Hi Andrew, (Thanks for forwarding) The Sage data files are indeed stored on a Windows Enterprise Server 2003. The Server is an HP DL380 G3, with twin Xeon Processors and 3 GB ram. (There are only three of us accessing it at any one time! And a maximum of 6 workstations anyway.) However the Sage performance issue affects both my Vista Ultimate system as well as all our XP Professional systems. And in fact, the performance is only marginally better when running Sage on the server itself. (Not that I've had time to do a perfmon on the server yet.) As regards Vista and sharing files, I'm clueless about the "differential compression feature", and can only say that moving large files from Server to workstation and vice versa is markedly slow on a PIV 2.6 GHz with 1.5 GB RAM with Vista Ultimate, compared even to doing the same process on a clapped out old PIII 650 MHz with just 512 MB of ram. George. -----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson Sent: 25 July 2008 22:17 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] FW: [program-l] MS Process Monitor + FastIOdisallowed Hi, Does the Sage program store files on the server itself and you access it via a mapped drive, or share name? Or does it use some other type of communication between the client and the server? I am currently having issues with Vista sharing large files through a Windows 2003 file server. This is at both home and work. I'm pretty sure this is due to the remote differencial compression feature, and I have had good performance benefits by turning this off on the work machine (though not the home machine, but I have since found out that this may be because I use public IP addresses on my LAN instead of using Natting). See this URL about this feature: http://www.maximumpcguides.com/disable-remote-differential-c ompression/ Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson Sent: 25 July 2008 22:11 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] FW: [program-l] MS Process Monitor + Fast IOdisallowed Hi, Resending as admin - originally sent to the bounce address. Andrew. From: George Bell [mailto:george@techno-vision.co.uk] Sent: 25 July 2008 21:07 To: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: FW: [program-l] MS Process Monitor + Fast IO disallowed I've posted the following on Program-l, but wondered if any of you guys had some ideas here? George. I'm trying to resolve some performance issues with our SAGE Line 50 accounting system. Having installed Microsoft's Process Monitor on my Vista Ultimate system, I can see that during something as mundane as an Invoice date sort, FAST IO DISALLOWED appears. There doesn't seem to be much practical advice around for determining what might turn FAST IO on or off. Some say it could be malware, others that it could be virus checkers and such like. (We do run McAfee here) FWIW, I'm running a Windows Enterprise Server 2003, a plain vanilla Windows Server 2003, one Vista Ultimate workstation, and the rest are XP workstations. Has anybody any thoughts, because I've already lost my part-time bookkeeper due his frustrations over performance? George. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadm ins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadm ins