Microsoft KB Archive/120134

= Workgroup Add-On for MS-DOS Continuously Accesses Hard Disk =

PSS ID Number: 120134

Article Last Modified on 11/20/1999

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Workgroup Add-On for MS-DOS 3.11

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This article was previously published under Q120134



SYMPTOMS
When you share a network printer (NET SHARE PRINTER=LPTx) from a Workgroup Add-On for MS-DOS machine and you change to a large directory (more than 50 files), your hard disk continuously spins. This continuous access slows down other commands (such as DIR), making your computer work slower.



CAUSE
Workgroup Add-On for MS-DOS uses conventional memory to spool print jobs in order to be backwards compatible. This spooler requires buffers or a drive cache to do to operate optimally.



RESOLUTION
To stop the spooler from continuously accessing the hard disk in large directories, do the following:


 * Open the AUTOEXEC.BAT file in a text editor (such as Windows Notepad) and set SMARTDRV.EXE as the first statement. -or-


 * Open the CONFIG.SYS file in a text editor (such as Windows Notepad) and set BUFFERS to a value greater than 30.

Additional query words: 3.11 slow wgao

Keywords: KB120134

Technology: kbAudDeveloper kbWFW311DOS kbWFWSearch

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