>Hi Jon. The following thread seems to be the identical problem. Perhaps it will give some pointers:
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>New XP workstations experience slow data access Thread #749089 Message #749089

Jos,

Thank you for the pointers. I'm hoping that the combination of anti-virus research and MTU settings at the customer site that this problem can be resolved.

And thanks to all who have contributed responses to my post.

Laterness,
Jon