[Samba] Slow to open Word document the first time

[John H Terpstra]

Also make certain that the webdav service is not running!

- John T.

On Wednesday 13 July 2005 18:47, Jonathan Johnson wrote:
> Some things to try:
>
> 1. Delete any mapped drives to shares that are no longer accessible on
> the network.
> 2. In "My Network Places" delete any cached shortcuts to shares that are
> no longer accessible on the network.
> 3. Do the same for shortcuts on the desktop.
> 4. Using the registry editor, navigate to the following key:
>     HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2
> Delete any subkeys that refer to shares or servers that are no longer
> accessible on the network.
>
> Then, restart the computer and test.
>
> I've experienced that the presence of these stale connections and
> shortcuts can cause slowness of the system. It doesn't seem to have
> anything to do with the presence or absence of a Samba server, as I've
> seen the behaviour in both Windows and Novell-Windows hybrid
> environments. Removing these stale connections seems to improve
> performance.
>
> --Jonathan Johnson
>
> Steve Franks (Cheltenham) wrote:
> >On W98 or W2K PC, the first time I open a Word document on a Samba drive
> > it takes about 20secs, thereafter about 2 secs. Running on HP9000 K380
> > HP-UX 10.20, Samba version must be 6 years old at least.

-- 
John H Terpstra
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