Tom,

Check PRB: VFP Executable File Is Slow to Access Tables On Server mskb #Q304482. Keep in mind that it applies to Win2k "server" and WS's.

>Hi all - I have a VFP app (executable) running under Windows 2000 Professional as a file server. (This thread originally was under Mere Mortals but all suggestions there have not solved the problem as of yet.) The 1st user in received excellent response time, excellent form refresh times, and all is well. The 2nd user and subsequent users requires almost 40 seconds for the login screen to come up, 12 seconds or worse to refresh the form after a find, and overall unacceptable response time refresh times, etc. WE have tried VFP 7, VFP 8, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2003 Server with the same results. Our server is a 1.7 gighz chip, 512meg memory, and we have used 2 different servers. Always same results. 1st user fine, subsequent totally unacceptable reposne times.
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>There are 10 works stations, usually only 3-4 in at a time, Work stations are all Windows 98 latest edition, There anti-virus has been disabled for the VFP app directory only, slowest chip is a 500, with 128 meg ram. It doesn't make any difference which machine is in first, they get excellent response time, the others suffer.
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>Have disabled anti-virus, using a mapped drive for the short-cut, have made the dll's and exe read only, have verified the latest fixes from MS on the op system, have triede VFP 7 and VFP 8, have packed all files and reindexed, (Largest file has 25,000 records.)
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>The only solution has been to use Windows 98 and the problem disappears. REsponse time is acceptable, but not as good as the 1st user in under Windows 2000 Professional or better. Win98 is not an acceptable long term solution, but it is the only thing that has given us any relief.
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>Any one else experiencing something similar? Any suggestions. I have tried a bunch but am open to more ideas.
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>Many thanks for any help or advice.
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>Tom