I am using VisualCron 5.7.5 on a 2008 R2 SP1 Virtual Server(Vmware ESX 4i). I have the client also installed on another 2008 R2 SP1 physical machine (my personal desktop machine) that I use to manage the VC Server.

So, I open the client on my machine and go to add a new Execute task, though i don't think it matters what type of task. For the command, I click the browse button which brings up the REMOTE VC Server's list of drives. I expand drive C:, click on Windows. It 'sometimes' locks up when I click on windows. But if it doesn't, I can click the plus sign and expand Windows to then select System32 and this 100% of the time, locks up the client on my machine. I have to close it. The VC Server is not affected, I merely re-open my client on my own machine and can try again.

I'm sure this has something to do with the large number of files in the Windows and/or the Windows\SYSTEM32 directory and its causing some sort of overflow on a remote client, but I thought i'd at least mention the issue.

I have a screenshot

Let me know your thoughts. This does NOT happen when i run the Client locally on the VC Server. Just when its a client viewing the VC Server's drives/folders.

Brian / ChevyNovaLN

The information you request, a list of files on a remote server is sent between client and server using another technique than locally. Simply because that technique is not available on cross server communication.

I guess the information sent is rather large. Do you have Compression on in the remote server connection?

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Yes i do have compression turned on. The amount of data (the number of files at least) is quite large in either c:\windows\ or c:\windows\system32\

On my system, there are 2800 files in c:\windows\system32\ so i assume there is a choking point, maybe hitting a buffer limit of some sort using whatever method is being used to list the files/folders ?

Brian