So I decided to reorganize my laptop running VISTA ultimate. First things first, make room on the system drive by moving all the bulky files to another drive, easy right? Nope, not easy! it goes "Calculating required space..etc" and never comes back. Tryto kill the process, nay, you are not allowed. Try logging off, forget it, you are here to stay.
arrrrrrgh... Hel the power button for a while (4 second didn't do it!), reboot and started searching the net. I found this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/wndp/archive/2007/07/05/receive-window-auto-tuning-on-vista.aspx
Basically run this in a command window and try moving the files again.
netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled
It gives some BS numbers like 7 hours to move 4.5 GB, but at least it starts moving things, an then adjusts the estimates as it goes. I don't really need to know in advance how long it is planning on taking.
Adam Salah
Avanade Canada Inc.