Excel slow to save to network drive
 

I am trying to troubleshoot a machine that is running XP Pro and Office
2003. It is extremely slow to save files to a network drive with Excel.
Word is somewhat slow, but Excel is really bad. For example, it takes
almost 60 seconds to save a 175K Excel file. The server is in the same
building. I took a laptop down and plugged into the same ethernet hub
and opened and saved the same file. It took only 3-4 seconds. The
network in that office is somewhat slow, but still, there must be a
problem with the machine taking 60 seconds to save. The problem doesn't
seem to occur with local files.

What could be causing this?


Thanks,

Chris

Excel slow to save to network drive
 

I was able to find the problem. Turned off VirusScan and it saves a lot
faster.

In Chris wrote:
I am trying to troubleshoot a machine that is running XP Pro and
Office 2003. It is extremely slow to save files to a network drive
with Excel. Word is somewhat slow, but Excel is really bad. For
example, it takes almost 60 seconds to save a 175K Excel file. The
server is in the same building. I took a laptop down and plugged
into the same ethernet hub and opened and saved the same file. It
took only 3-4 seconds. The network in that office is somewhat slow,
but still, there must be a problem with the machine taking 60 seconds
to save. The problem doesn't seem to occur with local files.

What could be causing this?


Thanks,

Chris