Source: How to fix the slow file transfers problem in Windows Vista!

Many of us may have noticed that file transfers from Windows XP to Vista are bit slow. As most of us r still using  Windows Xp boxes, sometimes we would like to transfer few files to Vista and  would be mad at the slow transfer between.

This slowness can be attributed to a feature in Vista ” Remote Differential Compression” which measures the changes in files over a network to transfer them with minimal bandwidth rather than transferring an entire file that has previously been moved. This constant checking for file changes drastically reduce the transfer speeds. Here how to solve this issue!

1. Press the Start button
2. Then open the Control Panel
3. Switch to Classic View
4. Double click on Programs features applet.
5. Now click on Turn Windows features on and off
6. Scroll down and uncheck Remote Differential Compression
   

Now, check it out, file copy and move operations will be much faster.

hey guys pls post ur suggestions for this bcoz personally it worked good on my pc but not much improvement on one of my friend's system.

cheers!! and mods pls remove the duplicate post if exist.........thanks

This was more of bug than a tweak that plauged Vista and was subsequently fixed via an update. The appropriate solution is an updated Vista.

It's a Microsoft world kid, I am just living in it.

Yep. SP1 already contains the fix.