hey out there, i'm having real time lags in connecting from our macs running os x 10.3 to pc's running win xp pro. i have a feeling this is something between the os's rather than machines as the two pc's we have running win 2000 are super fast.
basically, we do apple k, click the smb://ip_address_here (still cant believe apple have done this - can we make it easier please?!) and it tries to connect for around 2 mins at which point it brings up the username/password. is this a know issue or do i need to look harder at the settings in the machines? any thoughts are good, jake p.s. one thing i'll mention: i had a real nightmare copying large amounts of files between a mac and our pc server which is a slightly older machine. every time it got to around 50 or so files, the mac would bring up an error message saying that some files could be copied 'cos they weren't found... it turned out that norton antivirus on the pc was scanning each file as it was copied - this included all the invisible os x files too and the processor/hard drive/network didn't seem to be able to catch up. once i disabled norton, no problem. this is the same for zip files. if you use the built in 'create archive' option in os x or dont set up dropstuff correctly, it'll archive all the invisible files. this means that the zip file we'd uploaded for a windows client that contained 300 files actually contained 601 files (.DS_store and a duplicate ._filename file for each file). when we set dropstuff to ignore desktop files, it reduced the archive by 15mb and had the correct number of files! worth thinking about.... -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
