networking issues with Win7....

[mcveigh]

A friend bought a new HP machine with Win7 home premium.
He uses it at work with a program to track work orders.

under XP Pro on his old PC this program talked to a database on a NAS via a mapped network drive. Everything worked fine.

with Win7 the program initially opens quickly, meaning it sees the database right away but afterwards.... the query's run slow.
doing something like bringing up an invoice to mail takes a minute or two, this used to take a few seconds on the old PC.

Tech support says Win7 is fully supported and should run the same as XP.

Old PC specs:
XP PRO 32bit
P4 3.0GHZ, 1GB Ram, Mcafee antivirus
gigabit ethernet

new PC:
Win7 home prem. 64 bit
I3 330, 6GB ram, MS security essentials
gigabit ethernet

the network is just about 8 pc's on a gigabit switch. DHCP from the router.


Does anyone know if there is a difference in Win7 networking I should look for?
I'm going to uninstall the anti-virus I guess and see if that helps but I doubt it.

 

[Swampster]

Turn off HomeGroup, then set it to your network the same way you did it in XP . . . all on same workgroup, sharing as needed, etc.

 

[mcveigh]

Turn off HomeGroup, then set it to your network the same way you did it in XP . . . all on same workgroup, sharing as needed, etc.

I already did that. I did double check things and found an issue with outlook 2010 and how this program talks to email profiles. I'll see if their tech support knows of it.

thanks!

 

[Swampster]

I'm not sure how your Outlook 2010 would affect your performance with a database app . . . but would be interested in what you find. Keep up informed via this note as I have it flagged.

Also, check to see how your your NIC port is configured in comparison to that of your XP pro systems. That could cause the problem also.

I'm presuming that there aren't any updates for the client software running on your new Win 7 system.

 

[stlcardinals]

Is network discovery turned on? Network and Sharing Center -> Change advanced sharing settings