Hangs when copying files in Windows 2008 R2

[gaksplat]

Beyond Compare 2 & 3 have been wonderful to work with and saved us a lot of time when publishing our software to various LIVE web servers from our development and/or staging environment.

Recently we upgraded to Windows Server 2008 R2 (from Windows Server 2008). It seems odd, but when copy files over the network using a network share from the Windows Server 2008 R2 box to another Windows Server 2008 R2 box, Beyond Compare takes 20-30 seconds PER FILE after it copies the file before continuing. During this time, it has the file locked so the web server gets an error if it tries to access it (especially not good for DLL files).

When we copy form the same Windows Server 2008 R2 server to an older Windows Server 2008 (NOT R2) over a similar network share, it still performs fine - just as it always has previously.

Is there some setting in Beyond Compare or Windows that we can disable to prevent this? has anyone else run into the same issue?

Thanks,
Gerrit Kruidhof

[Chris]

I'm not aware of any speed differences using BC3 to copy files in Windows 2008 R2 vs Windows 2008.

Do you have CRC, binary, or rules-based comparison turned on? It could slow things down. To check, select "Session > Session Settings" and go to the Comparison tab.

[kevinsikes]

I've had trouble with BC hanging when transferring files to/from Vista or Win7 computers, and have seen the problem improve by disabling SMB2 on all affected machines:

Under HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServe r\Parameters, create a DWORD value named "Smb2" and set its value to 0, then reboot.