NEED Computer help w/ Windows 7 Home Premium

[LowDown Hal]

Hopefully one of you can tell me how fix an issue?


I'm running several machines on a home network. ALMOST everything is working just great.

But recently accessing files, for read or write, has become painfully slow. This is while using the File Manager. I sit and watch the "bar" in the address line color in for an eternity.

Any ideas what setting is killing me?

THANKS
.Hal

[fdeck]

Here are some possibilities. The first is that either Windows or your anti-virus software are busy downloading updates. Another is that one of the computers has insufficient RAM. A third possibility is a virus.

[Jazz Ad]

Indexation is a must with w7, especially on big disks.
Index info must be shared on networks or other computers can't access it.

[OldDog52]

Make sure all network connections are full duplex, not half duplex. Sometimes an indicator light on the switch or router will show the duplexing state.

[LowDown Hal]

Originally Posted by Jazz Ad

Indexation is a must with w7, especially on big disks.
Index info must be shared on networks or other computers can't access it.

How do I make sure that the index info is properly shared?

THANKS

[Phil Smith]

Originally Posted by LowDown Hal

Hopefully one of you can tell me how fix an issue?


I'm running several machines on a home network. ALMOST everything is working just great.

But recently accessing files, for read or write, has become painfully slow. This is while using the File Manager. I sit and watch the "bar" in the address line color in for an eternity.

Any ideas what setting is killing me?

THANKS
.Hal

How are the machines connected? Wireless, wired?

[LowDown Hal]

Wired