>Upgrade to Windows XP.

That would be the best bet.


Vista has major speed problems moving data across a network. Even worse if trying to Zip or Unzip across a network.

Theoretically Vista will move data much faster if the server is Server 2003 or 2008.

Theoretically SP1 is supposed to help.

Theoretically.

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>>Just bought a Gateway Desktop - the DX4720-03 Intel Dual-Core ES200 - 4 GB Memory - 640 MB HardDrive with Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit (SP1).
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>>Hooked it up to the home network using Ethernet. Also connected to the home network is the older eMachines with Vista Ultimate on it (Pentium D 3.2 Ghz single core - 2 MB memory - Windows Vista 32 bit Ultimate).
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>>In moving the data over from the old PC to the new - the fastest speed I could get to move the data was around 3 MB / sec..... very slow. Just copying around 250 Gigs was going to take about 23 hours (YIKES!!!).
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>>I went on the internet, and many others have had this nightmare also.... but I never found an answer to get the speed up (isn't the normal speed over 10 MB/sec for XP ??)
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>>What do you think? What should I look for to speed things up?
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>>Thanks!