>>>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.
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>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.

Yep that's true. My point was that not having the exe on the local pc would stop the locking too. :)