutomaticTCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Started AutomaticTelephony Started ManualTelnet ManualTerminal Services Started ManualThemes Started AutomaticUninterruptible Power Supply ManualUniversal Plug and Play Device Host ManualUpload Manager Started AutomaticVolume Shadow Copy ManualWebClient Started AutomaticWindows Audio Started AutomaticWindows Image Acquisition (WIA) ManualWindows Installer ManualWindows Management Instrumentation Started AutomaticWindows Management Instrumentation Driver Ext ManualWindows Time Started AutomaticWireless Zero Configuration Started AutomaticWMI Performance Adapter ManualWorkstation Started Automatic

Because it's not in the services control panel - RT

Finally I figured out what the problem with slow shared file network access is between XP and Win98 / ME computers - It's a new microsoft service/ protocol called WMI. If you don't have WMI enabled, getting file lists from remote computers will take FOREVER. So, how to enable it? Quite simple, just type this in the run box: wmiprvse Voila! If you want to put it in your start-up folder (a good idea if you ask me) then just point a shortcut to wmiprvse.exe ; I hope this works for everyone - RT