> A larger part of the issue is the Windows network stack. Microsoft > created a new stack for Vista and Server 2008, and smb/cifs file > sharing speed between Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista is much > improved compared to older versions of Windows. I don't recall the > technical details, but this is one issue you'll run into with Windows > file sharing there there is no fix for other that going to > Vista/Server 2008. I haven't checked Windows Vista and a Linux samba > server yet. I should do that as I have a Windows Vista box and Windows > XP box on my desk and a Linux samba server across the room... > Thanks for the info. It turns out that it is only my Vista box that has this problem. My XP machies work fine. For some reason I was thinking it was like that for both, the last time I tried with my XP box was quite a while ago.. Thanks for all the help.