Copying large files across a network Win7 > WinXP problems

[zulu9812]

I'm having great difficulty moving files across my home network, from my Windows 7 computer to my Windoes XP computer. The Windows 7 file copy box will spend a few seconds "discovering" the file, and then tell me the amount of seconds to go until the copying is completed. However, the progress hangs, locks up my network connection and I have to use the Windows Network Diagnostic tool to reset my LAN adapter.

I thought that it was my AVG Internet Security suite causing the problem, so I uninstalled it. Still get the same problem.

I thought that I might need to turn off Remote Differential Compression, so I did. Still get the same problem.

Curiously, it only happens when moving large files, say greater than 500 MB.

This is driving me up the wall. Can anyone advise?

[rendrag]

have you isolated the problem to 1 of the machines? I.E. have you copied the same file (or similar size file) from win7 to another machine and from XP to another machine?

[clearwater]

I'm having great difficulty moving files across my home network, from my Windows 7 computer to my Windoes XP computer. The Windows 7 file copy box will spend a few seconds "discovering" the file, and then tell me the amount of seconds to go until the copying is completed. However, the progress hangs, locks up my network connection and I have to use the Windows Network Diagnostic tool to reset my LAN adapter.

I thought that it was my AVG Internet Security suite causing the problem, so I uninstalled it. Still get the same problem.

I thought that I might need to turn off Remote Differential Compression, so I did. Still get the same problem.

Curiously, it only happens when moving large files, say greater than 500 MB.

This is driving me up the wall. Can anyone advise?

very late reply but here we go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy