Need Help on a Slow networking PC

Maverick1969 · 03-14-2009, 03:47 AM

Good Morning,

I thought i would contact the Font of all knowledge and beg with difference for some help!

I have three pcs that are networked. (lets call them pc 1,2,3)

Pc 1/ has a database and is connected to all the others including a networked printer through a router

Pc 2 & 3/ use this database, shared folders on pc 1 and also the printer via the router.

THE PROBLEM:

Pc 1 runs incredibly slow, the only thing that i can think off is that the networking is draining resources

It is currently

a P4 2.8ghz with 1.24gb ram and xp sp3

this is the main workhorse. any help would be greatfully recieved

T600_Series · 03-14-2009, 03:56 PM

Hi Maverick,

Can you please elaborate the "slow" on computer #1. What runs slow? everything? Was it working fine before and all of a sudden became slow? Does computer #1 run fast when you unhook it from the network at all?

Maverick1969 · 03-16-2009, 03:20 AM

Hardrive is running very slow it is an hitachi hdp725032glat80 that is running at 2mb per second, if this is the problem? whats the solutio?

**djaburg** · 03-16-2009, 10:09 AM

PC1 has what kind of database/application that is being shared? Are there any processes that are running exceedingly high? If the drive is truly running that slow,then I'd suggest replacing it, however, I'd check the obvious first.

03-14-2009, 03:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
Maverick1969 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp windows sp3	Need Help on a Slow networking PC Good Morning, I thought i would contact the Font of all knowledge and beg with difference for some help! I have three pcs that are networked. (lets call them pc 1,2,3) Pc 1/ has a database and is connected to all the others including a networked printer through a router Pc 2 & 3/ use this database, shared folders on pc 1 and also the printer via the router. THE PROBLEM: Pc 1 runs incredibly slow, the only thing that i can think off is that the networking is draining resources It is currently a P4 2.8ghz with 1.24gb ram and xp sp3 this is the main workhorse. any help would be greatfully recieved

03-14-2009, 03:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
T600_Series Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 34 OS: Windows XP Pro	Re: Need Help on a Slow networking PC Hi Maverick, Can you please elaborate the "slow" on computer #1. What runs slow? everything? Was it working fine before and all of a sudden became slow? Does computer #1 run fast when you unhook it from the network at all?

03-16-2009, 03:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
Maverick1969 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp windows sp3	Re: Need Help on a Slow networking PC Hardrive is running very slow it is an hitachi hdp725032glat80 that is running at 2mb per second, if this is the problem? whats the solutio?

03-16-2009, 10:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
djaburg TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,326 OS: XP SP3/Vista/7 Server 2K/2K3/2K8	Re: Need Help on a Slow networking PC PC1 has what kind of database/application that is being shared? Are there any processes that are running exceedingly high? If the drive is truly running that slow,then I'd suggest replacing it, however, I'd check the obvious first. __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.