>>zipping files for pcanywhere can be counterproductive!
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>>the speedsend feature of pcAW compares source & target file, and only sends the update, so a small fix on a 4MB file takes me about 30 seconds to send with a 28k modem, far less than the time to load & unload winzip , PLUS the zip files don't seem to match as well as the .exes, so it may take minutes to send the new ZIP file !!
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>Mike,
> Thanks for the info. I was aware of the speed send but I didn't realize it went that far. I'll try it next time.

After several times when we were not completely sure what went wrong, we have decided to either disable the SpeedSend, or, when updating an executable, open its folder on target side and rename it. Saved a lot of time with that, because WExplorer will regularly report sharing violation if someone is still using the exe on their side, while pcAW will freeze if you try to rename it from its File Manager. This is also a good backup - if there's something wrong with the new exe, the old one is still siting there. I usually like to keep last three versions, just in case. Never used them, though, except when upload failed because of bad connections - no matter how bad it is, you can always stop uploading and rename the old executable back to original.