>>There was a neat old trick for this on slow networks: make the exe read-only. It's not network access per se that's slow, it's the checking for locks. Since nobody is changing the exe (but the installer), setting it read-only will just tell the network not to bother with locks.
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>>Last time I did this, the network took off. Those XT and 286 machines had to be tethered to the desks.
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>Hi Dragan
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>It's not just the locking, there is continual access of the exe as new components are requested. Each DO FORM "extracts" the scx from the exe.

Sure does, but doesn't have to attempt to lock the block, check with others who have already requested it whether their buffers are dirty etc etc. This difference meant a lot on those slow coax networks back then.