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Vista Wireless Performance Questionnaire
With the amount of Vista issues on the forum, we are putting out a questionnaire here to get more information on the setups to get get a grasp of what is happening. Based on user feedback over the la...
I've tried all the tips above and still haven't been able to get my performance working well at all. I did notice one thing...when accessing folders containing exe files, my Vista laptop (wireless) is horrrrrrrrible. Of course my vista desktop (wired) has no problems whatsoever. A folder full of mp3 files, both seem quite well.
Update: Disabling my Anti-Virus and firewall (as suggested by another poster that I hadn't believed) DID make a difference and made all file transfers snappy-fast from my vista laptop. I happen to be using Symantec Firewall and shall be disabling it in favor of the Windows Firewall as soon as I figure it out. The Symantec Anti-Virus by itself works fine without interfering with my file transfers.
Update: Disabling my Anti-Virus and firewall (as suggested by another poster that I hadn't believed) DID make a difference and made all file transfers snappy-fast from my vista laptop. I happen to be using Symantec Firewall and shall be disabling it in favor of the Windows Firewall as soon as I figure it out. The Symantec Anti-Virus by itself works fine without interfering with my file transfers.
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