>I just got a report from a client. They have an application that processes 25,000 - 30,000 transactions an hour when the client is either Win 95 or NT4 (all on the same network). They are reporting throughput of 3,000 - 6,000 transactions per hour when the client in Windows 98.
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>Naturally, they are very disturbed by this. And, before the standard questions about machinery comes in, the 98 machinery is newer than the 95 machinery.
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>Needless to say, this has some people hornswaggled here.
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Start by looking at the network clients and protocols installed. What type of server is being accessed, and which protocol stack is in use talking to that server?