Large file transfer bug in Vista RTM

Has anyone else experienced a problem transferring large, single files to
Vista RTM over a LAN/WAN using Explorer?

I've discovered I simply cannot transfer a large (3.41GB) DVD ISO image to
my Vista Business workstation from a LAN-connected XP Pro SP2 workstation.
Vista explorer spends all its time trying to calculate the transfer time and
after 12 hours never transfers a single byte of the file. Looking at the XP
machine, no session is even open. Attempting to select the mapped drive in
another explorer session results in an Explorer hang. The original explorer
session cannot be successfully canceled, requiring a Vista reboot to clear.

I'm guessing the workaround is to transfer the file via the command line.

Stuart.
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Stuart [MVP] wrote:
> Has anyone else experienced a problem transferring large, single
> files to Vista RTM over a LAN/WAN using Explorer?
>
> I've discovered I simply cannot transfer a large (3.41GB) DVD ISO
> image to my Vista Business workstation from a LAN-connected XP Pro
> SP2 workstation. Vista explorer spends all its time trying to
> calculate the transfer time and after 12 hours never transfers a
> single byte of the file. Looking at the XP machine, no session is
> even open. Attempting to select the mapped drive in another explorer
> session results in an Explorer hang. The original explorer session
> cannot be successfully canceled, requiring a Vista reboot to clear.

Yes I've seen this with transfers to Windows 2003 servers in the domain
also.

> I'm guessing the workaround is to transfer the file via the command
> line.

On the machines we depend upon to actually get real work done we found the
best workaround was to re-install XP.

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:05:00 -0800, Stuart [MVP]
<StuartMVP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Has anyone else experienced a problem transferring large, single files to
>Vista RTM over a LAN/WAN using Explorer?
>
>I've discovered I simply cannot transfer a large (3.41GB) DVD ISO image to
>my Vista Business workstation from a LAN-connected XP Pro SP2 workstation.
>Vista explorer spends all its time trying to calculate the transfer time and
>after 12 hours never transfers a single byte of the file. Looking at the XP
>machine, no session is even open. Attempting to select the mapped drive in
>another explorer session results in an Explorer hang. The original explorer
>session cannot be successfully canceled, requiring a Vista reboot to clear.
>
>I'm guessing the workaround is to transfer the file via the command line.
>
>Stuart.
>---------
Pulling the file To XP seems to work with lots better speed (Still
not as good as XP to XP) than Pushing the file From Vista. (the
reverse direction is also true)

My problem may be related to a known problem with Vista communicating through
some network devices that don't support TCP/IP window scaling (enabled by
default in Vista). It think it can be disabled via "netsh interface tcp set
global rss=disabled� or even by using the "Diagnose and Repair" option on
your Vista network connection.

Stuart.
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"Steve Urbach" wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:05:00 -0800, Stuart [MVP]
> <StuartMVP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Has anyone else experienced a problem transferring large, single files to
> >Vista RTM over a LAN/WAN using Explorer?
> >
> >I've discovered I simply cannot transfer a large (3.41GB) DVD ISO image to
> >my Vista Business workstation from a LAN-connected XP Pro SP2 workstation.
> >Vista explorer spends all its time trying to calculate the transfer time and
> >after 12 hours never transfers a single byte of the file. Looking at the XP
> >machine, no session is even open. Attempting to select the mapped drive in
> >another explorer session results in an Explorer hang. The original explorer
> >session cannot be successfully canceled, requiring a Vista reboot to clear.
> >
> >I'm guessing the workaround is to transfer the file via the command line.
> >
> >Stuart.
> >---------
> Pulling the file To XP seems to work with lots better speed (Still
> not as good as XP to XP) than Pushing the file From Vista. (the
> reverse direction is also true)
>

Oops... I provided the netsh command to disable receive-side scaling.

Here's the correct command to disable TCP auto-tuning and explanation:

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled

If the issue no longer occurs, this reveals that you have a network device
in your environment that doesn’t support RFC 1323 “TCP Extensions for High
Performance�.


"Stuart [MVP]" wrote:

> My problem may be related to a known problem with Vista communicating through
> some network devices that don't support TCP/IP window scaling (enabled by
> default in Vista). It think it can be disabled via "netsh interface tcp set
> global rss=disabled� or even by using the "Diagnose and Repair" option on
> your Vista network connection.
>
> Stuart.
> --------
>
> "Steve Urbach" wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:05:00 -0800, Stuart [MVP]
> > <StuartMVP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Has anyone else experienced a problem transferring large, single files to
> > >Vista RTM over a LAN/WAN using Explorer?
> > >
> > >I've discovered I simply cannot transfer a large (3.41GB) DVD ISO image to
> > >my Vista Business workstation from a LAN-connected XP Pro SP2 workstation.
> > >Vista explorer spends all its time trying to calculate the transfer time and
> > >after 12 hours never transfers a single byte of the file. Looking at the XP
> > >machine, no session is even open. Attempting to select the mapped drive in
> > >another explorer session results in an Explorer hang. The original explorer
> > >session cannot be successfully canceled, requiring a Vista reboot to clear.
> > >
> > >I'm guessing the workaround is to transfer the file via the command line.
> > >
> > >Stuart.
> > >---------
> > Pulling the file To XP seems to work with lots better speed (Still
> > not as good as XP to XP) than Pushing the file From Vista. (the
> > reverse direction is also true)
> >