Slow performance of shared folders XP guest with Ubuntu 7.10 Host

[Richard]

Upgraded from 1.5.4 to 1.6.2 a couple days ago.

I have been running a script that automatically runs "net use x: \vboxsvr\Documents" on XP Pro SP2 boot.

I upgraded guest additions and after upgrade this script did not work at all and I could not mount it using the net use command.

I then reinstalled guest additions again and the net use command sprang back into action properly mounting the volume.

Next I found that using the share was excruciatingly slow! Up to 15 seconds to open the mounted drive and another 30-45 seconds to open a small excel document.

Disabled antivirus and turned off the firewall etc. still slow.

I then found that after sharing the folder (smb) on my host and using net use x: \10.0.2.2\Documents I was back at full speed. I would not like to do this however due to security concerns.

Keep up the great work.