I learned last year that if Symantec AV 7.6 or 9 is left at its defaults on Win2K then access in Windows Exploder to a Samba or Win2K share can be slower, especially if the dir is big.

When I open SAV's Configure -> File System AutoProtect (or Real-time) -> Advanced, and change it from scanning files that are opened, moved, copied, run, or created (the default) to just scanning files that are modified/created, file access performance jumps in a big way.

The registry hack below disabled the checkbox automatically for our default, unmanaged Windows 2000 configs with Norton AV 6 (Unmanaged, Defaults).Of course always test registry hacks in a non-production environment. I have not tested atop XP nor with SAV9.

-Brad

----- Win2K hack: nav76expldrfix.reg ---

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\INTEL\LANDesk\VirusProtect6
\CurrentVersion\
Storages\Filesystem\RealTimeScan]
"Reads"=dword:00000000
"DenyAccess"=dword:00000002
"Execs"=dword:00000001

 

 

 


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