Why so slow

[Bill Vermillion]

On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 01:36:46PM -0400, GCC Consulting thus spoke:
> Rick,

> How is he connecting? The programs may be running fast enough
> but the screen refreshes may be very slow.

> A better solution would be for him to use pcAnywhere or a service like
> "GoToMyPc" to access a pc and not the server from home.  

> I hate having anyone accessing the server. Also, if you upgrade
> in the future, Terminal Service client licenses are not
> included with Win XP and will have to be purchased separately.
> The client license has been included with NT and Win2K.

And if you don't tell anyone you could use VNC.   If you read the
license carefully you can't use any remote access products on
current MS products without violating license.  You use terminal
server or be in violation - and that includes PcAnywhere.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Rick Hane
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:37 AM
> To: filepro-list at seaslug.org
> Subject: Why so slow
> 
> I asked this question a while back and never solved the problem.  Now I have to
> do so so here I go again,
> 
> System... Win 2000Pro network, filepro 4.05 16 user (with quickstart runtimes).
> All workstations have either Win NT or Win 2000Pro installed.  
> They also have the full fp directory on each workstation.  The filepro directory
> resides on the server in a shared folder called Filepro.
> 
> to be clearer the path on the server is D:\Filepro\filepro and D:\Filepro\fp
> 
> Situation... All the workstations run with acceptable speed and have for years.
> Now I wanted to set up the server to be usable as an input station as well.  The
> reason (which has nothing to do with the problem) was that the owner wants to
> access the sustem at night from home via terminal services. I added my fp.bat to
> D:\ and off I went. (sample of file listed below)
> 
> Problem... Every input be it a menu selection or input in a file takes
> (literally) 5 - 9 seconds to either execute or display on the screen.  Again the
> workstation at the same time work great.  I am going nuts.  In my 20+ years
> working with filepro I have never seen this.
> 
> Sample of fp.bat (located in D:\)
> set PFNET=ON
> set PFSYNC=ON
> set PFDSK=D
> set PFPROG=D:
> set PFDATA=D:
> set PFDIR=\filepro
> set PFCMARK=80
> set PFRETRY=20
> p dbs
> cd\
> cls
> 
> Please help before I go nuts. (more than I am)
> 
> Thank you,
> Rick Hane
> Yore Software
> Email: yoresoft at hotmail.com
> Deluxe Stitcher Company Inc.
> Url:www.deluxestitcher.com
> Email: rhane at deluxestitcher.com
> 
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