when i 1st set this network up i could access files from my desktop with my laptop NICE and speedy, now it seems to of slowd down, folders can take up to 10 seconds to load? cant think of what it can be thanx for all your helpHave you scanned for viruses and SPYWARE? When did this start? Have you made any changes to your system recently? Have you tried turning off the router and then powering it back on (restarting)? (You should leave it off for about 20 seconds)

Flameyes iv done all that and its still the same! accessing the files itself dont take much time at all, its just viewing them, like when i highlite something on my desktop from the lappy it takes a thew seconds ? and opening folders with alot of stuff in can take bloomin ages! like 10 secs or so, i dont remember it doing this when i 1st set this UPWHAT has changed since then? What kind of protection? What kind of network setup? Etc?nothing that i know of. it just started randomly going slow, only change i can think of is a windows update, :-?Remember what you updated?

Flamehavnt got a clue, it was one of them auto updates. im starting to think its always been this slow but have only just started noticing it?

is it the same with U when u access files over a network?I have the same problem. The only difference i made was installing SERVICE pack 2 on one computer.
I think we might be imagining this problem.. maybe it has always been this slow. I tried placing the router higher, while trying to highten the connection and it seemed to worked.. accessing the folders still took ages but large files took less time. I dont know what ur configuration is, im tryingt to get help myself as well but ive tried all that was written here and there is no improvement that i can see. Also i dont understand how turning off the router for 20 seconds could do anything.
Thank you.What sort of router are you using?? (what brand)i found out it was going slow because the speed was only 12 Mbps thru my router to my laptop (from the desktop). To make it fast all i did was instead of using the router i plugged the ethernet wire straight into the pc ethernet socket and not the router and it now runs at 100 Mbps! only problem now is i cant get on the net when the pc is off (obviously) but accessing files from my desktop dont take forever now which is gggggggggggreat.

does anyone know if it was running at 12 Mbps because its all the router can handle or because some sort of windows setting was wrong??? would be very handy if i could get 100Mbps thru the router so i can access the net when the pc is off.

kind regardsIs your router capable of 100Mbps?im not sure :-? :-? :-? i havnt got a manual for it or anything, when i use everest it says yeah speed is 12Mbps but dont know if everest is saying that because thats what its set at?