folders on my network freezing

[jdevleerjr]

Hi,

I have a computer that I use as a file server over my home network. I am running xp home sp2 on it and have 4 hard drives that are all shared on the network. I have 3 computers accessing it. One desktop running XP Pro sp2, one laptop running XP Home SP2, and my Macbook running OS 10.5. Most of the time everythign works fine except a few folders. When I acces them they just freeze explorer. Even on the mac they will freeze up finder. Its not all the folders just a few of them. Any fix for this? Its getting really annoying. I have some pictures saved on one I do not want to loose.

Thanks for your help.

[Archangel122184]

On the host computer, do these folders show up with green or blue lettering or are they system folders (i.e. \WINDOWS, \...\system32, etc)?

[jdevleerjr]

They are not system folders. Its like (E:\pictures) I have file sharing turned on and the drives are mapped to the other computers. I never had this problem before and I am pretty experenced.

[Archangel122184]

On a server where shares are working properly, the only situations I know that cause a remote folder to freeze are locked files, compressed files, or encrypted files. Perhaps someone else can give you some more information.