Scripts on UNC paths take very long to run

Posted by Álvaro G. Vicario on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Álvaro G. Vicario
Published on 2010-04-28T12:07:03Z Indexed on 2010/04/28 12:13 UTC
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I have several scripts in UNC paths (from Windows batch files to PHP scripts). No matter how I run them (double click on explorer, my editor's run command menu or Windows command prompt) they take really long to start running (like 14 seconds). Once they get started they run normally. This doesn't happen if I run them from mapped drives.

I'm using Windows XP Professional SP3 inside an Active Directory domain and files are hosted in a Windows Server box (not sure about the version, it's an HP dedicated file server with bundled OS).

Why does it happen? Is there a way to speed up things while using UNC paths?

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