I am sure that at some point of time, you have experienced very poor performance with respect to file copying over the network especially while you are using Windows 7 computers. This must have made you grit your teeth in anger and absolute exasperation. Let us now look into what causes such annoying Microsoft problems.

Causes

“Remote Differential compression” is the chief reason behind this problem. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this term, I wish to explain that this happens to be a Windows feature that was put forward within the Windows Server 2003. It is now available on all the latest versions of Windows. By default, this feature is enabled within Windows 7.

What Remote Differential Compression does

By means of this feature that has recently been introduced, it is possible to synchronize data using a remote source. Also employ compression techniques in order to keep the amount of data that is sent across the network to a minimum.RDS differs considerably from patching-oriented differencing mechanisms like Binary Delta Compression. BDC has been created so as to operate only on already recognized versions of any single file. If you intend to make use of BDC, it is required of the server to possess copies of all versions of the file. It is necessary to have the differences between each pair of versions to be precomputed in order to have them distributed efficiently from a single server to multiple clients.

There could be problems within Windows 7. In order to resolve such problems, disable this particular feature.

How to Disable Remote Differential Compression

• Commence this procedure by clicking “Start.” then go to Control Panel. Then turn the Windows features on or off in accordance with your requirements.
• Move on to the next step of this procedure by unchecking “Remote Differential Compression.” Then click “OK.”
• Finally, restart the computer. it is likely that you will see a sufficiently improved performance with respect to copying files.

If you encounter similar problems even with your Windows Vista PC, attempt this same procedure and see if it helps to tackle such Microsoft problems.

I feel sure that the information contained in this article will help you tackle Microsoft problems involving slow network file copy issues in Windows 7. Thank you for your time. Take care and have a nice day.