Not a problem - but a solution

[Adam Lackie]

I have for a few months, suffered from EXTREME slowness using NT4SP4 file
server for a Paradox application running on Win98SE clients. (The
application runs fine on Novel 4.2 or a peer to peer network)
I followed all the instructions in the FAQ entitled TIP:PdoxWin:NT
Configuration:2000.06.09 but all to no avail.
I think this is because the section on how to turn off opportunistic locking
on your server is misleading. It reads :
***===============
***3. Tips
***===============
***1. Change the opportunistic locking on the NT server to false.
*** You may need to add settings to the Registry to do this.
*** In the
***
***HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\
*** LanmanWorkstation\Parameters
***section, change (or add) the UseOpportunisticLocking key
*** to a value of 0 (zero, decimal).

The registry setting which should be added is :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\
LanmanSERVER\Parameters\EnableOplocks=0 (DWORD)

I changed this, then rebooted and the speed of Paradox increased up to 20
times. One particular operation which took 8 hours 13 minutes yesterday, now
takes 28 minutes. Amazing.

Just thought I'd let you know, as I have struggled through various sources
of information for a long time to get this far.

[Joseph Misko]

Thanks for the information! I am sure many folks will benefit from your
efforts.

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Joseph Misko
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