[Samba] Slow browsing/reading from WinXP SP2

[Jim Hood]

Hi,

I have a Samba 3.0.9 server on Linux 2.6.9 (Fedora Core 3) that serves WinMe
and WinXP SP2 clients wonderfully.  I have recently bought a new laptop however
that is not playing nicely.  Samba for this laptop is responding *very* slowly
when browsing or reading files on either the 'samba' or 'jimhome' shares.  The
new laptop has Win XP SP2 pre-installed.  I have its Windows firewall
completely turned off and for the moment, the virus scanner too.

The funny thing is that my other laptop is also WinXP SP2 (upgraded from stock
XP via Windows Update) and doesn't have any performance issues with it.  I'm
stumped.  Any tips greatly appreciated!

Cheers,
Jim

Here is my smb.conf:

[global]

   workgroup = Hoodwg
   netbios name = dev
   server string = Dev Samba Server
   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log

   encrypt passwords = yes
   smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd

   security = share
   hosts deny = 192.168.1.1

   strict sync = yes
   sync always = yes

   oplocks = no

[samba]

   guest ok = yes
   guest account = samba
   path = /home/samba
   writeable = yes
   comment = Samba share on dev
   browseable = yes
   directory mask = 755
   create mask = 744
   hide dot files = yes
   veto files = /.*/

[jimhome]

   guest ok = yes
   guest account = jimdhood
   path = /home/jimdhood
   writeable = yes
   comment = Jim home on dev
   browseable = yes
   directory mask = 755
   create mask = 744
   hide dot files = yes
   veto files = /.*/