Windows XP SP1 Bomb: Network File Errors Occur After You Install Windows XP SP1 We've got a lot of letters on this problem. Windows XP SP1 users can't copy documents from another computer, documents are opened as "read only" for no apparent reason, and messages regarding the file or network path no longer exists. What the heck is going on here? Everything seems to work fine with network files before SP1. The problem has to do with SMB signing. Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP1 assign SMB packets in different ways and this can create compatibility issues. If network connections on Windows XP SP1 computers are driving you nuts, then you must check out this article for the fix: http://www.winxpnews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=021029CO-SP1_Network Slow SMB Performance When You Copy Files from Windows XP to a Windows 2000 Domain Controller We can't blame Windows XP SP1 for everything, because there were already problems with copying files to and from Windows 2000 Domain controllers. I've noticed this problem at multiple locations and it was a real pain in the neck and a mystery. If you carried out the procedures in this article, you'll get decent file copy performance again: http://www.winxpnews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=021029CO-Copying_Files

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