Vista slow deleting, moving and copying files?

System Specs:

Vista Ultimate
P4 3.2 Ghz
2 gig DDR dual-channel memory

I did a Google search and got bombarded with conflicting info, and was I
wondering if there were an official work-around for this issue?

Could be many things causing this. Try these most common remedies:

1. defrag hard drive
2. run a registry cleaner
3. run a registry defragger
4. run disk cleanup
5. make sure you have the most current drivers (BIOS, video, sound,
etc.)

Also try these 3 tips to improve hard drive performance at this link

I think you're missing the point.

Vista is *Extremely* slow at copying files between drives. As an example, I
just copied the install file for Filezilla from a network location to my hard
disk, a whopping 3.72Mb. It took vista about 1 and a half minutes to copy!!
Most of the time it was "calculating time remaining". The same copy process
to an XP machine is almost instant.

Microsoft really need to fix this.

Sorry, that is extemely slow. I'm not for sure if this will help, but
I read that uninstall McAfee completely (if you have it) will help.
Read it to at this link and see what you think??

'How to Fix Windows Vista Slow Network Transfer » ADS-Links.com
Internet Marketing - Ian Lee'

This problem has already been fixed with a hotfix package. Go to the
following website and the KB article. If this is the behavior that you are
seeing, go to the second link to request the hotfix. Fill in the form and
make sure that you enter "931770" in the KB section. You should receive a
reply with a link to download/install the hotfix within 24 hours.

The copy process may stop responding when you try to copy files from a
server on a network to a Windows Vista-based computer:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/931770

Contact Us: Hotfix Request Web Submission Form:
https://support.microsoft.com/common...ge=1&WS=hotfix

You may also want to take a look at this article.

When you copy large files to or from earlier operating systems, the copy
operation may be slower than expected on some Windows Vista-based computers:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932170

Until MS fixes the problem, try Terracopy from:
It works very good.

I found this solution to SLOW file copy/delete/move:

Open Programs & Features
Select Turn Windows Features On or Off
De-select Remote Differential Compression
Select OK

It will take several minutes for this to be de-activated.

Reboot to be sure it takes.

[NewsReader2k]

Sorry but the problem has not been addressed!!

MS was very specific:

"Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix."

The problem exists even if you "copy/move/delete" files from folder to folder on the same drive, having nothing to do with networking.

I have tried many of the workarounds found on the net, and none of them works for me.

Thanks to everyone who replied, there is so much conflicting information out
there regarding this issue but the one that fixed it for me was to disable
the "IP Helper", "Windows Search" and "Computer Browser" services. If I get
time I might enable them again one by one to see if it's just a single
service that's causing this issue. The post I read originally said to
disable "IP Helper" and "Computer Browser".

I'll check the link regarding McAfee as I do have VS8.5i installed and the
protection pilot agent V3.6.6

I just read one that said to disable TCP Auto Tuning to fix it.
Who knows for sure.

Try disabling the TCP Auto Tune. Go to this link and start ay step 1.
The links for Live Messenger, but it shows you how to disable the Auto
tune. If it doesn't work for you, then just undo it to enable it again.

Having the same problems here. We are on Small Business Server 2003. I find
Vista incredibly slow for all tasks, local, network and internet. I have a
brand new AMD 64 PC with 2 GB of RAM and it runs like a PIII with 256
MB.....badly.

I did turn off the Gadget things and that improved the performance somewhat.

Opening or closing applications takes time, surfing takes time...the OS is
not nearly as fast as XP...

NOTE: I want to first apologize if I am not posting this correctly. Please forgive me that. (I usually have a software engineer friend who helps me, but he's at a loss as well....). Please advise if I need to post this differently. Thank you so much.

I am using Windows Vista Home Premium on an HPw1907. If more specs are needed, let me know. I do have sp1 as well.

When I first got my computer, all was dandy. THEN, I did my windows updates as scheduled and one day (uncertain when, but not long after I purchased the machine in February) I preformed a very simple task of changing a file name. It locked my computer for a good 1 to 1.5 minutes until finally the name was changed. Also, when I try to move or delete files and folders it takes an extremely long time to complete - and as many others described...the little nagging window stating how long it's going to take to change, move or delete a tiny file like for instance, notepad.

I have searched the internet desperately for some fix to this, but have found none that have worked. I have tried all on this forum that would apply to me to no avail. Is this something that I just have to deal with or is there some sort of "fix" or "work-around" available?

I have no conflicts with other software that I am aware of as I have literally tried all I can...again to no avail.

Any help anyone can give would be appreciated. I have a business website I've been trying to finish and it is really aggravating trying to create new folders for organization.

This fix has been around for some time, but like most other fixes having to
do with the slow/copy/move files problem, it appears to work for some and
not for others.

There are a couple of major compatibility/performance updates coming next
Tuesday to Windows Update. Hopefully some of these issues will be addressed
in these updates.

Performance problems these days are very often caused by malware
infection. What firewall, anti-virus, and anti-spyware applications do
you run?

I would begin troubleshooting by going to MVP Malke's malware removal
site at and
following the instructions there.

[ftpex]

This is a brand new machine. I have mcaffee on both machines and I moved my files to a share that took about an hour which is terrible but then I tried to move the files from c:\ftpex to ftpex\documents and it said it was going to take over 9 hours. I am only talking about 4 gig worth of data. I am already on service pack 2. This performance is horrible. Doing the same thing on xp took less than 5 mins. My hardware on the new box should be twice as fast as it is brand new out of the box. Even deleting a few files took over 20 mins.

You are replying to a message I wrote almost two years ago?