Has anyone else had slow file sharing. I've got two shared drives. If I click on these the computer sits there thinking about it then connects after ten seconds or so. After that it'll connect straight away then after a period of time it'll be back to square one. The firewall is in automatic mode both computers XP. Didn't have this problem until I installed ESS Smart security.
Well it's not virus scanning on the network drive as I've turned this off and there's still a delay. Those also another problem if I load a web page of a shared drive this takes ages to load as well. Disabling the firewall it's instant access so what setting is it in the firewall that is slowing the access down.