Comments on: How to fix the slow file transfers problem in Windows Vista!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:13:59 +0000

Umm , It didn’t work for me either.. It’s still the same, It only went up 3 KB’s … Please help me? USing Broadband connection + Vista Home Pre. Getting 30~39kb’s at most..

By: artemuse

artemuse — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:39:49 +0000

Sorry to say that none of this methods worked.
I tried to copy away a lot of files : still the same

No news from ms.
I noted that copy delete etc are fast under command line

By: cp

cp — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:22:34 +0000

Uhh.. nope.. this didn’t work… for me… :(

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calculating time remaining... - BRISKODA - The Skoda Forum and Community — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:57:15 +0000

[...] Vista Home Premium… a combination of turning Remote Differential Compression off (see this link http://www.thinktechno.com/2007/09/04/how-to-fix-the-slow-file-transfers-problem-in-windows-vista/ ) and using Tera Copy program…latter lets you see the transfer rate at least. Don’t know whether [...]

By: Elcio

Elcio — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:07:45 +0000

Thanks Brad Berghuis and this site for valuable information. I think the combination of Disabiling the Remote Differential Compression and the Windows Search under Services on Administrative tools, made a huuuuge difference. I could never get more than 15 MB/s, now my rate transfer is 41 MB/s. Thank you

By: technoblast

technoblast — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:26:56 +0000

Just followed the instructions and I hope it will work for me as well. Thanks Pranjal.

By: Pranjal

Pranjal — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:55:30 +0000

Thanks for the reply… Please check the other articles about Vista.

By: Gerry Allen

Gerry Allen — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:53:39 +0000

I was delighted to find your work-around and that it works. I have spent more time than I would have ever imagined trying to get Vista to work in this aspect, and this was one of my pet peeves. Thank you for your discovery and passing it on. Your work-around should be published for all to see and use.

Incidentally, I downloaded the KB938979 file pertaining to slow action with Explorer files, and after doing so, I received a window that stated that my system did not qualify for the download, although it did not say why. Typical MS.

Now, if we could only enable Explorer to highlight several files in the same folder and move them all at once. But, I am happy that a major sticking point has been cured (and disabling Windows Search is no loss, because I never could get it to do anything that was remotely close to the search feature in XP).

Thanks again.

By: Brad Berghuis

Brad Berghuis — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:23:17 +0000

This didn’t work for me. However, I did find a work around. Open [Control Panel] -> [Administrative Tools] -> [Services] -> [Windows Search] and disable Windows Search Service. All my file operations were working at the speed of XP PRO SP2….ie rename, delete, copy, move, and emptying the Recycle Bin. The Windows Search Service is in need of some serious work.