>Just to be 100% sure, I assume you turned off AV real-time scanning >on the server computer as well, if you have one on your network. >>
>I'm wondering if you might have a problem with a particular >workstation - network card, bad cable etc. Is there any way you could: >- ideally, test with 2 other completely different workstations >- failing that, try to test with one other different workstation, against >first one of your original test workstations, then against the other >>Yes, I've tested different workstations/server combinations on different networks, etc. Same result.
I'm also assuming the networking is all wired, I highly recommend >against using a wireless connection for file-server DB applications such as VFP. >>All hard-wired, no wireless.
>Is there any unusual utility software running in your environment, >that might hook into the file system? AV is an obvious example, but >there may be others such as real-time backup programs, file system >monitors etc. Basically, any software running on server or workstations >that might be considered odd or unusual? >>Unfortunately, nothing unusual. Just plain old computers running on plain old 100mb networks.
>This may not affect you, but I got a tip the other day for general network >performance improvement. Turn off all unused protocol support on all your network devices. >>That's a good tip.