Windows XP peer file transfering (Internal lan)

[Deja Q]

I've a small lan at home. I need to transfer some big files from one computer to the other.

No matter what router I use, I alsways can't get a xfer speed of more than 500kb/s.

Having changed the configs on both NICs from 100/Full to Auto, this occasionally resolved the problem so I'd get 9mb/s. But on the next bootup, blammo, I'm back to this 500k issue.

Are there any XP experts who can help me out on this? (both boxes are XP, and I'm stuck with Windows for video rpocessing on them at this time)

Thx!

[trotsky]

1. Maybe this link?

http://www.petri.co.il/speed_up_network_file_copying_in_windows_xp.htm

I remember hearing of XP having peer-to-peer transfer speed issues like this, I thought it was with SP1 only. Are those machines still on SP1?

[Deja Q]

2. I tried that solution and it didn't work... but

Forcing one as half-duplex did help.

Both are SP1. I'm very wary of putting SP2 on. :-(

[trotsky]

3. Don't be scared!

I've installed SP2 on many machines now - in business and home environments - and have yet to experience any problems. I think you've said you have Ghost, right? Just ghost the drive beforehand, and rollback if it breaks!